Category Archives: Technique

Surgery and Leaps of Faith – Visual Metaphors

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another Visual Metaphor that I created for a client that deals with executives and trains them in leadership and people skills. The client asks her client to come up with a 3-part list consisting of 1. Where they were, … Continue reading →

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The Broad Street Blues

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Playing around with Photoshop alternative Acorn on my Hackintosh.

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Back In Class

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Tina Garceau

Last week, I was summoned back into the classroom by my son’s teacher for help with a project for Mother’s Day. I thought it would be fun to faux finish jewelry boxes with the kids, and the results were spectacular!

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Printing on Canvas

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Tina Garceau

After a bit of a break, I’m back to printing on fabric with digital grounds. I had an old, high contrast photostat negative of the interior of a diner. I wanted a print on canvas to be dark and graphic … Continue reading →

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Miss Blanchette’s Painting

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Tina Garceau

I found this painting while searching through my flat files the other day. It was given to me on my birthday by an elderly women when I worked in a convalescent home in high school.

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The Return of Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!!!

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Tina’s birthday was fast approaching, and I didn’t have a rock solid, hysterically funny idea for a card so I decided to revisit a friend from last year’s anniversary card, Cosmic, Maaaannnnnn!

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Killing the Sketchbook from Hell

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Joe_Williams

A sketch I did with my favorite indigo blue pencil while sitting at the Ridgeway pool in South Philadelphia this summer. This was the first satisfying sketch I did in the dreaded Sketchbook from Hell!

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At Third and Market

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Joe_Williams

As kids, whenever we would discover something, we would loudly exclaim, “Look what I FOUND!“ to which my Dad would reply, “It wasn’t lost.” Such is the case with this art supply store I “found” for myself at 307 Market … Continue reading →

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Bow Tie for a Spring Concert

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Tina Garceau

The spring concert at Lloyd’s school is coming up, I thought it fitting to celebrate the occasion by making him a new bow tie. I’m thrilled that Denyse Schmidt’s first fabric collection, Flea Market Fancy has been reprinted, so the bow … Continue reading →

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