As with anything we do we always try to put the PM spin on it, Mark Making falls into this perfectly. Join us and our Arty Friends as we explore all the ways to expand your visual vocabulary through mark-making. Click below for the full playlist and check back we...
Some of the linked paints and papers below are affiliate links, Our primary goal is to educate and not to make money off of you on products we ourselves wouldn’t even use. The product links we list are for products we have purchased, used, and recommended. As a part of...
Adding shimmer & shine requires practice & patience, especially with certain products. The process of deciding which to use where involves decision-making: 1) What will work best to get the desired effect (product), 2) Design-wise, where will it be placed to achieve optimum results W/O looking garish? It comes down...
In last week’s livestream we did a little pencil work with the prints going into the lookbooks. This led to some interest and sparked up ours in trying out Derwent’s Inktense pencils along with Watercolor Pencils from Sargent and Faber-Castel. Join us as we do a bit of a product...
Here are P's notes from the Metacognition stream and below that is a link to the stream where we along with our Arty Friends in chat discuss these Thursday Thoughts. A link to Gene Mittler's Book "Art In Focus"  https://amzn.to/3cmLgKLHere is our PM Spin on the Elements and Principles of Design as we...
Before jumping in and writing about the video, it seems like a good idea to explain some of the nonsense goings on…so Mariah will always say before getting started, “Mom, don’t talk about your allergies. You do it in every video and no one wants to hear about that, AGAIN!...
We take a two-prong approach to our opaque paints. First, we create a side-by-side comparison with three brands of opaque acrylic paints (Paper Artsy - new colors) vs our mixes of Art Deco Americana & Apple Barrel. The goal is to use the color matches we created prior with the...
An origin story of how we at PM artist Studio create and use patterns as artistic tools! The design we wanted to feature is our PM Spiral Swirl (P calls it leaves). It has been a signature design from the start, in fact, let's start there... A simple sketch is all one...
Papers can make or break printmaking and choosing the right one can be a daunting task because there is a wide array of ones that are suitable. Â Price can be a factor but a reasonably priced paper that performs well is available if you know where to look. The following...
OUR FOCUS: ACTUAL vs VISUAL and Texture Techniques We talk about color and texture all the time, these are our ultimate goals when creating many of our pieces. During the last couple of livestreams we focused on actual vs visual texture in your art. Visual (what the eye perceives as texture)...
