Technique & Tool: Chapter 7

Welcome to the 5th edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. The Pulse is a collaborative project that aims to introduce you to new artists, help you get to know familiar faces even more, and allow you access into the creative hearts and minds of a very talented crew of individuals. More than 130 artists have answered a series of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented in a series of online posts which will run every Sunday.

Style File was the first project posted and links to all 12 posts can be found on the sidebar of my blog. The second project, Techniques & Tools, continues now...

Participants were asked: 'The one technique or tool that you cannot live without is... ' I have added links of my own choosing to each contribution below, sometimes to products, sometimes to videos, sometimes to the artist's own work, and sometimes to something unexpected. Even the contributors do not know what I will be linking to!
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Eric Adama


Paper. No matter what technique I choose, painting or drawing etc., I always add some paper, to create a texture, scratch or cut in it.
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Judy Shea


That would be any of my texture/stencil tools/techniques (that's too many, right?). I love using molding paste to push through the stencils and push any of my texture tools into creating a 2D look that can now be enhanced even further with many colored mediums.
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Martha Marshall


I keep my extra large Liquitex No. 18 painting knife close at hand and use it often when spreading thick gels and paints. It gives me a wonderful feeling because it's exactly like a giant frosting spreader.
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Patti Edmon


Scraps, gel(s), gesso and acrylics with which to create layered, textured backgrounds.
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Natasha White


I cannot live without my paints at the moment. I would even choose them over my morning coffee.
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Kelly Kilmer

My journal! It is my favorite place for self-expression.
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Donna Joy


I guess I would have to say my miter saw since I like to use wood of all kinds as my substrate these days. Everything starts with the first cut.
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Svetlana Spasojevic


Technique: Crackle technique. I like using different products to achieve crackle effects. Tools: Definitely Dremel!!! Sanding, drilling, cutting, engraving...
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Katherine Labbe AKA Miz Katie


My palette knife and a bottle of Light Molding Paste. It covers up all those little holes on the canvas that I don't like.
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Terry Rafferty


An eraser, LOL!
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Leslie Marsh


Since making books is my first love, I thought about the tools and techniques I use in my work: waxed linen thread, needles, paper... I thought about binding techniques. But really the one tool I cannot work without is my hands.
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Next 'Techniques & Tools' will be posted on Sunday, November 6th.