The leftover paint in the bottom of the cup from a dirty pour is an invitation to make another canvas. Plus it feels criminal to not use that gorgeous color mingling in the cup. So I just have to make another canvas. Can you see the muse twisting my arm and forcing me to play? But there isn’t [...]
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If you can pour paint out of a cup and can tilt a canvas, then you have all the necessary skills to make a colorful piece of art to hang on your wall with paint pouring. We’re going to unleash the rainbow using just 3 colors plus white. In the video, I’m sharing how to set up your [...]
What can you do with leftover paint that drips off canvases when doing acrylic paint pouring? Capture all that colorful pattern with gel plates and make acrylic skins. The gel plates capture each and every detail! https://youtu.be/n9pliq0FiF8 Watch Capture the Pattern in Paint Pouring Leftovers with Gel Plates on YouTube. Put a gel plate, any [...]
Ever have a canvas or a page in your art journal that just stalled out when the mojo just vanished? What can you do when that happens? Give yourself a do over. If there is any part you like, keep that and then cover over whatever you don’t like. That’s what I did to jump start this canvas with white paint. [...]
Paint can be applied to a gel plate with just about anything, even a spinning one. This time, there are no brayers, no brushes, just a spatula like tool as cake spinner makes it go round and round. I might have spun it round and round more than I had to, but it is just so much [...]
What can you do when you have the blahs and just feel, well, blah? Make a mess. Just get the art supplies out and do anything. Even making something ugly can help shake off a blah mood. In this video, you’ll see how I made a hot mess of ugly and that it doesn’t matter [...]
Quotes make great wall art, especially when you use a quote that is meaningful to you. What if you could stencil it without having to worry about lining up the letters or keeping the rows straight. That is why I designed this masking stencil, so that it was easy to create any words or phrases, and [...]
How do you know if an art journal page is finished? Here’s my perspective on it. It’s a very personal thing because what you create comes from your soul and is unique to you. When you look at it, if it feels finished, then it’s finished. If it doesn’t feel finished, then it isn’t. You get the final say. That also means [...]
Can you stencil using paint without a brush or a cosmetic sponge? Yes! Then what was used to apply the paint? A gel plate! Not only did it make for speedy stenciling, it also gave it a grungy flair. In the video, you’ll see how to use a gel plate as a paint applicator and the exact [...]
What can you do when things go horribly wrong in your art journal? Say O.O.P.S. because that avert-your-eyes-horror on the page is really an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly. While working on this page, I drew the ugliest butterfly that was ever drawn in all of history. That might be a bit dramatic but that is what the voice in [...]
