My job at Grandma Onyo’s home in Petach Tikva was to open the door to the customers who brought items for “artistic repair.” Grandma sat...

Medium Characteristics Oil pastels look like colored sticks wrapped in paper. They feel soft, oily, creamy, and pliable. They soften even...

Drawing pens produce a fine line. Different amounts of pressure will result in some control over the nature and thickness of the line....

She stormed into the room, the familiar cloud of scent I’d come to know so well over the past year following in her footsteps. A sharp...

Medium Characteristics Modeling clay is a flexible plastic sculpturing material that comes in the shape of blocks in all colors. It has...

Medium Characteristics Gouache is a soluble pigmented liquid or paste. It offers many creative options, as different colors blend well...

The identity of the space called atelier , within the educational field, originates from the theory of the Hundred Languages, which...

Roberta Pucci, markers They are in almost every home, school and backpack. They are attractive and easy to use. It is not necessary to...

Medium Characteristics Vine charcoal is a black, dark natural material produced from partially burned trees. It is fragile and brittle....

Medium Characteristics These crayons are made of wax, which bonds the pigments. Significant pressure will result in intense colors, and...

Aquarell by Nona Orbach, 2020 12X18 cm. Medium Characteristics Watercolors can be found as solid cakes in a pan or as an ointment in tiny...

Medium Characteristics A pencil is a simple linear medium. The graphite lead (indicated by a number marked on the pencil) and the...

Medium Characteristics Colored markers give a very clear line while applying only light pressure. The colorful line of the marker is...

Medium Characteristics The Western black ink - Indian ink - comes in small bottles and is diluted in water. It can produce many rich...

A Therapeutic Process with Evacuees in the "Safe Studio,” Israel, 2024 After the October 7th attack and the subsequent war that broke out...

In recent years, many art therapists have begun to use art journals. Unlike conventional art surfaces, ledgers or journals are readily...

She enters the studio, closes the door behind her, and immediately goes to the table. Beside the table, there is a large box with...

Plasticine as a means of dealing with life’s passages My journey with plasticine began when I was teaching the art of color mixing to my...

When I was nine years old, during the languid days of summer vacation, my mother enrolled me in a painting workshop just a short walk...

PHILOSOPHY OF SPONTANEOUS IMAGE-MAKING WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT A wide sandy beach off the Atlantic Ocean was my first studio. Throughout my childhood, I played there, sculpting and drawing in the sand. I was unaware that countless generations of children before me, even centuries ago, had played on this same beach with this same sand, and created forms, mounds, tunnels and holes, that probably resembled my own. The children of my generation had limited art materials and often p