How much pressure could there be picking one word for the year? Turns out a lot. Like so many people this time of year, I choose one word to be a beacon for me through the upcoming 12 months. It was such a huge commitment, you’d think I was signing a contract in blood with [...]
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Merry Happy Holidays! Having some cheap, and I mean cheap cardboard brought Santa to my studio! https://youtu.be/ObaszRRW5fI Even though there were 500 googly eyes in the package in a bunch of colors, I still ended up with the traditional black and white. One of these days I am going to find the perfect project that [...]
What’s the play for today? It’s art journaling in the giant, jumbo, vintage ledger- which finally has a name! As I’m painting the page and tree, you’ll see why acrylic gouache was so handy plus how the Scribble Scratch stencil made leaves on the tree too. At the end of the video, you’ll see how [...]
Handmade Christmas cards. I wanted to send them this year, and I had a rock solid, easy to make, guaranteed to work plan in my head! Easy to cut, quick to make. You know what that means- things definitely won’t follow the plan! And then there was the over thinking. Oh, was there over thinking! O.O.P.S.! https://youtu.be/nAOR8Y1mrc0 [...]
If watercolors and acrylic paint had a love child, it would be acrylic gouache. It’s like taking the best qualities of both and then putting them in the best bottle ever for mixed media play. I’m putting this new paint from Liquitex through its paces as I make this art journal page. I found out [...]
Maybe I went too far with a 6 cup dirty pour. But it was so much fun to just let that paint pour out! I’d been experimenting with some new ideas and had mixed up a ton of paint when my inner teenager showed up. One of these cups would have been enough. 2 is [...]
There is way too much shoulding happening in our days. Should I get the car an oil change. Should I finish the paperwork that is due soon. Should I make an appointment to get my gray hairs colored. I should this. I should that. Perhaps you’ve got that long overwhelming list of things you should be [...]
Dryer vents aren’t just for dryers! They are for gel printing too! This flexible tube makes the best fine lines on a gel plate! It not only removes the paint to create the pattern, it also can be used to add paint. Be sure to see how at the end of the video. https://youtu.be/N_zE_hc7wD8 Watch [...]
Sure, I’ve wanted to paint my mailbox for years. It was a basic, cheap white mailbox and I knew paint could make it fabulous. But none of the ideas I had before actually got me to paint the thing, until now! https://youtu.be/egpCVKMGmQM Watch Paint Pouring a Mailbox on YouTube. Want to know more about paint [...]
When you’re doing paint pouring, the paint often runs over the edge and into the box below. Is that paint wasted? NOPE! It becomes an acrylic skin that can be used in other art and play. What can you do with that skin? Lots! In this video, I’m sharing how to use it as the background [...]
