Cindy Makowski — scratch art instructor
Our Story
Hope first studied scratch art with Cindy Makowski at Oklahoma City’s Painting Palooza, creating an intricate fox while learning how the medium builds texture and contrast through marks and removal rather than paint. It was Hope’s first experience with scratch art and a fun reminder that useful artistic lessons can come from stepping well outside a familiar medium.
Cindy Makowski
Workshop Instructor
2025
Focus Areas
Scratch Art, Texture, Contrast
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Workshops and Events
Hope studied scratch art with Cindy Makowski at Oklahoma City’s Painting Palooza in 2025. The class introduced a completely different way of building texture, light, and contrast by scratching into a dark surface rather than applying paint.
Etched in Wild — scratchboard by Hope Blakely
Their Work in
the Blakely Art Collection
I do not currently have an original work by this artist represented in the Blakely Art Collection. Their influence is included here because of the role they have played in my learning and artistic development.
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