Since it’s our Anniversary Year, I thought it would be fun to share some more videos of how I created my DIY Postcards this time! I’m editing the footage of my third video (I think there will be four in total) right now and I am hoping to share it soon (it takes so many […]
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Making postcards from Scratch – Part 3: Happy Girl
I have painted mostly Happy Girl Postcards as you will see in this part of Making a postcard from Scratch. It is Part 3: Adding details, a focal point or words to your DIY Postcards. The Finishing Touches that is. In part 1 we got started and in part 2 we picked some background colors. […]
List Prompt #6: Crayon Colours
Last week we made a colourful list out of washi tape… Now lets bring on another “material” that I use all the time in my Art Journal; water soluble crayons! The bestests crayons ever is called Neocolor II and today, for the first time ever, it comes in list form! Want the story behind the […]
Colour Studies in a sketchbook
Thinking about Colour Studies in a sketchbook, this one: Two weeks ago on my art journal check in for week 4 here at the blog which means this week it is already week 6 of this year. I have been really creative taking photos and teaching my first class. And also playing a bit in […]
Owl Crayon Rubbings
When you find an interesting texture one way to use it is to make “crayon rubbings”, in that way you make a copy of the protruding parts on a blank paper using a wax crayon. What you do is lay a paper over a textured item (it could be a glass bowl, a woven basket […]
A little bag of candy for an artist
A bag of candy – for an artist… Related PostsEye Candy: More Slow Art How to become an artist and other books on creativity ATC Glory & Joy How to start playing with New Art Materials Evidence Pages
How to use Water Soluble Oil Pastels creating back...
Oil pastel crayons are messy to use and don’t get out of their box very often. But the genius water soluble oil pastels should get out and dance over paper more often. The Water Soluble Oil Pastels are great crayons if you ask me. Personally I love how fun and easy it is to doodle […]
What kind of crayon are you?
You know about all those online tests you can do to find out what kind of person you are? I hardly ever do them. They are about what kind of personality you have, what kind of color you’d be if you were a color, what kind of book character you’d be, and so on… Maybe […]
in my creative life
We got to keep going, and before we can keep going, we got to get going. Hillary Clinton Related PostsColoring with water soluble oil pastels
Finding texture everywhere
Continuing on my crusade to make backgrounds in a fun way! I admit that I mostly used rubber stamps to make wax crayon resist when I first tried this, but now I’m making up for that because I don’t want anyone to have to go buy expensive big stamps to try this easy mark making […]
Irrisistable Wax Rubbings with crayons
Today is all about making a resist with wax crayons! How to: You rub your crayon length-wise on your paper (thin paper like printer paper) over a textured surface to create some kind of pattern. This crusade challenges us to find all kind of textures and use those crayons some more this month. The crayons […]
Grab your colours and let them shine
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. Buddha I really like this: “do your work with mastery”. If mastery means perfect nobody could do it, but to me mastery means doing what you do with your whole heart and soul. Concentrate and […]