This 148-page special issue features 30 outdoor and indoor studios, including a garage-turned-art-shed, a studio where they artist draws the architectural details right on the walls, and a candy-colored dye studio.

Get an inside look at three studios makeovers, including our Editor's home studio, plus discover artsy paint colors to give your walls a fresh look, tips for organizing your supplies with beach- and garden-themed collectibles, and how to make your own light box for photographing your art-it's simple and inexpensive!

You'll also find advice for making the most of a small space, an expert's guide to curbing clutter, tips for carving out time to make art, and the benefits of attending an art retreat.



On the cover, Kristin Krause's Cincinnati studio. Find out how she drew the architectural details on her walls.

 
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contents

storage and organization

The Art of Organization
Tips for curbing your clutter to suit your style

Making Time for Studio Time
Pam Carriker

How Would You Use It?
6 artists' takes on one product

Big Tips for Small Spaces
How to stay organized and be creative,
even in cramped quarters

Color Me Creative
Paint choice tips

art on the go

Art away
The benefits of a retreat

Behind the Walls
Sampling open studios in Oaxaca, Mexico

Studios on the Park
The people's art space

studios makeovers

Editor's Makeover

Starting from Scratch
Sue Bleiweiss

Divide and Conquer
Sharon Tomlinson

featured studios
Where anything is possible

Sue Bleiweiss
Sharon Tomlinson
Caryn Lynn Duncan
Kim Geiser
Candy Glendening
Annie O'Brien Gonzales
Kristin Krause
Catherine Nicholls
KC Willis

studio vignettes
Glimpses of inspiration

Julie Branch
Pam Carriker
Robin Colodzin
Stuart Carr Ferrell
Marilyn Benson Girtz
Sandy Glass
Lovey Johnson-Debrow
Page McBrier
Jodi Ohl
Nancy Schmitt
Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch
Jonathan Talbot
Risa Tritabaugh
Lynne Weinberger
Maki Bonnie Yamamoto
Janis Zroback

special features

Bringing the Outdoors In

Light Box Lesson

Character Study
Those studio pets!

Studios Essay: Studios Alfresco
Leilani Pierson