Sometimes a few minutes is all you have to play and that’s all I need to make an OOPS, an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly. Being an adult can take up most of the day, but I have to have a bit of play for my sanity. Just a few minutes of play with the art supplies keeps me [...]
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What can you do with a stack of papers made while gel printing? One thing is make a fun and fast holiday card. In the video, you’ll see how it was inspired by a sweater and that there was not a thought of measuring. After all, I’m not a precise type of card maker. https://youtu.be/bj5WQ0Lnzdo Watch [...]
How do I add a playful creative touch to gift giving when time is limited and I can’t make a masterpiece? I alter the wrapping paper. I found these very affordable (97 cents a roll at WalMart) wrapping papers that had patterns ready for transforming into mixed media wrapping using art journaling techniques. As the rush of the [...]
O.O.P.S. was a word said more than once on this art journal page and near the end, that word was coming fast and furious. O.O.P.S. isn’t a mistake, quite the opposite, since it means an Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly. In the video, you’ll see how I get myself into a quandary with the very first step and how that turns [...]
A hoarding reality moment of truth for me. I love sparkles. I buy sparkles but I don’t use nearly as many as I buy. So today I am going to use those plastic gems and bedazzle a canvas as I play around mixed media style! https://youtu.be/6b1qZh9SJ9E Watch How adding gems to a canvas bedazzled it on YouTube. [...]
What used to get in my way and keep me from starting, the most important step of play? The left side of my brain, that control freak type A part of me. Lefty starts with just a few questions like, “What are you going to make?”, “Will you have time to finish it now?”, “Why do [...]
The play gets ugly today. Really ugly. The challenge of this page is that I used Dylusions spray ink on the first layer and it reactivates as soon as paint hits it PLUS it will bleed through any paint layer. But what I thought was ugly became something I love thanks to a little help from a Gel Press [...]
Starting is the most important step when playing. How I start doesn’t matter and this video proves it! I started with warm colors then went a completely different direction under the sea thanks to a color O.O.P.S! I had no idea what the fish were for…until I was writing up the post for this week’s Let’s Play! [...]
You just have to start. Something. Anything. It’s the most important step when it comes to play. What you start doing doesn’t have to be perfect or magical. In fact, you’ll see how this starts as simple shapes and becomes a mixed media canvas called Once in a Blue Moon over Venice. I had no [...]
Building an art journal page with PanPastels is instant gratification. No pesky waiting for the color dry. But how do I seal PanPastels so they don’t smear and can pass a white glove test? One way is with a gel printing plate! In the video, you’ll see how I built this steampunk page by combining pieces and [...]
