What is color? How does it affect what we see? How does it effect our emotions? Color plays an essential part in not only the visual arts but in all aspects of life. Could you imagine a world or black, white and grey? Color transcends the ordinary into the extraordinary. Color is such an individualizedContinueContinue reading “The World of Color”
Category Archives: Discovery
Life is Crazy Good
As I go through the struggles and opportunities of my life, I can lose perspective on how good life really is, the value of the lessons we learn, and that we really aren’t alone in our wants and desires. Everyone has them, we are just scared to share them, we hold back and keep ourContinueContinue reading “Life is Crazy Good”
Color Challenges
I’ve been thinking about color recently and the impact it has on my prints. Colors carry so much impact with them. The role color plays in art work is endless. It can evoke emotion, convey the mood of a piece, and convey shadows or shape just to mention a few. Color is essential but colorContinueContinue reading “Color Challenges”
Finding Your Passion
We all have been given the advice to find our passion. That we must find our passion to truly be happy. I remember hearing this catch phrase and asking myself what my passion was. I really had no clue what it would be or even how to find it. I continued to try and findContinueContinue reading “Finding Your Passion”
What’s In a Word?
“Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can never hurt me!” Who doesn’t remember this little phrase from childhood? It echoed across the playground, usually when someone was being teased or ridiculed. We were taught this phrase as a come back to a bully or another antagonizer. We were taught that whatever someone saidContinueContinue reading “What’s In a Word?”
Pour Like Mad
Social media seems to be a part of our everyday lives these days. It brings some good and bad things to our phone and desktop In this case, it was something good. I stumbled across acrylic pouring one day as I was doing some mindless surfing. I have been watching all the acrylic artists outContinueContinue reading “Pour Like Mad”
The Road Less Traveled
I knew it had been a while since a post but had no idea it had almost been a year! Life can take over sometimes. The fast pace of this world can consume us at times. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves to in this loud world to appreciate the world around us and andContinueContinue reading “The Road Less Traveled”
Here Goes Nothing!….
“Here goes nothing” seems to be my catch phrase in class recently. It seems that my current print project has been full of wrong turns and lackluster attempts to get my desired affects. I am learning that printmaking can be challenging and you can’t alway predict the results but when it works….BAM… it’s worth everyContinueContinue reading “Here Goes Nothing!….”
Screenprinting: Experimenting With Screen Filler and Drawing Fluid
The next screen printing project was right up my alley. The theme for this project was experimentation. It is always so invigorating but frustrating to the creative process when you are experimenting with techniques and materials. The project required using screen filler and/or drawing fluid to create a print. Paper or acetate stencils could alsoContinueContinue reading “Screenprinting: Experimenting With Screen Filler and Drawing Fluid”
Printing Again…
It has been a while, how easy time slips away from you. Back in the printing class since the end of August and here we are almost at the end of October. I took a good break over the summer got some art workshops in, took an amazing trip to Greece an Italy. An art loversContinueContinue reading “Printing Again…”
Daylene Horn Art 