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Journal
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April 01, 2026
More or Less
During the month of March, artists in the Open Sketchbook mentoring program explored minimalist and maximalist approaches with our Everything's Related: More or Less theme. We looked at the work of Contemporary and Outsider artists who developed their paintings and sculptures using more-is-more or less-is-more processes.
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February 25, 2026
Auras and Enigmas
During the month of February, artists in the Open Sketchbook mentorship program created new work under the subject Everything's Related and our monthly theme Auras and Enigmas. Weekly projects were based on glowing light patterns, unusual objects and odd occurrences. Works by Morris Graves, Gertrude Abercrombie and Yayoi Kusama were studied for their mystical, surreal and otherworldly qualities. Artists worked with wet watercolor washes, collage, layering and mixed media.
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February 01, 2026
This and That
To kick off the new year, artists in the Open Sketchbook mentorship program developed new work under the subject Everything's Related and monthly theme This and That. Weekly projects were based on a pair of ideas with the This sketchbook drawings generating the That artworks formed outside the sketchbook on a variety of surfaces including envelopes, cardboard, assorted papers and synthetic grounds.
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December 29, 2025
Everything's Related: Work by KB Studio Artists
Beginning in September 2025, artists in the Open Sketchbook mentorship program have been working with our new Everything's Related theme. Each month we explore a pair of ideas on two facing sketchbook pages. By working with prompts in a side-by-side format, artists are able to develop ideas in relationship to one another, pushing and pulling material processes in direct response to complementary images both emergent and informative.
