Mafe Maria: A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz
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So many times in my life — be it important or ordinary times — when I’m ready to throw the towel or at least scream if I can’t quit whatever it is that I feel I can’t take anymore, I am reminded of an old story… Once upon a time, there was a girl who [...]
I never thought I would write a tutorial on anything, much less one concerning the tool I’m least skilled at, i.e. Adobe® Illustrator®. However, in my first two attempts at using vector graphics to create figurative or portrait drawings, I have created two pieces that I rather like, and one of my readers — in [...]
I am so completely shocked, this probably won’t be a very well thought-out post… For some reason I was just reading some of the old comments left on this site, and when I got to the post I wrote about some artists I met at the Utah Arts Festival, for no reason at all, I [...]
Maybe if I start posting an entry for every watercolor painting I’ve ever done, I’ll run out of artwork so quickly that I’ll have to move my lazy butt and start painting again… I’ll start not with my best piece, but with the only one I’ve painted from life, outdoors. I’m always telling my mom [...]
The first time I saw one of these things, I was in college. People were crowded around a couple of framed images for sale, and you could hear silence followed by sudden expressions of excitement as soon as someone was able to “get in” and see the hidden 3D image. You could also hear the [...]
Continuing the project I started with DIY Abstract Art, my final decision (thanks for all your comments) was to attempt transferring the watercolor images to fabric or canvas for an unframed look. Since part of my motivation was to explore a new technique, I would like to share some of the lessons I’ve learned during [...]
For a long time, Joey has been nagging me to create some art to decorate our home’s naked walls… See, our previous house was so open that we didn’t have enough walls to hang my paintings. Now, in need for two separate offices, and in preparation for a baby (not yet conceived) which may trigger [...]
If it wasn’t because of those three happy ladies who got on the train with a yard sculpture, I would have never known that the Utah Arts Festival was going on this weekend in downtown Salt Lake City. We went yesterday… Too early to see any performing art, but late enough to catch the full [...]
For a long time I’ve shied away from attempting to create what I consider “difficult” vector art. I think the tool is hard to master, and the thought of it used to remind me of my very old failed attempts to convince recruiters that I could become a consultant… With the difference that as bad [...]
If I have ever painted a decent watercolor portrait, any of its goodness can mostly be attributed to the lessons I’ve learned from “Painting Watercolor Portraits That Glow” by Jan Kunz. I’m not a professional artist, so whenever I paint I need photographic material as a reference. One of the key lessons I got from [...]
La sonrisa que ahora adorna el encabezado de esta pagina es de un viejo amigo del cual no se nada en casi 10 años. Nos conocimos en la sesion de entrenamiento para recien contratados de Avianca (la aerolinea Colombiana). Yo empezaba como analista financiera; el era piloto de helicopteros. Fuimos amigos por mucho tiempo, y [...]
This is one of those days in which I just don’t feel on top of my mountain. Paradoxically, the day started with the happy discovery that Digital Web Magazine published an article that uses one of my designs to illustrate good use of color. Back in November I knew my design would be used, but [...]
Art has always been a big passion of mine. I love to see artistic representations of people, urban scenes, landscapes, rain, water, buildings, light and shadow. “Red Dot on Canvas” doesn’t impress me. You won’t find that kind of art here.
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