Written Supports – Statements by Jennifer Walling Creating a written support or explanation of your work as a whole as an artist is the goal of the artist statement. Capturing your philosophy of your own creative process as it stands now, while linking it to where you have been as you continue to develop artistically. [...]

Maxfield Parrish : Color Techniques Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) was an American artist and designer. He was well known for the illustrations of fairies, gnomes and goblins in many children’s books. He designed covers for Harper’s Weekly and other popular magazines early in the twentieth century and he was the most popular advertising design artist of [...]

A tessellation activity by Sharon Himes tessellate: to form a design with small blocks or squares If you have wondered how to make repeating patterns like those found on fabric or wallpaper, here is a creative project for all ages that explains the basics of ‘tessellation’: YOU WILL NEED several pieces of plain construction paper [...]