Posts Tagged ‘artist’

January’s Embroidery Pattern – It’s a polar bear!

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
It’s a new year.  Wootpy Frigin’ Doo!
I don’t know about you but I ‘m still trying to get the whole Caga Tio thing out of my head. 
For January’s pattern I wanted a winter theme that wasn’t Christmassy.  The first idea that came to mind was a secular Polar Bear.   Okay, I know,  Polar Bears are Baptist, but in general I think we all agree that polar bears give the feeling of being atheist or maybe agnostic.   Anyway, that topic is for another time.

Polar Bear by Andrea Zuill

 Enjoy!

As always click on the pattern to get the full size image.

Let’s talk about Artist Block.

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Like all artists I go through periods where it seems that all the creativity has been drained out of me.  I have a few techniques that help me get back my vision. 

1. Play.  Sometimes I get too serious about my artistic vision.  Do a stupid or silly painting, print, etc.  Nobody has to see it, it’s just for fun.

2.  Experiment.  Try a different medium.  I switch around from oil paints, watercolors, drawings, digital, fabric, mosaic and others.  It helps keep me interested.  (more…)