Daniel Smith watercolor sticks?

I ordered a couple of these; have never used them and have yet to drag out all my supplies and try them out.

Has anyone tried them? What do you think? Have any tips or tricks for using them?

Trying out linoprint

I love the planning and cutting stage... not so much loving the final result.

This one is not so great mostly because I was so excited to start on it, I dove in without really thinking through my preliminary drawing.

It's one of an edition of 22 for The Great Art House Print Exchange 2 show at the Art House Gallery in Atlanta.

May 31

Not a great sketch, but part of the point of EDIM is the doing, not the finished product, right?

I am looking forward to doing this challenge again next year. It's good for me to draw every day, though sometimes it's so hard to get started, when all I want to do is go to sleep!

May 30

This walkway is so pretty in every season: tall evergreens and thick shrubs make it feel like a tunnel, and at night the lights cast just enough light on the path but not enough to blot out the stars. It's one of the rare spots in the Chicago suburbs where you can actually see the stars.