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Drawing Practice

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I can’t draw.  I tell myself that all the time.  Well, I decided I should learn then.  The best way to learn?  Practice.  Practice. Practice.  While killing time in an airport I used my Ipad and an app (PhotoTracer) with my  vacation photos to practice drawing.  When I have tried to draw in the past I spend too much time in my head criticizing.  When I have a photo to trace it takes all the thinking out and just lets me experience.  I was able to see what a difference a few lines make to the image.  How the windows show depth with the 2nd arch.  This program doesn’t have an eraser (just a back button) so that kept me from going back and editing it to death.  Maybe I can draw….

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More Updated Papers

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Why did I buy this paper?  Did I ever love it?  I will now!  Add a little spray paint stenciling.

Add brown spray inks.  When I wiped the ink off the spray painted area, the white popped & the old pattern got a new life.

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Using Up Your Stash of Papers

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Do you have any old scrapbooking papers that you may not love anymore or that you never did but they were part of a larger collection of papers?   Well I do, actually quite a few. My style has changed over 10 years – no shock.  I decided to experiment with them.  Since I might never use them there is NO FEAR of ruining them!  The bonus is I might end up with more drawer space if I use them!

I grabbed a can of white spray paint, a bunch of stencils, and old scrapbooking papers.

Add spray inks – I used Tattered Angels chalkboard inks and Adirondak color wash.  The ink pools on the spray paint so it was easy to wipe off so the white would “pop”.  Now the stripes I didn’t love have been pushed deeper and I love them now.

The paper was drenched and it was just thin scrapbooking paper so it wrinkled in places.  I loved, loved, loved the texture it created.

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