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jane davies art notes from the studio skip to content jane davies art notes from the studio menu search about contact search for search making cradled wood panels on april 17 2026 by janedaviesstudios leave a comment i have been making my own cradled panels because the price of ready made ones has gone way up i think wood panel is my favorite substrate to work on because it doesn t have any give the way canvas does i use 1 x2 lumber to make the framing or cradle and either 1 4 birch faced plywood or pre cut sheets of 1 8 masonite hardboard for the panel wood glue and a few staples hold everything together if you don t have a power saw you can use a handsaw and cut the 45 degree angles with a miter box or cut them straight and use but joints measure accordingly i like mitered corners and i love to have an excuse to use my miter saw i cut my frame pieces to 1 less than the panel dimensions for a 24 x24 panel i ll cut my cradle parts to 23 x23 leaving a 1 2 overhang that allows a lot of wiggle room for imprecision it is the long edge of the cradle part that meets these dimension requirements this is a top view of one side of the cradle make your measurements on the long edge besides the wood and the saw you ll need wood glue corner clamps and a bar clamp is handy i also use a power staple gun for stapling each joint after it is glued if you don t have a bar clamp use extra angle clamps making your own panels saves a lot of money and it gives you flexibility on the size of your panels let me know if you have questions about this process or if you have suggestions for making it better i am not very skilled at woodworking so anyone who is will likely have tips please share working in a sketchbook on march 29 2026 by janedaviesstudios 4 comments many of you may be familiar with the sketchbook revival a group taught online event that offers inspiration and tutorials for artists of all levels of experience it s a great way to begin your art practice inject new ideas into your established practice or anything in between it begins on april 11 each of the participating artists is offering a free gift to everyone who signs up my free gift is a collection of over 20 different hand painted collage papers you can download and print with over thirty teachers participating it would be hard not to find something that really resonates with you among my fellow contributors are sarah matthews danny gregory este macleod julie fei fan balzer drew steinbrecher and loads more you can sign up here for free my session is about making visual prompts for yourself in your sketchbook these are like awkward little questions demanding to be addressed with drawing painting and collage create your own challenges visually and always have something in your sketchbook that you can work on or futz with practice getting out of your head and into your eyes and your hands to navigate visual solutions these both started with just a couple of collage pieces as the visual prompt in my session i will demonstrate various ways of approaching the prompts including tools techniques and attitude celebrate spring in the northern hemisphere by joining us for this creative boost time to fertilize your art practice plant new seeds in your sketchbook and watch them grow and bloom all year sign up here my year long class on march 13 2026 by janedaviesstudios leave a comment i just want to show off a sampling of what people are doing in my everything jane davies year long class it is so fun to see what everyone does with each of the projects in this class we have a new focus every month with a few warm up projects and then a main project in january we did several projects on working in series in february we worked with pattern this month we are doing improvisational drawing including blind drawings and scribbling you can join the class anytime and have lifetime access to all the videos and materials working in one color on february 7 2026 by janedaviesstudios 4 comments in my online sketchbook classes i have given the assignment to work in red and also to work in blue different classes it s from these assignments that i get a huge outpouring of creativity making me wonder why i don t offer these assignments in every class here is one person s response to working in red this artist went to a thrift store and photographed red clothing in such interesting ways this person did a series of ten red portraits each uniquely expressive grids of predominantly red objects a few more each from a different artist the assignment to work in one colors seems to be freeing once you get past the initial shock of realizing how un specific it is there is almost no direction in this assignment only the one and that is about color to get started you can simply get out your red in this case materials paint collage paper drawing tools fabric threads objects whatever it is enough direction to get you started recycling or re imagining your work on january 21 2026 by janedaviesstudios leave a comment i found this video i made in 2023 and thought i d share it here it lives on my youtube channel in it i show you a way to generate new ideas from you own artwork and it has actually proved to be very useful you can use your own printing or have a professional printer make the copies of your work un coated paper works best for collage here comes 2026 on january 13 2026 by janedaviesstudios 6 comments we re in it already as i m a bit late for a new year s post still i m going to go with better late than never do you have plans or aspirations for the new year my plan is to cut back on social media i am not going to publish new videos every month or post on facebook or instagram on any regular basis so if you want to know what s going on here at jane davies studios sign up for my newsletter link in right margin or look at my website i need more time to paint and i want to have adequate bandwidth to teach my classes creating videos and posting on facebook and instagram makes me look at my art practice through the lens of how can this benefit students how can i make this into a lesson or a demonstration this thing that i m learning or experiencing while painting i want to share this with my students which is all great for teaching but in order to have something to teach i need to have a healthy art practice so that is among my aspirations for 2026 this pieces is one of what i m working on in the studio these days please let me know what your plans or aspirations are for 2026 my 2026 calendar is here on december 11 2025 by janedaviesstudios 4 comments and you can download it for free have it printed and enjoy a year of images from my studio i hope it inspires your creativity all year long or makes an easy gift for someone on your list wishing you a peaceful and creative holiday season a year long class on december 5 2025 by janedaviesstudios 4 comments my new first ever year long class is now available on carla sonheim presents this class includes monthly exercises and projects that focus on specific aspects of visual language or particular approaches to art making in the middle of each month we have a zoom call in which i ll do more demos offer slide shows look at your work posted on cluster and take questions i am so excited about this class and can t wait to get started read about it and see the video here thank you for all that you teach me on november 26 2025 by janedaviesstudios 4 comments one of my great pleasures in teaching is all the things i learn from you you provide a finely tuned sounding board for my ideas and what bounces back are more ideas better ideas ways to improve my teaching new windows into how art works how to make art or how you make art every workshop leaves me feeling like i ve just filled the tank there are a thousand more things i m grateful for and the images above don t scratch the surface of workshop experiences that have inspired me a few other things i m grateful for cats in my life friends music pearl my dog who passed away on august 11 at the age of 13 5 food from local farms orchards and my own garden i ll stop here lest i spend the rest of the day on a gratitude list have a happy thanksgiving if you celebrate this holiday tomorrow if you don t celebrate this official version of american thanksgiving have a peaceful and grateful week thanks for visiting making stuff is good for us on october 1 2025 by janedaviesstudios 11 comments here is a 20 minute listen from npr called making art is good for your health this is inspiration for making art practice a regular part of your day if you don t make art on a regular basis or the idea of painting or drawing scares you then try knitting playing with air dry clay paper mâché singing even if only in the shower writing a nonsense poem cooking or baking from scratch arranging some flowers all of these things are creative and engaging and make us slow down and pay attention here are some images and artists that inspire me to try something new when i need an easy on ramp ashley mary makes fun and beautiful collages some of which are childlike in the best way when i just want to cut and paste this is one of the places i go for inspiration ashley mary or i look at matisse s cut paper pieces find them anywhere in a bookstore or an internet search henri matisse i have a pinterest board on fish mostly cut paper decorative collage and making fish seems like a fun and engaging project you could make a mobile or a mural out of them sally payne create a zine or other easy folded paper object here is my pinterest board on crafts and techniques and a few samples from it i made some of these little painted cardboard houses as gift tags last year i don t think i ve ever made a mobile but the idea has been on my radar for awhile this one appears to be made of felt but imaging the paper creations you could create make some stamps my favorite materials for this are peel and stick foam on cardboard but you can use any foam left over from packing materials it s best if the stamp surface material has a little give and glue it onto cardboard i hope you can find some peace and joy in making things no matter what those things are posts navigation older posts buy my book everything jane davies mixed media drawing painting and collage a year long online class from carla sonheim presents is available now monthly exercises projects and zoom meetings begins jan 8 my first class from carla sonheim presents is available now links my website facebook instagram buy works on paper my book sign up for my newsletter my old blog blog at wordpress com jane davies art blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed jane davies art join 154 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy jane davies art subscribe subscribed sign up log in report this content view site in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar loading comments write a comment email required name required website