Tag Archives: exploring colour

365 Collages | Week 2 | All in Printable Colors

Posted on 2018-01-18 by iHanna

I made more collages. These are made out of some of the most printable colors you can imagine. They’re the CMYK colors that you use when you’re designing for print. Printable colors, that is. Defined by wiki: The CMYK color … Continue reading →

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Book Wish List starts with Encyclopedia of Rainbows

Posted on 2017-12-06 by iHanna

What’s on your wish list this year? Right now I wouldn’t mind getting a pile of yummy books, in fact I have a long list of books I’m asking Santa for. Or anyone kind and generous enough to send me … Continue reading →

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Coloring Books for Grown Ups – do we really need them?

Posted on 2017-03-02 by iHanna

Why would you buy a Coloring book for Grown Ups? Do grown ups really need silly activity books, don’t we have more important things to do? Or said in another way: what could be the benefits of trying this trend … Continue reading →

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Exploring Watercolors

Posted on 2016-08-12 by iHanna

I have been exploring watercolors intensely for the past few months. Or: exploring water colours if you will, my whole life. Watercolors have always been in my artistic toolbox, never far from my fingertips. Long before I opened up my … Continue reading →

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Painting a personal color wheel in PINK

Posted on 2016-02-19 by iHanna

As regular readers of this blog already knows, I have a thing for pink. It is my all time favorite color, and I think it goes with everything. I have a small notebook where I collect pinks, and if I … Continue reading →

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Awesome Supplies | Go Create Gouache

Posted on 2015-02-17 by iHanna

I got a kit of gouache paint tubes from a friend. It’s my first try with gouaches since school, and it’s always fun to explore new paints. Gouache is similar to watercolors, but my watercolors are not in tubes, and … Continue reading →

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Awesome Art Supplies | White Nights Watercolors

Posted on 2015-01-13 by iHanna

Even a true artist does not always produce art. Carroll O’Connor I got a whole batch of awesome art supplies for Christmas, so I guess I must be very loved or something… Well, the truth is I ordered them myself … Continue reading →

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Collage: Blue Dragonflies

Posted on 2014-10-09 by iHanna

I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. Pearl S. Buck Hello Thursday and hello dear series of dragonfly collages (continuing from this collage). … Continue reading →

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Spotted Photo Theme: My Favorite Color

Posted on 2014-09-07 by iHanna

It’s time a September’s post with a spotted photo theme! Something that occur in all our photographs are colors (if you’re not shooting black-and-white). We all adore colors, am I right? But maybe you have a favorite color that you … Continue reading →

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Art Journal Peek | Doodles & Flow

Posted on 2013-09-05 by iHanna

Let’s take a peek at this page in my Art Journal. There is a lot going on here, but when I started I had no idea what would happen. What I would add to the white page or how it … Continue reading →

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