“Too many word stamps. You never use them all,” said my irritable inner critic. Lately my inner critic has been full of constructive advice said in a gentle tone. Not tonight. She was in foul mood. But I can be a real pain the rear too- just ask my kids! So I decided to show [...]
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Strawberry and lemonade ice cream was the inspiration behind this week’s Summer of Color fun! Yet again this week I was stumped as to what to do so I turned off my brain and let the colors take me on a journey. About half way through the process I picked up my new stamps from [...]
The colors this week for the Summer of Color threw me for a loop. I don’t use browns very often so baseball nut colors of raspberry and brown stumped me. To get moving on it I decided to stop thinking and just do. I wish I could tell you that I carefully planned out using [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtjch4UT3XY On vacation, my youngest reminded me to be in the moment. She had grabbed one of my pencils and began drawing in the sand. The best sand is damp sand however it’s damp because it is near the water. The ocean has a habit of sending waves of water on the beach. Kind of [...]
When I am on vacation I like to splurge on treats- this virtual vacation is no different! I used my new Jane Davenport stamp and my new Julie Balzer stencil and matching stamp on this page! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46G3PKhaEq8&feature=plcp Arting on vacation even grabbed the attention of some of the locals. Okay, really this fish was just [...]
Do you have lots of mature, grown up responsibilities and duties on your plate right now? Would you like to take a vacation but can’t? Come with me! I am taking a virtual vacation to the beach. How can you join me? By linking up your vacation blog posts, ocean and beach inspired art, anything [...]
A butterfly has come out of its cocoon today! I started with a scrap page from my jumbo art journal. I had painted a bunch of butterfly die cuts and something else that left a random paint residue on my page. This unimpressive “caterpillar” led me to the “butterfly”. At this stage I was starting [...]
Do you do morning pages from The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron? I do & I often use my morning pages in my art. I use a handful of paint pens and just write, especially when I am feeling stuck. That became my base for this art journal page. Here is a video showing how [...]
We’re a family who loves music. Absolutely no discernible musical talent but what we lack in talent we make up for in enthusiasm. Imagine 4 tone deaf people with one mom who can’t keep a beat or remember many of the words singing at the top of their lungs. Sorry for such a painful image- [...]
Lately, I have been exploring how I perceive the world and how that impacts me. Art has been a great tool for this. One of Julie Balzer’s stencils reminded me of eyes – perfect for where my mind seems to be going lately. In the video I use Dick Blick gloss polymer to seal the [...]
