I am a very careful planner. I think 20 steps ahead. Creating for me is very calculated and controlled. I can’t even type that with a straight face. I am the polar opposite of a controlled planner when I play. But you’ll see where I got stuck making this and how a penny rescued me! [...]
Carolyn Dube’s Stencils
The muse inspired me with rainbow rain and she wanted it nice and straight and measured. All I was all in until the measured part…but I did get the look of measuring without going any where near a ruler. How? I let the stencil do all the hard work! This 4×4 raindrop stencil is part of [...]
Why do I love modeling paste so much? It’s versatility. It can give me texture and color variation -just like it did on this art journal page when I used it with Dylsuions spray inks. In the video you’ll see how to use modeling paste plus you’ll see how I use spray inks for more than just [...]
This page was fine. It was okay. But it could be more fun so I gave myself a do over! I’m allowed to do that and so are you! It’s an art journal page not a legal contract! What is Let’s Play? It’s all about rediscovering the ability to play. Each month I share a specific [...]
Freedom. I love the feeling of freedom…it is after all so freeing! So how do I get that freedom? I create stuff that stinks. Stuff that is absolutely no good. And that it is how I find freedom. I started with this canvas I stenciled and spray inked eons ago with Rembrandt’s Words. It has been sitting [...]
Did I have fun making this page the first time? You bet! Did I think it was all finished then? Yes! Can I change my mind and redo this page? Absolutely! I give myself permission to do over any art journal page I want. There was a time when I was overly judgmental about going back [...]
It wasn’t my fault I kept playing! Really! It was my muse! My goal was to use up the paint on my palette…but she kept whispering in my ear for more colors…more paint…so I HAD to keep playing. An endless loop of happiness! Can’t you just imagine how much she had to twist my arm [...]
It was just going to take a moment because all I was doing was using up the last bits of color on the brushes. Don’t want to waste the any part of the rainbow after all. No reason to turn on the video camera. This is just cleaning off a few brushes. And then I [...]
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 [...]
A great big thank you to Maria McGuire for sharing her doodle and pen play for this blog post! She’s created art showing several ways you can use pens and stencils together. In the mandala above working with a stencil mask, Maria drew circles in graduating circumferences. Then she positioned the stencil mask of the [...]
