The Pantone Color of the Year for 2023 is Viva Magenta. Now, I’m not one to create to trends — not since I stopped designing prints for the fashion industry, but I can usually find something that addresses them in my archive! If you enjoy playing with...
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I’ve spent some time exploring my blog archives this weekend as part of an interview that I’ll be sharing here soon. I stumbled across this handful of posts I did in 2014 and 2015 called Art + Object, and I’m ready to bring this series back! In fact,...
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NOTE: This article about painting big was originally published in my art newsletter that I send out every other week. Please sign up here to keep in touch! Size. Space. “What are things that Melanie has been thinking about!” Space isn’t a new...
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I MADE WRAPPING PAPER! Happy New Year, friends. I was curious about how many blog posts I wrote in 2016 – answer: 52. This is the part where everyone says, “I plan to write much more this year,” and yeah, I do. But I also hate saying that, like I...
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I don’t usually paint portraits, but I took part in the February #12monthsofpaint Instagram art challenge and the theme was “portrait.” That’s when this cool lady with dark oversized sunglasses and peppy floral headscarf was born. In homage to...
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