Welcome to my art blog. Join me in exploring art through drawing, painting, art journaling and mixed media; Using different tools, supplies and techniques; And finding inspiration.
Hello creative friends. This past weekend my granddaughter came for a visit and we had fun playing in our art journals. We added different pattern papers to our page using thinned down gesso. Then we stamped some texture on the background with Staz-on ink. We added some watercolors on top and then added our stamped images and ephemera. My images were stamped on deli paper so that once glued down it would look like it was stamped on the page. I also added some texture to my page using cut up bandages. Here is the journal page I created and some close up pics of the details:
And here is the journal page my granddaughter created and close ups pics of the details:
The quote we both used and the face on my granddaughters journal page is from a Dana Wakley stamp set that I recently bought and the ephemera is from K&Company. As always we had a lot of fun creating our journal pages. Until next time, happy creating.
Hello creative friends. Hope everyone is have a great week. This week I have another ICAD I created and a video to show how I created it. I covered an index card with Gesso and then used a set of paint markers I recently got to paint the design on the ICAD. I added a flower embellishment and the word Grow. I also show in the video a couple of other ICADs I created using this same technique and my paint markers. Here is the ICAD I created:
And here is the video:
I hope you like the video and try this technique on an ICAD yourself. Until next time happy creating.
Hello creative friends. Hope everyone is doing well. I used the remaining two birds I colored last week to create another journal page. I have spent the last three nights trying to get my video editing program to create a video file of this page so I could post it, but I kept getting an error message half way through it being created. But tonight finally success after the third try. Anyway, I used Gesso with a touch of blue on the background and then used several stamps with several Stazon ink pads and markers to doodle. I used my Dina Wakley paints again with several stencils and then finished the page using acrylic paints. In tribute to the cherry blossoms that are in bloom, I added pink flowers to my page. I added the birds, a quote and then highlighted everything with a Stabilo pencil and a damp paintbrush. here is the journal page I created.
I like how you can see some of the stamping and doodles in the background. After all the stamping, doodling and painting I added a layer of Gesso to help tone it all down. Here is a video showing how I created this page.
I really like the way this journal page turned out. And I had a lot fun playing around with different supplies while making this journal page. Hope you have a great week. Until next time, happy creating.
Hello creative friends. I sketched several birds and then decided to create the following journal page using 3 of the birds I sketched. I used colored pencils to color the birds and Dina Wakley paints through several different stencils for the background. I also did some stamping on the background with bubble wrap and rubber stamps I have. I also created a video on how I created this journal page. Here is the journal page I created:
And here is the video I created of this journal page:
I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks for stopping by and happy creating. Until next time.
Hello creative friends. I hope everyone is doing well. I created an art journal page based on a dream I had. Sometimes when I have trouble getting my mind to slow down so I can sleep, I focus on doing something artistic and sometimes when I fall a sleep, I have dreams about art. This was one such journal page I dreamed about. I also made another hand cut stencil to use on the background of this journal page. I drew two faces to add to the page and added a quote I found in my stash on Friendship to finish the page. I used acrylic paints for the background and water colors to paint the faces. I also used a Stabilo Pencil to outline and shadow the circles and outline the quote. And I used a Signo white pen and a bit of water to highlight the circles. Here is the journal page I created:
This page turned out better than I dreamed of, pun intended. I also created the following video showing how I created this journal page.
I hope you enjoy the video and that it inspires you. Have you create a journal page based on a dream you've had? If so I would love to hear about it so please leave me a comment. Until next time, happy creating.
Hello creative friends. I hope everyone is doing well. This past weekend and the weekend before I have been working on better organizing my craft room and make more space. I recycled shoe boxes, files boxes and other types of mailing boxes I had. And to make them look more cohesive and less of a mish mosh, I painted them all white and added tags to them so I can easily see what is in each. I also recycled strawberry baskets, fruit containers, take out containers and baby wipe containers. I found items around my house to repurpose and found other items at Goodwill, yard sales, Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight and Lowes. My husband even got involved helping me rearrange the room, putting together a cart we bought, on sale of course, and building me some more shelves. You don't have to spend a lot of money to organize your craft supplies. There are lots of creative ways to organize everything for little to no cost. I put together this quick video showing how I recycled items and organized my craft supplies.
Do you use recycled items in your scrap room to organize your supplies? If so I would love to hear about how you use recycled items to organize your craft supplies. Until next time, happy creating.
Hello creative friends, Happy St. Patrick's day. Today is my birthday so I took a vacation day to relax and do some art journaling. I bought myself an art kit that contains Dina Wakley supplies: 3 videos, 3 paints (Magenta, Turquoise and Lime) , 2 stamp sets (birds and faces), a stencil with a quote and fine tip applicators. I decided to play around with the supplies and create a journal page, however I was having so much fun I ended up creating two journal pages. Here are the two journal pages I created:
And I created these two videos showing how I created these journal pages.
I had a lot of fun today creating these pages and the videos. I hope you enjoy the video's and have a great day. Until next time, happy creating.
