Art journaling is a way to express yourself through writing and art at the same time. This creative process pulls together a variety of materials to create mixed-media art. You can buy pre-made journals and fill them with your doodles and designs or craft In this free eBook you’ll get art journaling tips, including how to make a travel journal
In “Travel Journals, Using Maps as a |
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| Mixed Media Valentine Card for my Husband |
Using my Flip, Flaps & Fold-outs ideas that I will be teaching at the CREATE in Irvine, CA I created this Valentine card for my husband. I used a shipping label from the office supply store, gesso, watercolor paints, gold gesso, ribbon and some stamps. I hope he likes this better than a store bought valentine. Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!
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I just finished teaching my Watercolor Toolbox class and we ended the class by painting a birdhouse on a stucco wall. We mixed the 3 primary colors to get a colorful background and played with adding salt to make the texture on the wall. We glazed to get darks in the shadows of the bird house and put some reflected color in the shadows. We also learned about lifting highlights by using a plastic template. Everyone was a pleasure to have in class!
I just taught a beginner’s watercolor class called Watercolor Toolbox at ARTWORKS in Tumalo. I had such great students! They tried to tell me things like they were not artistic or that they didn’t know how to draw. Well, I think I proved them wrong!!! I just gave them a few basic watercolor concepts and then they painted their very first watercolor painting. Look how beautiful they are.
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| Mt. Hood Lavender |
I am excited to have my article: Flip, Flaps and Fold-outs, Adding Dimension to your Art Journals, included in the special edition of Cloth Paper Scissors PAGES. This is created especially for art journalers and book artists looking for new techniques and inspiring ideas. This 148-page first issue features projects and galleries in general bookmaking, book covers, book binding, inside page decoration, and art journaling. 
Well, I just felt like I had to take a little time off from my blog and other things to help get through the festive holidays. Our activities always linger on into the New Year as this year was my husband’s 60th birthday on New Year’s Eve day and then of course my reoccurring birthday on New Year’s Day.
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| Tim’s Barn, Watercolor |
I had a wonderfully fun time filming with Interweave Press in Loveland, CO, my new DVD, Watercolor Journeys for the Traveling Artist, or something like that as the title has yet to be determined. Just wanted to share a few photos from our shoot:
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| Me on the set, doing a demo on how to use water-soluble pens |
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| My interview with Cloth, Paper, Scissors editor, Jenn Mason |
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| Happy to have it over! Left to right: Me, Jenn Mason, and Sue Pettelier |
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| The camera crew was fabulous! |
