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 [...]
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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 [...]
The mind is a funny thing. I have been scanning old family slides and I was struck by how my memory of the events and people seem so different from what is in the photos. I believe my memories to be accurate but the photos tell a different story. I don’t think the slides magically [...]
As I finished the messy background my muse decided to stay and play a while. Stamping Dina Wakely’s wonderfully mysterious person was my first step followed by phrases cut from a random book page. The words led me to my washi tape splurge. That bottle tape was a small fortune but I knew I had [...]
Thank you all for your kind words as I celebrate my first article in Somerset Studio! Good news is always better when it is shared with friends. As I am writing this I am deep in negotiations with YouTube, my internet provider, and my computer. Apparently there is discord in my electronic world and they [...]
I owe so much of who I am to my mother. Even though breast cancer took her from me long ago her impact, the lessons she taught me, her voice (which I hear in my head too often), her zest for life continue to be with me. As I celebrate my artist tape article in [...]
Thanks for stopping by for my celebration of my artist tape article in Somerset Studio’s March/April issue! This is an old yearbook page cut down to fit in my junk journal. As I looked at the people on the page, I began to think about all the wonderful people I have in my life. Each [...]
