COURtney Cerruti

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Courtney is an artist, author, collaborator, educator and. Her books, Playing with Image Transfers, Washi Tape 101 and Playing With Surface Design, Make Art Where You Are and One Color a Day have been translated into Italian, French, German, Spanish and Chinese. Courtney teaches workshops all over the country and online at Creativebug.com where she is Editor-In-Chief. Her work has been featured on Oh Happy Day, Design Sponge, the SF Chronicle, Instagram, Uppercase Magazine, The Jealous Curator and BuzzFeed among others. She makes something everyday and can be found on instagram as @ccerruti

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"Almost all creativity involves purposeful play." — Abraham Maslow

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These colors! Loving the granulating effects of these #gamsaitambi watercolors I picked up from @archsupplies
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#watercolor #gansaitambi #granulatingwatercolor #ccerrutipaints #colorswatch

On this very rainy day there is no greater pleasure than playing with a new set of watercolor! Testing the @kuretakejapan #gansaitambi granulating colors that just arrived at @archsupplies!!! For only $21, these just might find their way into every stocking this year!
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#watercolor #gansaitambigranulatingcolors #granulatingwatercolor #sketchbook #ccerrutipaints #watercolorpalette #watercolorswatch

Less than two weeks until Dec 1st when my new @creativebug class launches! Join me in a Daily Practice of playing with Image Transfers that will end in a sampler art cloth of all your exploration.
Link in bio to watch for free! Join me in play!
#imagetransfer #playingwithimagetransfers #playingwithcolor #storycloth #handstitching #color

October first.
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#ccerrutipaints #inktober #drawtober #colortober #watercolor #ink #floral #spooky #autumn #fall

It’s October first which means its time to paint or draw along with the #inktober prompts folks are posting. Reminding you that I have two classes on @creativebug showing my favorite drawing technique for October draw/paint challenges. This is my take on the technique Andy #Warhol used in his illustration. It’s a fun and satisfying way to make spooky art all month long. Link in Bio for two free months on Creativebug.

Drawing on these little @roomytown color swatch postcards. Because if I don’t I might scream or throw something soon.

Tonight’s studio paintings…
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#ccerrutipaints #watercolor #watercolors #floral #watercolorpainting #watercolorillustration #floralillustration

Framing up paintings for a collab with @plants_are_for_painting -
#ccerrutipaints #watercolor #passepartout -#watercolorfloral #dsfloral

That’s a wrap! Finished filming #tetrapak printing at @creativebug

Painting flowers…. A few stolen hours in the studio
#ccerrutipaints #watercolor #floral #watercolour

Thank you friends for all who bid on work on @artiststakeaction last week!!! We raised $1775 for gaza aid!!! If anyone missed out on a bouquet DM me. I will paint a bouquet for a $50 donation to @wckitchen or @aneraorg - thank you all!
And thank you @lisasolomon for creating and managing @artiststakeaction - 8 years of raising money for charitable causes!

Playing… to discover…
#tetrapak #tetrapakprint

Studio play… setting up (yet another) palette… but this one is all full pans from various watercolor tubes.
#ccerrutipaints #ccerrutistudio #watercolor #watercolorpalette #paintpalette #swatching #colorswatching #danielsmith #winsornewton #schmincke

My massive unabridged dictionary fell over and opened to this painting tucked between the pages who knows how long ago… a little face painted with cheap craft acrylic

In honor of #womenshistorymonth I taught a live class on @creativebug sharing my favorite blotted line monoprint technique inspired by Andy Warhol’s commercial illustration work. This method allows you to trace an image, create a monoprint, then add watercolor for a final pice of art.
Prompted by the Virginia Woolf quote “Anonymous was a woman,” I wanted to honor unknown women by creating portraits from photos of them sourced from the online archives @nypl and @librarycongress. The live is up on the site and free! Link in bio.
Create a portrait of an inspiring woman in your life.

Weekend meanderings #makeartwhereyouarebook #sketchbookplay

Filming a new #DailyPractice at @creativebug this week!
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#ccerrutistudio #creativity #artisticprocess

Luca and mama studio time
#ccerrutistudio

Painting with friends makes everything better.
@poopingrabbit @brianmcdonaldart @mariko.jesse

Paintings on a Friday night. Stay tuned…
#ccerrutipaints
#dsfloral #watercolor #watercolor #winsorandnewton

For all the lovers.
For the ones we loved and still do.
For the heartbroken.
For the lonely.
For you.
Xo

Most of my art making recently has been in the form of #exquisitecorpse drawings with Luca and @thejoeyouknow - I'm not complaining. 🐸

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