The time has come… I have moved my blog to a self hosted version HERE I am also excited to share the new design of my website amykhay.com Thanks for reading & have a creative day!
One of my favorite ways to sketch out ideas for possible pieces is by the use of watercolor. I dig constructing images with transparent layers. Here is a little study of a landscape from my memory....
Seeing all the shades of embroidery floss & threads at the craft store gives me visions of embellished fashion and storytelling tapestries of old. I’ll grab a couple of colors to add to my...
Every Saturday The Irvine Farmer’s Market has everything you could possibly need for a perfect weekend. I love going for the fresh fruits & vegetables, but even more I love using them as a...
Every Thursday I get the privilege of hanging out with my 2 year old niece for the day. We have a great time together. Recently we had a painting session. Doing art with kids is always a fun learn...
Cutting things into intricate mazes is something I love to do. Usually it’s a piece of wood, but sometimes it’s just paper. (or leaves, or fabric, or plastic) Here is a sketch I was play...
The other day I noticed some common colors in my day. The palette started off with greens, yellows, touches of browns, a cool blue accent here and there. I was wearing a couple of bracelets by my fr...
Lately, it’s been sunny and magnificent here in southern California. We had an unusual amount of rain not too long ago, so the sun has been killer. I love where I live… our lack of snow...
Not too long ago I was approached about doing a painting for a 40th Wedding Anniversary present. Inspired by another painting from a children’s book of a fun and colorful cityscape, the daught...
Lately I’ve been enjoying painting monotone using the ochre I find in rocks. I see these rocks all over while on walks or hikes. I love this color! The range of values I can achieve with thi...
September & October just kind of ran off together & shoved November into the driver’s seat. Here are some images of recent history of this artist person named amy who sometimes shares ...
I did some test prints in the form of postcards of one of my new small linoleum cuts. I had this ink mixed and saved from a previous inking session. When not printing in black and white, I love to ...
Here are some pictures from a walk my husband and I went on with Naturalist For You. They are of some spider webs that were covered in dew. The walk began at eight in the morning, giving us perfect...
I completed a couple linoleum cuts recently. I haven’t worked on linoleum in a very long time. It’s so quick compared to wood. It was nice to have a change, but I still prefer cutting ...
I’ve been wanting to share some videos that I thought were very creative. So, here they are, enjoy! The first one is a music video by OK Go for their song This Too Shall Pass. My brother sent...
I’m sure we’ve all been busy with summer activities or at least daydreaming about them! I did a little illustration before we departed on our little camping adventure a few weeks ago, th...
Welcome to my only & on going etching. Etchings are created by using acid to eat away at a metal plate, using resists to control where the acid goes. To print it, the plate is covered in etchin...
Some pictures on our way to our destination. I am in love with this popsicle and am desperately trying to find it again. Tagged: amy k hay, artist on vacation, custombyamy, road trip, the best popsi...
I shared with you the inking of this block, now here are the rest of the pics of me hand pulling a relief print. The first print pulled from a woodcut is usually on the lighter side. The block needs...
Today I tested out a new woodblock. For years I pulled prints off a press. As my access to a press has become more limited, I’ve been doing more hand burnished prints. For easy home clean up...
Lately I have been giving myself little Illustration assignments to keep myself in shape. I decided to use 3words.com to help me out. When you arrive on the site, three random words are generated j...
Sometimes I am asked to do vector drawings. I use Adobe’s Illustrator to do so. I really like working in Illustrator, I think it gets in touch with my younger self who loved video games. (Alt...
Here is another installment of my Wild Things drawings. They were an exercise to get me past an uninspiring chunk of time I had awhile back. I used pencil, watercolor and gouache on bristol paper t...
Every now and then a musician or band hits me right over the head out of nowhere. In this case, in the form of Jihae via BLEACH BLACK‘s Kristen Twitter feed. This song below, My Love, is off ...
One of my favorite processes is the color reduction woodblock print. The reduction occurs as one carves away the surface of the block, printing along the way each stage on top of each other. The la...
I absolutely love this Bob Dylan song! I’ve grown partial to this live version below because of my lil sis. A long time ago, before I was hitched, I got dumped– hard… & my swe...
I’ve decided to introduce you to another creature creation of mine, caught on camera for the first time in natural history. She appears to maybe belong to the feline or elephant family, but no...
Here is a handful of interesting, creative and inspirational items and/or events around the web… FINISHING SCHOOL at LACE for Public Postage: Responses to Art Against Empire friday, april 16th ...
Meet one of my latest creations. He’s some sort of wild creature, not sure of his name. I made him out of bristol paper with pencil, watercolor & gouache. I photographed him in his natur...
This past weekend we made it to The Bower’s Museum in Santa Ana for an incredible exhibit, Secrets of the Silk Road. It is running till July. I highly recommend getting over there to see it i...
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