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April 2025: Paint over anything

On thing that I love about acrylics is their infinite layerability and opacity, which is a fancy way of saying that you can paint over anything! In fact, if you don't need to keep or sell your work, you could keep painting on one canvas for years. Last

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March 2025: Soak stain

I was inspired early on by seeing abstract paintings made on raw canvas using a technique where artists would pour thinned paint that would absorb into the substrate. I didn't know what it was called then, and did not have much luck looking up resources on how to

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March 2025 EDI Live Replay

Hello friends! Here's the replay for March's class. I went through all the basics on painting on raw canvas using pour/stain methods. A written guide which will have all the links to the products I use is coming soon. If you're new to

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EDI Live: Tomorrow, Saturday Mar 22, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is tomorrow, Saturday Mar 22

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🎥 [video] Safe Enough to Rest, Parts 2 & 3

Welcome back! Here are Part 2 and Part 3, where I complete the process of painting Safe Enough to Rest. If you missed Part 1, you can join me for an hour of idea exploration here, where I take the initial concept for the piece and try out all my

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🎥 [video] In the Studio with Brit: Safe Enough to Rest, Part 1

Hello dear Easy Does It artists! Today I have a new kind of post for you. Last month I filmed about 2.5 hours of real time process working through the creation of a new piece, Safe Enough to Rest. I share my entire process, keeping no secrets! We'

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February 2025 EDI Live Replay

Hello friends! I decided to try something new and begin sharing the EDI Live replay links here for all Light Tier members to see. I plan to keep each of these posts up for a several months at least so folks who weren't able to make it to

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Free Lesson! 🌱 For the love of art supplies (Part 2)

Try this: Think of your art supplies as experiences instead of a collection of treasures The money that you spent on them was not an investment It was more like buying a festival pass or birthday cake or a train ticket They were never meant to stay with you forever

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EDI Live: Tomorrow, Saturday Feb 22, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is tomorrow, Saturday Feb 22

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February 2025: For the love of art supplies (Part 1)

I really have two hobbies: making art and art supplies themselves. I love to actually express myself through art AND there's nothing like a new box of crayons, every color with their crisp tips all in a row. I've come across artists who have realized that

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Color magic: mixing made easy

We have been updating a bedroom into a studio space in slow motion over the past year, and this past week Danielle installed beautiful hardwood floors. There were a few places that needed wood filler, and it stood out in contrast the rest of the flooring color. Now, I don&

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EDI Live: Saturday, January 25, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Saturday Jan 25 at

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EDI Live Link 🍿

Hello wonderful Light Tier artists, Here's the link to December's live class. It will be up for a few months at least so anyone who missed it has a chance to view. We talked about simplifying the painting process down into a few passes, working with

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January 2025: Art that doesn't last forever

Almost two years ago, I painted some swatches and stuck them in my window to see how the color would do with exposure to light. I said at the time that I'd check them in 6 months, but I lost track of time and got used to seeing

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December 2024: For fun ✨

One way that I foster a creative-block-resistant practice is to have yearly rhythms to my art. In the spring I paint flowers, in the summer I paint self-portraits for my birthday, in the fall I paint a new series of large pieces to sell around the holidays, and then once

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EDI Live: This Saturday, Dec 28, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Saturday at 12PM PST.

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Art as a way of listening

Sometimes I use art to express myself, especially when I have a clear idea or feeling that I want to move through me. But other times I use art as a way to encounter or see the feelings in the first place. This kind of art is responsive and observant.

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EDI Live: Today, Nov 30, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Today at 12PM PST.

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November 2024: Art in times of uncertainty

Dear art friends, Last night I slept about two hours, which has become some dizzying "normal" for me since my insomnia returned the last week of October. It is a first domino (or, maybe a middle one, and I'm still finding the first?) that sends me

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EDI Live Class Reschedule! >> Nov 30, 12pm PT

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tonight - let's paint/hang out (free)

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Materials guide to painting big

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EDI Live: Oct 19, 12pm PST (& a date change for December)

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our next EDI Live will be this Saturday, Oct

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October 2024: Painting big