Knowing where you are going can be overrated. Granted, if you are an airplane pilot, it is critical you know where you are going. But I’m not flying a plane, I am playing in an art journal wandering around without any clear plan. It all began by gluing down some pieces and parts. One is [...]
Wall of Words
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 [...]
My imagination ran away with the idea of another world while I was art journaling. Perhaps all those sci-fi shows I love like Stargate, Star Trek, and Dr. Who have had a bit of an impact on this page. But in true sci-fi fashion, I didn’t start out thinking I would find another language or [...]
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 [...]
It takes courage to raise your hand and ask a question. No matter if you are asking a teacher, a public speaker, or yourself, it takes courage to ask. What question was I asking today? Can I make something without color? Could I go black and white and love it as much as I love creating [...]
I have lots and lots of cardboard all around the studio. Why? Because I have been using it as I prepare for an upcoming workshop. This new free workshop has sprung out of my love of play and a conversation with an artist who didn’t know how to let herself play. If you’d like to know when the [...]
The Gelli Plate® turned plain brown lunch bags into colorful goodie bags for my upcoming workshops at Stampaway. I played with some of new stencils that were just released from StencilGirl – and I’m giving a set of them away. You can get entered to win here. I just went to town with all sorts [...]
I just needed to use up my leftover paint so I didn’t commit the crime of wasting color. That was my excuse to let loose and just play with the goal of using it all up. It’s a very freeing goal because there is nothing in there about perfection. Nothing in there about what it [...]
Artistic collaboration is a fantastic way to spur growth and creative exploration. When Kirsten Reed stopped by for a visit, we wanted to create together with a twist. After we completed each layer, we traded canvases. Working layer by layer, our styles collided and crashed and pushed us each out of our comfort zones in the best [...]
Art journaling has such power for me. Why? Because sometimes it reminds me of important messages from time to time. And that is exactly what happened today. Notice her chin. There’s no paint there and that is rather unusual since this was a print from a fully loaded Gelli Plate. And then I stamped right over [...]
