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Journal
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July 05, 2026
Flora and Fauna
During the month of June, artists in the Open Sketchbook mentoring program explored new and novel ways of approaching the subject of flowers while working with our Everything's Related: Flora and Fauna theme. We took our inspiration from a variety of sources including expressive Wild Style graffiti painting, working with our fingerprints, creating hybrid forms by merging flowers with other objects, and creating unconventional bouquets from flower photos and painted images by Mondrian, O'Keeffe, Twombly and others.
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July 05, 2026
Borderlines
Artists in the Open Sketchbook mentoring program recently explored a beyond-the-sketchbook project called Borderlines as part of our Everything's Related: Boundaries and Borders theme. These works began with an intuitive contour-line mapping of organic shapes (twelve or more) on large sheets of paper. The edges and/or borders of these shapes were then used to frame unique areas formed around a twelve question KB Studio Curios questionnaire.
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May 03, 2026
Micro & Macro
Throughout the month of April, artists in the Open Sketchbook mentoring program explored microscopic and close-up perspectives while working with our Everything's Related: Micro and Macro theme. We viewed cropped iPhone photos and electron microscopic image to develop works on paper that took into account the artists and the viewers relationship to their subjects.
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April 01, 2026
More or Less
During the month of March, artists in the Open Sketchbook mentoring program explored minimalist and maximalist approaches with our Everything's Related: More or Less theme. We looked at the work of Contemporary and Outsider artists who developed their paintings and sculptures using more-is-more or less-is-more processes.
