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Robyn Hood Black is a children's author, poet, and artist. She's happiest with ink underneath her fingernails.

Poetry & Art! A Mini Series of Videos from me… more soon!

A picture of me, Robyn Hood Black, in my studio holding the cover of an antique book with gilded letters reading "Poetry & Art."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7aG79O6KS4

Happy Poetry Friday & Poetry Month!

Here’s a Poetry Friday project for Poetry Month that involves artsyletters® in equal measure! I’m making a mini series of videos on YouTube for April featuring a different word each week (and someone else’s poem celebrating it), along with some original art I make. Don’t worry, the video skills can only improve, along with the editing to trim more minutes in the next editions. ;0) Look for a regular series from artsyletters® soon. https://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog/posts/47651 Today’s post & video feature an “Ode to AND” by Patricia J. Franz. Here’s the link to jump straight to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7aG79O6KS4

Wishing you plenty of both this April – Poetry AND Art!!

Handwriting…

Happy First Day of Spring! This week, my post for Poetry Friday on my author blog seems just as appropriate, if not more so, here – so, here’s the link! Thanks for reading.

https://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog/posts/47587
Love me some vintage writing implements, antique handwritten documents, and cursive writing in general!

Poetry Friday – Give a Hand to Handwriting – Robyn Hood B…

Catherine Rains’s “Collage Breakthrough” Workshop



© Robyn Hood Black


Lesson 1 grid from Catherine Rains’s incredible (free!) “Collage Breakthrough” online workshop this week and next. So wonderful already, with Cat’s warm and clear teaching style and generous team members, too, sharing their work. Thousands of folks are tuning in and creating from all corners of the globe.

This exercise was much akin to patchwork quilting to me. Loved it!

Here’s Cat’s website:
Home – Catherine Rains