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Sketchbook Gestures
October 6, in Art by Katana Barnett
Today in drawing class we did some gesture drawings. I was rather pleased with this extended gesture drawing (9 minutes).
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Illustrations that Draw You In (& how to do it)
September 29, in Art, How To by Katana Barnett
Get it? Draw you in? Oh I am hilarious.
The process of sketchbook to Bristol board to finished work in Skyler Luke Punnett’s work is awesome. He’s in my narrative drawing class and did a presentation of his work today. He showed us finished works, some sketches he’s working on, and explained the process. His style [...]
How to Write A Press Release
July 26, in Art, How To by Katana Barnett
So I made my press release a few days ago and now it’s time to show it to you!
First I made a list of words relating to the subject, keywords, if you want to get all technical. “Underwater, photography, lessons, techniques, photos, photographer…” etc.
Next comes the title: a little catchy, a little cheesy, but most [...]
Ian Rankin & Kelowna
July 17, in Art by Katana Barnett
I’m visiting family in Kelowna – well, technically, about 1/2 hour out, and the internet connection is slow dial-up like 1995. So this post is short and sweet.
I’m reading Ian Rankin’s Doors Open- a “rollicking” art-heist novel- and I’m not going to lie, I would be honored to be the artist whose work was at [...]
Argentina Road Trips, and other Goals
July 12, in Art, How To by Katana Barnett
Some logical logic:
Artists are creative.
Impossible things need creative solutions.
I want to go snowboarding in Argentina this summer.
How can I make this happen? Going to need some creativity!
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Item #2
Watchmen Revealed- I had some notes but I can’t find them. Also, they are in doodle-format. And then they only make sense to me. For example, here is [...]
Creative Writing
July 10, in Art, How To by Katana Barnett
As a tween I wrote a four page outline for a fantasy novel. It opened with Pirates, and centered around strong female characters, one a spy from the evil Pirate country who kidnapped three princesses. The princesses escape through an extensive cave system and are rescued after a dramatic fire onboard a ship.
It was exactly [...]
Advice Column for Artists
July 3, in Art by Katana Barnett
I haven’t been doing much blogging due to a combination of an earache that won’t let me chew and a wee bit of artistic stagnation. Meanwhile, -I’ve got all the jaw strength of snap-dragon flower. I stumbled upon Salon blogger Cary Tennis, who, in his 64 pages of archived musing about personal issues, has dealt [...]
Receiving Signal: And we're back!
June 28, in Art, How To by Katana Barnett
The reason there have been no posts this week is because of a Neti-Pot.
Are you familiar with the concept? Mine is a plastic blue teapot that you fill with saline and it rinses out your nasal cavity, because you pour in one nostril and it flows out the other, due to the tip of your [...]
oh/no
June 23, in Art by Katana Barnett
this was just a post to try and explain my keyboard was broken. not very effective, but no mind.
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The Drawing Tool You Don't Know You're Missing