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  • Carolyn tantanella

    My art studio photoshoot experience

    An art studio photoshoot was always on my bucketlist. I admired those moody and serious shots I saw plastered on Tumblr and in magazines of an artist with their work spread around them. All the professional photos I’ve seen featuring great creatives of the past looked insane: giant messy workdesks, serious faces looking directly into the camera, windows letting in natural light, perfectly angled easels and varying degrees of works in progress. And always – an absolutely iconic artist in their element.  I knew I would have my own version someday. Finally, I can say that I do. ART STUDIOS OF THE PAST I’ve had “art studios” in the passenger…

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  • How to make a home art studio by Carolyn Whittico at A Cup of Cloudy

    Build a DIY art studio without paying for space

    STUDIO TIME As an artist, you begin to need your own space. Your giant jar of paintbrushes, extra canvasses and countless paints, pencils, and programs start to pile up and suddenly the “do it wherever I can fit it” approach doesn’t cut it anymore. This calls for your own art studio. And it can be easy to build your own and keep everything organized in it’s own special space. Of course on Pinterest we all gawk over vast studios and wish we had the same. I dream of them all the time. In fact, you can look at the studios I gush about right here. But the reality of our…

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Carolyn Tantanella is a Michigan artist who paints the mystical, natural, and fantastical. She specializes in watercolor and digital illustration but could be equally called a poet or a teacher. Carolyn founded A Cup of Cloudy to help artsy types express, create and decorate in a way that fits them.

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