What do I do when my muse keeps saying “You bought it, you might as well use it”? I use it! Today’s play involves 2 things I’ve bought and not used plus a bunch of O.O.P.S.ies! https://youtu.be/OZlgZTf5IUY It’s almost embarrassing how long I’ve had the felt shapes. How long? Could be at least 5 years [...]
Fridge Poetry
There was a stress intervention from the Muse at the request of my family. Grown up responsibilities had been getting the better of me. As I played and added more layers to this collage, a ridiculous plot involving Alfred Hitchcock appeared. The sillier the plot, the less stress I felt. https://youtu.be/7SulNBaTe8w Watch Shaking off stress with [...]
This play came from that thing I wasn’t paying attention to, the scrap paper from cutting out hearts. I liked the hearts I cut out, but I loved this paper so much so that this is what I used first! The muse is rather tricky some days. https://youtu.be/i3R5e_IqelI Watch Leftover Scraps Become Mixed Media Art [...]
Ever wonder if the things around your art studio come to life when you aren’t there – like in Toy Story? I am beginning to think that they really do. This cluster of stuff all seemed to find each other over the course of several weeks as I worked on a variety of projects [...]
Building an art journal page with PanPastels is instant gratification. No pesky waiting for the color dry. But how do I seal PanPastels so they don’t smear and can pass a white glove test? One way is with a gel printing plate! In the video, you’ll see how I built this steampunk page by combining pieces and [...]
It turns out that I have been using a cleaning product without even realizing it! Compressed air is sold as a way of removing dust. Never fear, I am not going to use it for cleaning. I am going to use it for art journaling in this week’s Let’s Play video. Once again, an Oops (Outstanding Opportunity [...]
After sharing my video experimenting with Distress Crayons, I had a lot of people asking me how they compared to Gelatos. So, I thought I’d try them out in a video side by side and see how similar or different they are. Disclaimer: I am NOT a formally trained scientist adhering to strict rules of [...]
Have any art supplies that haven’t been used in a while? I definitely do! I’ve bought things, enjoyed them, and then somehow they just end up in the bottom of a drawer for a very long time. But not today! I’m going to use one them, glass floral marbles which have been collecting dust in [...]
There is one important thing to remember when Gelli printing with words. It’s a biggie. And I forget it all the time. How could I forget something so important? I get into a Gelli printing zone and my brain turns off and lets me create from the heart. What’s the important thing I forget? [...]
When I create, the art starts to talk to me. As I added the deli paper words to this mixed media canvas, I found it very telling that the only word to not go down “properly”, “correctly”, or “perfectly” of these 3 was dare. Dare is a strong word to me…Dare to try. Dare to [...]
