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Creative Process


Why Watercolor Paper Matters: Choosing the Best Paper for Watercolor Painting
TRANQUIL • LUMINOUS • ROOTED Stories from the studio, reflections on process, and the art of the handmade. Why Watercolor Paper Matters: Choosing the Best Watercolor Paper Recently, I began studying watercolor painting with a more dedicated and intentional focus. Rather than simply experimenting here and there, I wanted to truly understand the medium—its techniques, its challenges, and its quiet nuances. Almost immediately, one truth became very clear to me: the paper I choo

Melanie Grant
Jan 67 min read


A Year of Making, Becoming, and Beginning Again — An Artist Studio Reflection
A winter artist studio reflection on a year of growth, renewal, and the unfolding of new work inside my Northern Idaho studio.

Melanie Grant
Dec 27, 20254 min read
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