Technique & Tool: Chapter 6

Welcome to the 5th edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. The Pulse is a collaborative project that aims to introduce you to new artists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, and allow you access into the creative hearts and minds of a very talented crew of individuals. More than 130 artists have answered a series of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented in a series of online posts which will run every Sunday.
Style File was the first project posted and links to all 12 posts can be found on the sidebar of my blog. The second project, Techniques & Tools, the second project, continues now...

Participants were asked: 'The one technique or tool that you cannot live without is... ' I have added links of my own choosing to each contribution below, sometimes to products, sometimes to videos, sometimes to the artist's own work, and sometimes to something unexpected. Even the contributors do not know what I will be linking to!--------------------------------------- Pat McNally 
My camera!--------------------------------------- Dorothy Simpson Krause
The computer.--------------------------------------- judi sidonie tillinger
The camera in my iPhone. Any camera for that matter but the iPhone has become an extension of my, well, I.--------------------------------------- Sally Turlington
I couldn't live without my computer! Having access to my art and photos and being able to change color, size, etc. on a whim -- critical. Next on my list would be COLOR: my golden acrylics, my ink pads, my oil pastels, my watercolors, etc. I rarely do anything that doesn't have lots of color.--------------------------------------- Maude May
My iPhone camera (and glue stick).--------------------------------------- Terry Garrett
There was a time when I would never have said this but it's my computer. It's both a tool for altering my photography and collages and a window on the world.--------------------------------------- Dave Dube
The camera for composition.--------------------------------------- Marsha Jorgensen
Why can I never follow the rules and have just one answer? I cannot live without my computer/Photoshop and my collection of antique ephemera/pictures.--------------------------------------- Liz Hampton-Derivan
My camera.--------------------------------------- Susan Madden
The Internet. When I start feeling smug about the work I've done ("That's perfect!") I take the time to cruise through my list of Favorite Blogs. Seeing other people's incredible artwork has the necessary effect of deflating my ego balloon and forcing me back to the studio to eat humble pie and start over again. And again. And again. A bad thing? Of course not. Being totally satisfied with your art means you don't need to keep working at it. That means you stop making art and that is a bad thing. --------------------------------------- Jacqueline Auvigne
My camera. It is my pure joy, I do it for me and my enjoyment alone. It's like a form of sketching for me, it keeps me loose, yet it keeps my eye sharp.--------------------------------------- Marie Otero
My computer (and camera - sorry, I know that is two , but they are inseparable!)--------------------------------------- Gail Pierce
A camera. Right now I'm in love with my Canon Powershot SX10is.--------------------------------------- theresa mARTin
Photoshop. I use it to scan in photos that I alter in use in artwork, and I use it to tweak and organize photos of completed art.--------------------------------------- Sarah Fishburn
At this exact moment in time, and subject to change in the future, because of the amount of digital deconstruction I find myself doing, my Mac.--------------------------------------- Corey Celaya
Too many to mention...this includes a camera.---------------------------------------
Next 'Techniques & Tools' will be posted on Sunday, October 30th.