JIM FARIS

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Gouache
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Gouache

In my ever evolving art, I keep switching it up. Over the last month, it’s been a return to gauche. I loved/hated gouache when I

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Sketchy
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A Sketchy Obsession

Anyone following my Facebook or Instagram knows that I have developed a new obsession, sketching…with watercolors…in sketchbooks. I have always been a sketching guy, but

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Mural
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Starting a Mural

Starting? What does that even mean? Technically, I started over a year ago and changed my mind about 20 times, then I just dropped the

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My new workspace

No, sadly it’s not a new studio or even a new room in my house. It’s a desktop I got in the clearance section of

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To what end?

I finished two paintings that go together, a diptych. But to what end? I loved the process and the final image, but what is it

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Cutting?

Tools and process. Some one asked me about some of the fine lines in my paintings. These are cut lines. I have a favorite palette

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