Treasures were used to create this art journal page. Were these expensive treasures? Nope. Would they be considered trash by many? Yes! These treasures were a bag of scraps of paper that I had been saving in my studio for a very long time that I decided was time to use them or lose them courtesy [...]
Carolyn Dube’s Stencils
What are the best supplies for art play? Whatever is within arm’s reach! If you’re feeling a bit tricked by the headline, I was too when I started playing. I hunted for the best supplies to use but experience taught me that it wasn’t the supplies that made the difference. It was just diving in with [...]
The sun was in that wonderful late afternoon golden glow phase, the birds were singing, and I was playing outdoors. Springtime is my goldilocks time outdoors, not too hot & not many bugs. It’s just right for play. A basket of fun was put together quickly, of what was on my counter, with absolutely no clear [...]
The muse had me on a need to know basis for this piece of art. I only knew what was happening in that moment, without any idea of what the next layer would hold. I was so in the dark, I didn’t know that it would become a gift for my daughter as she graduates and [...]
Cleaning and play can go hand in hand. Not house cleaning…but cleaning excess paint off stencils. My fast and favorite way to clean off an inky or painty stencil, especially when gel printing, is by blotting it off on another surface like an art journal or in this case a wood panel. Since this is not the actual [...]
What do I do with a hideous start to an art journal page? Call it an OOPS and add more layers! An O.O.P.S. is an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly and little did I know that the word discover would take me to the 70’s and disco. https://youtu.be/gldjQyYT7wo Watch How I dealt with an ugly art [...]
Patience is a virtue that I have not mastered, especially when coloring and pattern making. However, I really enjoy exploring colors and patterns. The solution for me is to use a crayon rubbing and an extremely juicy “pen” that can cover a lot of area quickly hence minimal patience is required. What are stencil crayon rubbings? You might [...]
There was a collision of the good, the bad, and the ugly in today’s play as I dealt with one of my hoarding tendencies. This canvas began long ago, and it just sat. That is until today, when I realized the opportunity in the O.O.P.S. was to use up a hoarded treasure…one that other people might [...]
What if? This is the question that I asked in my art journal today. This page went through a lot, including some very ugly layers. Since this was what if play, it didn’t matter if a layer was ugly. It didn’t matter if it had no direction. It only mattered that I asked what if. [...]
What happens when I start with an old dried up paint palette, then start thinking about high school lit class, then make a series of OOPSies? An art journal page! You can find the video of the play in my guest post at StencilGirl Talk! Be sure to check out the end of video where [...]
