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Introducing: the Field Note Society đđż
If you’ve known me for even a short while, you know I feel most at home amongst the trees, swallowed whole by the sounds of the birds, enchanted by the insects. My absolute joy raced through me when I saw the lightning bugs hovering above the gratuitous lawns this summer… There is just something about…
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Spring Sketching Adventures: Things to do & things to pack.
By Ashley Witzgall Ah, spring. The magical time of year when flowers bloom, birds sing, and your allergies scream bloody murder. Itâs also prime sketching season… and trust me, thereâs nothing like sitting outside with a sketchbook, feeling both inspired and mildly attacked by pollen. As an artist, spring isnât just a mood… it feels…
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A New Chapter: Sharing My Art Curriculum With the World
By Ashley Witzgall For years, my art education programs lived wherever they could: classrooms, community halls, libraries, Girl Scout meetings, and yes – even on kitchen tables and living room floors covered in paper scraps and colored pencils. They thrived in sketchbooks, lesson plans, and the organized chaos that happens when kids are completely absorbed…
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We Can Smell You Trying to Replace Us
Art vs. AI an artist’s perspective By Ashley Witzgall Letâs get one thing straight: we can tell. You might think your AI-generated âartâ blends in (looking at you *motions at major corporations*) that the worldâs too distracted to notice the extra finger or the uncanny gloss smeared across a subjectâs face – and I get…
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No Kings, Just People: Why I Make the Art I Do
When I started making art, I didnât think it would become political. I didnât think it had to be. But if youâve been following my work….. whether from the beginning or you just found me through TikTok (Hi! I didn’t plan on this – I had like 1,000 followers less than a week ago) –…