How big of a print can you make with a little gel plate? As big as the paper (or whatever you are printing on)! This almost 4 foot long print was made with the 3×5, the 6×6, and the 4″ round Gel Press printing plates! Just printing over and over on the paper with the 3 [...]
Carolyn Dube’s Stencils
When I started this page, I glued a leftover copy of a vintage photo into my art journal without a clue where I was going with it. No plan meant no expectations. After all, I had no idea what direction that very serious woman in the photo was headed. In the end, she was able to release her [...]
What if you could have butterfly and flower shaped cookies without having to use a cookie cutter? You can when you use stencils and the right kind of cookie recipe! Using my Butterfly Journeys stencil and Flora Bowley’s Bloom True stencil I created a fun platter of colorful cookies. I’m not a big fan of spending [...]
Control is a creativity killer for me. My left brain likes control, which is quite helpful in some areas of my life, but not when it comes to art and play. Letting go of control is easier said than done but I have found ways to help myself do it. One way is by using a tool or [...]
It was a “P” day in my art journal….not only play but pink & polka dots & Paris! The bones or structure of this page has some color on it but not nearly enough for me. And along the way, I made a new friend, Phil, who was very helpful with the polka dots…which infected me with [...]
Eyesight is a rather useful sense and it’s one I count on quite a bit when creating. So to help myself let go of control for this Let’s Play video, I’m painting blindfolded. Can’t see a thing and it shows! What is Let’s Play? It’s all about rediscovering the ability to play. Each month I share a [...]
This page was inspired by a gel print. It was supposed to be all about the colors and bits of pattern peeking out in that print. But plans don’t always go as planned. Okay, mine rarely go as planned. Turns out it was a polka dots and Paris kind of page that emerged from the play. [...]
I am turning to the masters of play to help me when drawing the ideas that pop into my head. When I draw it is often far far from perfect. In fact, it is often not even recognizable. How do I know that is okay? I studied the masters of play, kids. When a kid wants [...]
Cleaning. It’s a bad word in my world. I will do just about anything to avoid doing it and for good reason. Sometimes inspiration strikes from the messes of other projects, like it did here! These bits and pieces have been floating around here for a while and instead of tossing them into the trash, [...]
I loved the background that started today’s play. Loved it so much I wouldn’t use it. That love kept me stuck. I didn’t want to ruin it so I wouldn’t use it. Enough was enough. We had to break up. The affair was over. The love had to end. But how? I threw the entire studio at [...]
