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 Learning To SeeWeave your own tapestry inspired artist Porfirio Gutierrez Porfirio Gutierrez is a Zapotec weaver from Oaxaca, Mexico, whose family has been weaving for generations.  The Zapotec people, like many indigenous cultures, live in harmony with ‘mother...

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Learning To See Dia de los Muertos mini altar With inspiration from FOTM Documented Artist Porfirio Gutierrez  This is Porfirio Gutierrez.  He is from a family of weavers in a small village in Oaxaca, Mexico. He lives in Ventura and still works with his family to...

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Learning To See Botanical Contour Line Drawing Inspired by FOTM Documented Artists Sergio Aragones, Karen Kitchel, Jeff Mann and more! Contour line drawing is a method of drawing only the outlines or edges of something.  A botanical drawing is of the exact shape and...

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Learning To See Magical Surrealism Inspired by FOTM Documented Artist Christine Brennan Learn more about Chris HERE. Often dreamlike and mysterious, Christine Brennan’s work is full of symbols. Her images draw from the unconscious.  She leaves it up to the viewer to...

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Magical Surrealism Study the parts! Study each part of Christine Brennan’s paintings!  What do you see??? Amazing colors –   That comes from putting one color on top of another color or side by side or changing the values. Shadows and lights – Things...

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Magical Surrealism Step by Step Inspired by Christine Brennan Thanks to Our...