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Modeling Paste Play Workshop giveaway!
I’m impatient and that can be a very good thing! I love the look of modeling paste but hate to wait for it to dry. That got me thinking about different ways to use modeling paste so that I could have the awesomeness of it without waiting.

And that is how the Modeling Paste Play a la carte workshop series came to be. 3 lessons for you to choose, each with 40+ minutes of video ready right now for you! These videos go into the hows and whys so you can play with confidence. This is content you won’t see explained on my YouTube channel.

I’ve figured out the details so you can focus on the fun. In these videos, you’ll see everything from start to finish. You get it all so you can jump right in and start playing. And of course, you’ll have access to me to answer any questions you might have in the classroom.

Watch A new online workshop – Modeling Paste Play! on YouTube

This workshop is now closed but get signed up for my newsletter here to know when the next one opens up!

If you’re like me and have slow internet (I live out in the corn fields) you have the ability to download and watch off line. If you’re blessed with lightning fast internet speeds you can stream them online. No deadlines. No limits. Lifetime access! And there’s a 30 day money back guarantee!

This series has 3 a la carte workshops. Each is different from the other and I couldn’t stop there! I have a bonus workshop that expands on the techniques of the first 3 workshops. That I am giving it for free to everyone who joins all 3 workshops.

Modeling Paste Play workshop with Carolyn Dube

Modeling Paste Play: Dimensional Decals

What if you could make decals (3D stickers) from a stencil design and not have to cut a thing out? This a la carte workshop shares the easiest ways from start to finish I have found to do this.

It’s all the awesomeness of modeling paste with depth and detail but by making them ahead of time you can rapidly add them side by side (or even on top of each other) without risking smearing or smudging wet modeling paste.

Along with how to make the dimensional decals, we’re using them to create a piece of colorful art too!

Modeling Paste Play workshop with Carolyn Dube

Modeling Paste Play: Spray Inks and Tissue Paper

I love the texture of modeling paste, especially when I can layer images and shapes.  But modeling paste takes a while to dry and I don’t like to wait. That led me to experiment and find a way to get all the benefits of modeling paste without the waiting!

In this a la carte workshop, we’re creating an art journal page (or call it a collage if you don’t put it in a journal) from start to finish.  We’ll create the stenciled modeling paste patterns then you’ll see how I use them to build the art journal page and all the wonderful benefits of tissue paper- like being able to see exactly what it will look like before you attach anything! These glorious colors you see here- they’re all from Dylusions spray inks.

Modeling Paste Play workshop with Carolyn Dube

Modeling Paste Play:Colorful Patterned Papers

I adore the look of little bits of layered color all around the page but I am not willing to spend hours carefully placing each little drop of color.

My solution to that? Let the textures created with modeling paste and stencils do the heavy lifting for me.  This a la carte workshop uses modeling paste with acrylic paints and oil pastels as we explore different color combinations plus ways to alter a stenciled design.

Modeling Paste Play workshop with Carolyn Dube

Modeling Paste Play: Bonus Workshop

I just couldn’t stop playing with the colorful textures I created in the 3 a la carte workshops.   So I made a bonus video that uses techniques from all 3 workshops: Dimensional Decals, Colorful Patterned Papers, and Spray Inks and Tissue Paper.  The bonus workshop also includes even more techniques!

How can you get this bonus?  By ordering all 3 a la carte workshops at the same time!  It will be automatically included for you!

What are students in the workshop saying?

I want to thank you so much for your easy, breezy style of teaching. It has taken the fear out of trying new things!! -Kathy Hawkes

I watched 1 video last nite….you got my head spinning!  I can’t wait to watch parts 2 and 3 and then start.  You have set me free and I really love you for that.  No more stress art!!! – Gerrie Johnnic

Carolyn’s Colorful Journey into playing with modeling paste to create 3-D decals is crazy-fun! An adventure in adult art-play, resulting in a happy and joyful creation led by a first-class teacher of art-play! -Lisa Slagle

Think you know how to use a product? Well not the Carolyn Dube way!  This class made me think outside of the box and take time to play! I watched the class and dove right in using supplies I had on hand and before I knew it I was in the play mode! – Maria McGuire

Modeling Paste Play workshop with Carolyn Dube

Would you like to win all of these a la carte workshop plus the bonus workshop?

Leave a comment and you are entered to win!  Want more than 1 chance to win?  How about 4 more chances!  For each of these that you do, you’ll get another entry!  Each time you do one of these, come back and leave a comment tell me you did it and you’ve got more chances to win!

But what if you don’t want to wait to start play? But you don’t know if you’ve won yet?  I totally understand that so my attitude is if you win and you’ve already bought it, I’ll refund your purchase price!

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Be sure to be entered by 5pm EST on Sunday, April 10th when random.org will pick one random commenter and it will be announced here on the blog on the evening of the 10th!  Congrats to Kathy Stitzman the winner chosen by random.org!

The giveaway is closed…BUT I am sure there will be giveaways in the future so get signed up for my newsletter that way you’ll know when there is a new one and you’ll get downloadable goodies right now too!  Join here.

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Teaching at Art Is You Stamford!This October I’ll be heading to Stamford, CT to teach (really that is play to me) at Art is You.  I say play because that what art retreats are to me, a place to express creativity, to have fun, to meet wonderful creatives, and all of that adds up to play!  I’ll be teaching Friday-Sunday, October 7-9, 2016 and hope to see you there for all the fun and festivities that make Art is You so creatively energizing!

 

In person workshop upcycling and transforming old beat up purses into wearable art with Carolyn Dube

This workshop was inspired by my all time favorite purse that had begun to show it’s age.  Scuffed, the snap was broken off, but it was still sturdy and just the perfect purse for me.  Adding just a little hint of color…okay a lot of color…brought it back to life!  That purse led to the next and then I just couldn’t stop.  In this workshop I am sharing all that I have learned including how to paint on any purse with any paint.   You can find out more about this workshop here and watch the video introduction to the workshop here.

 

In person Gelli prinitng® workshop - Unlocking the Magic of the Gelli Plate® with Carolyn Dube

Unlocking the Magic of the Gelli Plate® is all about the 3 keys to making an amazing print.  Once you know these 3 things the sky’s the limit!  Also included will be a fun way to master the color wheel without any effort or technical knowledge so you can play with the entire rainbow of wet paint and never make mud!  No experience necessary to make amazing prints, and be prepared to make a mountain of them in this all day workshop!  Find out more about this workshop here and watch the video introduction here.

In person art journaling workshop with Carolyn Dube called Letting Yourself Play

Ever feel frustrated or disappointed when you create? I used to feel that way all the time. Those feelings drained all my creativity and chased the muse away. But she came back. How? Through play.

But how do you play? I’m sharing actionable steps and techniques to do at each stage in this workshop so you can use that moment of being stuck to actually move yourself forward!

Letting Yourself Play is a workshop near and dear to my heart because I know first hand how tough it can be to rediscover how to play.  This workshop is limited to only 10 people so that you get lots of 1-on-1 guidance.  Find out more about this workshop here and watch the video introduction here.

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Video tutorial using supplies from the hardware store with a Gelli Plate® in an art journal for the Let's Play link party

The punchinella that I found at the hardware store for this week’s Let’s Play video and link party isn’t officially punchinella but it sure works like it.  Punchinella is the leftover part when sequins are manufactured.  Usually mylar and shiny.  But I actually prefer this drywall tape to official punchinella.

Why do I like it better?  It comes in giant rolls for almost nothing and it takes paint beautifully.  Most importantly, it encourages me to play because there is no wrong way to use it since I am already not using it for home construction as the manufacturer expected.

Video tutorial using supplies from the hardware store with a Gelli Plate® in an art journal for the Let's Play link partyI took a short cut in coloring the drywall tape.  I could have used a brush to put the paint on but instead, I used a Gelli Plate®.  So not only did I get the tape painted quickly but I also captured patterns and started building up a background in an art journal and on book text for future play.

 

 

Video tutorial using supplies from the hardware store with a Gelli Plate® in an art journal for the Let's Play link party

This art journal page had a few Oopsies in it and I just have to laugh at myself about one of them- okay all of them!  And if you’re wondering if this page is finished…be sure to check out the very end of the video.

 

 

Watch Using an art supply from the hardware store in an art journal on YouTube.

Curious about how to give yourself permission to play?  I’ve got a free workshop all about that here.

Here are the supplies I used. Some of these links are affiliate links which means I get a small percentage. It doesn’t cost you anything extra and you are helping me keep this blog and my videos ad free! Thank you- I don’t like ads any more than you do!

A great big thank you to Adrienne Wimbush for sharing a link to this stuff which is called joint tape – she got it at Lowe’s!


Let's Play March all about finding your art supplies at the hardwares store plus a weekly link party!This month’s giveaway is a $50 gift certificate to Walmart.com because you can find all sorts of non art supplies there that work wonderfully for art play!  Link up what you’re creating (and you get a bonus entry into the giveaway for sharing your play) or leave a comment telling something that you liked about one of the photos shared. One comment per person but you can link up to 3 images of your play each week!  Giveaway closes Monday, April 4th at 8am EST.

New to Let’s Play?  You can find out all about it, what and how you can share (and it is almost anything- it doesn’t have to follow the monthly theme and you do not need a blog!), how to grab the blog button, plus other info here in the Let’s Play FAQs.

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