Technique & Tool: Chapter 10

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!
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Eileen Bellomo


Gesso! And my hands.
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dorit Elisha


My sewing machine. It works on fabric and paper, it adds texture, color, line and strength, and can replace glue.
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Jodi Ohl


I can't live without my acrylic paint coupled with glazing medium. It's the foundation for everything I do.
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Billie's Craft Room


Distressing paper/card using dye based ink and cut n dry foam.
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Laura Lein-Svencner


Morning Journal writing. It's the way I always start my day. I need to sort things out and find my place of balance continually as things are constantly changing and it helps me adapt to it all.
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Stephanie Brouwers


If I stick with my philosophy that less is more...the one tool I could not live without is my pocket knife. You can do a lot with a pocket knife...
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Nelda Ream


Paint. I can't live without paint. Gotta paint pictures, walls, my toenails; anything that doesn't move.
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Gillian McMurray


My goat hair hake brush. I use it in so many creative endeavours from watercolour painting, to painting background papers with acrylic, and even brushing away eraser rubbings when I do pencil work.
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Jessica Walthall


It's almost impossible to pick just one, but considering all the art I make as a whole, I'd say layering of media. Without layers in my work, I'd lose the depth and dimension, and without that I think my work may fall flat.
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Lottie Anderson


A broken dowel and a bottle of India ink.
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Luthien Thye


Technique: Aging
Tool: Imagination
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Next 'Techniques & Tools' will be posted on Sunday, November 27th. That will be the last post in the series. A new series from The Pulse will begin the following Sunday, December 4th. Stay tuned.