Who needs a deadline! Who needs the stress of having to finish right now! I sure don’t! But I used to think I was required to finish in one session. Shockingly, that led to creativity crushing stress. I decided that stress was not what I wanted so just rewrote the rules and gave myself permission to work in [...]
Art Journaling
There’s no spell check in art. Once you paint a word there aren’t any squiggly red lines alerting you to a misspelling. Or a quick delete button to fix it. So what did I do when I had a typo? Nothing. It’s just an Oops. Well, I did laugh at myself…I have always been a [...]
Absolutely elated to be in the latest Somerset Apprentice! It is an honor to be included in this magazine as there is so much inspiration from so many great artists in these pages! I am a bit partial to page 26 but there is so much in this issue. If you have a [...]
I wanted a tall tree with full branches of wonderful leaves in my art journal. But I didn’t have that- or did I? I made some surgical “adjustments” to the Branching Blossoms stencil to get the look I was after. I used scissors and the very fancy tool called an index card. Why did I [...]
It was a conspiracy. I’m not making this up. I am not crazy. It was a total conspiracy from my muse to get me playing. She wanted me away from the computer screen with a jumbo to-do list and into the paints! When I saw the challenge over at Art Journal Journey, I just couldn’t stop [...]
You’ve seen my favorite spray inks, you’ve seen how I experiment and play to learn about spray inks, and today I’m going to share with you how I quickly build a background in an art journal. http://youtu.be/ez9WjjsiXbg Watch Using Each Spray Ink for What it Does Best on YouTube. Join the conversation and let [...]
Some spray inks bleed and that can be a very useful thing. I’m burying the Dylusions spray inks and creating a softer, aged feeling as it bleeds through the gesso. In today’s Play Date video, I’m taking a spray ink that I adore because of its vibrance and showing how it can be wonderful muted down [...]
Words, words, words! Words in my art journal. Words on a canvas. Words on a card. Words on fabric. Words with modeling paste. I love words! I am so honored to have my latest collection of stencils at StencilGirl. Check out the video showing you how I made an art journal page with some of these new [...]
What do I do with my Gelli Prints? I play with them. How? So many many ways. Today, I’m stamping on them. Using Gelli prints with stamps gives it the painterly, loose look I like without having to plan. If I tried to color the stamps intentionally, I’d over think it and all the looseness [...]
I feel on top of the world when I play…so I captured that feeling with rubber stamps from Viva Las Vegas Stamps and StencilGirl stencils! Today is day 5 of the hop and it is loaded with inspiration! There are 2 great prizes so be sure to check the end of this post for details [...]
