Whatever inspires me ends up my art journal, one way or another. The Scripps National Spelling Bee, which was last week, is a family tradition here since we are an entire family of proud word nerds. Perhaps that is why the word on the scrap of dictionary paper called to me. And then that word met [...]
stencils
When Enkaustikos and Linda Roberston sent me an encaustic kit to play with I was thrilled. I’ve wanted to explore painting with wax for a long time. Every paint brush, the wax, a PanPastel, the tools, the wood cradle – it was all in the kit from Enkaustikos. This box was loaded with just about everything [...]
Can you use fabric on the Gelli Plate? Absolutely! The white fabric I used was very very affordable, actually might be called cheap. I have used heavier fabrics and they work well also. This is up a few days early – hope no one minds…In the video, I’m using regular acrylic paints on fabric. To [...]
I was running behind schedule. There wasn’t much time. But there was no way I was going to miss out on the fun of trades at Art Is You. Trades are a a little something you trade with other people at the retreat. There are no rules for this which allows each and every person [...]
This was a total accident, an Oops of the best kind, that led to this discovery! As I ran around the house, shouting Eureka, my family just looked at me like I was a crazy woman….But I know you will understand the glee I felt when I realized thatbthe Color Bloom spray ink was sealing PanPastels in my [...]
This is not a major feat of engineering in my art journal…it can’t be since there was no measuring involved! But it sure is fun to flip those birds back and forth in an interactive art journal page! They’re double sided and I am having a blast flipping the birds from side to side… [...]
What is the big deal about open acrylics and the Gelli Plate? I didn’t know until Mary Beth Shaw introduced me to them. I can’t believe I have lived this long without them…. The amount of the pigment in Golden combined with being Open acrylics means they stay wet longer and allow me to get [...]
There is something I HATE to do, really HATE to do. Every week I must do this and I spend most of the week dreading it. What is it? Paying the bills. I detest writing the checks, abhor stuffing and stamping the envelopes. Until today. Thanks to Seth Apter’s newest stencil, Inside Out, [...]
Although I can’t hop on a plane to travel right now, I can take a trip in my art journal! My muse is my travel agent and she’s booked me to Venice for this trip. Below is the progression of my art journal page as I played with the newly released, Venetian Large 9×12 stencil [...]
Have you ever been drawn to the art or style of an artist and then when you meet them in person it all makes sense…because they are their art? That is what it was like for me meeting Tangie Baxter in person at her Artspiration Studio in Mesa, Arizona. This studio is like a [...]
