Ever had trouble keeping a journal? I made you one.
It’s jam-packed with prompts and exercises that’ll get you thinking more creatively. Buy one wherever books are sold or online:
If you want a signed copy, order one from Bookpeople. (They ship everywhere!)
More photos below and on Instagram: #stealjournal
To celebrate the new journal, the folks at Cotton Bureau are printing a Steal Like An Artist t-shirt. Last day to put in an order is October 19th December 1st. T-shirts are back on sale!
Next week I’m going to be an artist-in-residence at All Saints’ Episcopal School in Fort Worth, Texas. The teachers asked if I had a video explaining how to make a newspaper blackout poem. I didn’t, so I made one. Enjoy.
See also: A brief history of newspaper blackout
Ten years ago I started posting to this blog.
One little blog post is nothing on its own, but publish a thousand blog posts over a decade, and it turns into your life’s work. This blog has been my sketchbook, my studio, my gallery, my storefront, and my salon. Absolutely everything good that has happened in my career can be traced back in some way to this blog. My books, my art shows, my speaking gigs, some of my best friendships—they all exist because I have my own little piece of turf on the Internet.
Thank you for reading. I hope I can go ten more.
I’m continuing to have fun taking an X-Acto to the newspaper instead of a marker, though I fear the TSA will make me leave it at home for the upcoming tour…
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