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iHanna Drawing a Mandala
I have seen mandala drawings and zentangle doodles online for years, and I’ve experimented with them myself. I’ve found Mandlas in collage and through photography, and if you know my fascination with the circle this comes as no surprise. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Draw & doodle
Tagged drawing exercise, experimenting, first try, mandala, meditation
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Watercolour engraving with a knitting needle
Have you ever tried doing a watercolour engraving? It’s a wet technique where you paint a surface with lots of water (and a watercolour of your choice) and quickly, before it dries draws a sketch or doodle using a sharp … Continue reading
Take a stitch Tuesday
The flying stitch. I’m trying it out for the first time. I read about TAST, the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge arranged by Sharon of Pin Tangle, on Natalie’s blog and was imidiatelly intrigued by the idea. When I went … Continue reading
Inkblot creatures revealed
My inkblot number 1. What did you see? In my last post I asked if you could see or imagine anything in these inkblots that I made into my art journal, and I got some fun answers. Thanks everyone! The … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Art journaling
Tagged art process, creature, first try, inkblots, serendipity
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Embroidered ball / Singlad boll
My embroidered ball is finished, and I am very proud. It took quite a while to cover the whole surface with stitches but I looove how it came out! My embroidery group have been learning to make these and everyone … Continue reading
Masking Fluid for Watercolours
If you paint with watercolours you should try using a masking fluid sometimes. I just did, and it’s a lot of fun. A new thing to play with, yay! I got this one from Schminke, for my birthday (thanks mom!). … Continue reading
Posted in Products
Tagged first try, mark making, masking fluid, material, new product, watercolours
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Painting makes me happy
I long to paint again, especially when I see this painting. It hangs above my bed and it makes me happy. And proud. And amazed, because it was me who painted it. Me! I have been so unusually busy away … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Art Experiments
Tagged acrylics, canvas, confidence, first try, happiness, my art
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A Personalized DIY Planner
Can you believe I did not have a planner during last year – at all? Crazy I know! I did draw a grid of some months in my diary instead, adding tabs to find them between all the writing. This … Continue reading
Posted in Organizing, Paper Crafting
Tagged calendar, DIY planner, first try, indesign, personalized, planning
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Fearless Painting
Another idea, inspired by a 21 Secrets Class. Connie calls her class in the first edition of 21 Secrets 2010 where I too taught; Get It Out – Get It Down, and in it the students are allowed to explore … Continue reading
The start of a wool embroidery
After reading nightly in this very cool new Swedish book about wool embroidery called Yllebroderi (a must-own-book!) I was very eager to start a wool embroidery of my own. A bit too eager (plus watching a movie at the same … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Embroidery
Tagged beginnings, first try, link love, wool embroidery
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