The Return of the Lil’ Junkers!
One of my hottest gift items has been the Lil’ Junker. They are a handly little 4 x 6 inch size and are stuffed with a full 1/2 inch worth of lovely ‘junk’ papers gleaned from my stash of book … Continued
Gridworks Tutorial
In the early 1900s, an international group of artists developed a style of abstraction that pared images down to basic straight lines, rectangular planes, and primary colors. Piet Mondrian was perhaps one of the best known artists of this movement. … Continued
Victory Zine
This project has been in the works for some time now, and I am happy to announce that the Victory Zine volume 1 is finally off the back burner and HERE! It is chock full of bits out of my … Continued
Pyramid Pullup for Your Art Journal
When buying books for my children when they were young, I was a sucker for those lift the flap, tabbed, spinning, tunneled books with all manner of moving parts. They were just so FUN for both my children and myself! … Continued
Using Stencils with Alcohol Inks
One of my favorite ways to use alcohol inks is with stencils, because I LOVE stencils with any medium! I have used it here with my two part Sugar Skull stencil and mask. First, I create my own alcohol inks … Continued
Making Your Own Ebru Brushes
I recently did a pile of marbled papers, as well as a paper marbling workshop, and decided I wanted some ebru brushes to splatter the pigment into the marbling tray. I looked at purchasing them, but they were either a … Continued
Project Seeing 2020
I am SUPER excited about a project that I have coming up in 2020, but have been busy working on now! I have been realizing how much of life I miss noticing and appreciating because I keep myself too busy. … Continued
Art shows, bunnies, and challenges….
Just thought I would share some random bits about what I have been up to recently, and some fun plans coming up! Last weekend we loaded up Buster (our shuttle bus waiting to be converted to an rv/art bus) and … Continued
Image Transfer Tutorial
Before I jump into this tutorial on the different products and materials you can use to create image transfers, I want to let you local folks know that the early bird discount deadline for the Oct. 5 messenger bag painting … Continued
Minnesota florals series
While on a trip to Minnesota in August, I took a ton of photos of flowers and foliage. I am terrible at gardening, so don’t grow flowers of my own, so maybe that is why I was so enthralled with … Continued