When an idea comes, it goes through a process before it morphs into something that can be seen, touched or experienced. The steps involved, the editing, choices and the reasoning behind the path that was chosen. Here, I write about the journey I take as I work through my projects and art.
As much as my wardrobe doesn’t reflect it, I enjoy a good runway show. I think what attracts me the most is how ideas are portrayed on a person really. How a style or a look changes how one percieves the wearer or just how a well made outfit brings out another side of the … More Fashion Paper Illustration
I took a skill share class, Animation for Illustration, earlier this year to help clear my head a little bit and also spread my wings into making really short videos, clips and GIFs. As I left journalism a few years ago, my editing and videoing skills took a dip so this illustration class got me … More GIFs and Shorts of 2019
I don’t know why I am attracted to the number 3. Maybe it’s the holy trinity, the number of Matrix movies, the primary colors, the rule of thirds, I really don’t know. But I have noticed that when I work, I tend to work in threes. I think it’s because I read somewhere that it’s … More Compromise: It Comes In A Set of Three
It always starts with something small. You get a glue gun here, you buy some glitter there, an “ooh that would make a wonderful addition to my center piece” statement or a “I wonder how I can use that” question and now, you have encroached a space in your home in which no one can … More Top Ten Tools I Use In My Art Studio.
Women. I paint them, sculpt them, still trying to understand them. Which is funny as I am one myself. But I think that is the beauty of us, the ladies. As we are all different, there is always another way, another view, another perspective on how the world works or feels. But one thing that … More Strong Shoulders, Heavy Heads, Soft Hearts: How I made my Contemporary Wall Art.
In August 2017, I got an email that opened something for me. I got accepted to be part of Culture Days in London, Ontario, where I could display an art piece of mine. This email came at a time I was struggling. Looking to find my purpose in life and just what path I should … More Nothing New Under The Sun.
Happy New Month, everyone. I hope you had a wonderful Easter. Mine was busy as I was making some postables from some of the hearts I made for my Queen of Hearts Project like the one featured in this postable. I also just signed up for a pop-up event and realised that I don’t have … More Busy Busy Easter.
I love abstract paintings. The way colors seem to clash but yet work together to draw your eyes to certain areas and the varying emotions that come up for everyone that sees them. I also believe that the act of painting abstract for most artists is a liberating, explosive feeling. For me though, it was … More Saved By The Brush
Amsa Yaro Studio 