Hey lovely creatives, I am giving away a free spot on the year long, mixed media course Life Book 2020 over on my Instagram.
Oh and did I mention that I am teaching on it?! Ok, so maybe I have, a few times!
If you want a chance to win, hop right on over to my Instagram feed now and look for the post with the same picture as you can see above. The post will tell you how to enter. Entries here on my blog won’t count I am afraid!
And don’t forget the FREE Life Book Summit is also running at the moment so you can find out more about the teachers next year and get some creativity and wellbeing activities and goodies too!
Let me know how you are enjoying the summit so far. My interview and activity will be coming up soon, I will give you a shout when they are up to watch!
Have fun and good luck in the giveaway!
Kim
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Yay! The Free Life Book 2020 Creativity and Wellbeing Summit has started! You can find out more about it in my video today whilst watching me doing one of my Daily Doodle Diary doodles and maybe being a little silly too *wink!
Oh and I have a new pen to show you, that I am just trying out. It is a brush fountain pen. Have you tried one? The one I am using is listed below the video.
Sorry! Sidetracked by a pen! So the Summit is an amazing collection of creative inspiration and free art content, so have a load of fun watching the artist interviews, playing along with the activities and enjoy the free goody bag too! And if you haven’t yet joined in, you can join on the Life Book Summit Page.
[There are some affiliate links in this blog post, so if you buy through them I do get a small amount of money at no extra cost to yourself, but it really does help. Thanks for your support!]
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Old diary
Caran D’Ache Pablo coloring pencils …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Sharpie Fine Tip Pen (I also used a zig one too) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Pentel Refillable Pocket Brush Pen …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Uni pin Fineline Marker pen – Brush Nib …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Sailor Fude De Mannen (55 degree nib angle) …Buy From Amazon: UK | US | CAN
I have some fun backgrounds in my art video today for you to try in your next art session. They look like watercolor backgrounds but they are all done with acrylic paints.
But why do them with acrylic paint instead of watercolors? Well, you can of course do them with your watercolors but if you like to layer your pieces, like I do, then starting with acrylic paint backgrounds can be really useful can’t it? Because you can layer up over the top and not worry about the layer underneath reactivating and mixing with the new layer.
And you can make a whole batch of these backgrounds and not have to worry about remembering what you used to make them with! Because they are compatible with lots of materials that you might want to use on them.
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Watercolor paper I used Seawhites Watercolour Pad (300gsm, A4) today From ArteSaver UK …Buy from Amazon UK
But other options: Fluid Cold Press watercolor paper …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide) Or Bockingford Hot press Watercolor paper pad …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Pyrrole Red, Venetian Rose, Primary Magenta, Permanent Blue Violet) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
I hope you enjoy playing with these background ideas. I have more in a playlist of videos for you and don’t forget to also try the one in my ‘Get Creating’ book that you get when you sign up to my newsletter!
I’ve done it! I have finished my FREE Creativity E-book! It is called ‘Get Creating’ and did I mention that it is FREE! What?! A FREE Creativity E-book?!
Before you rush off to get a copy I have a video to tell you more about it below and how you can actually get your copy. But I also have some really big news! Bigger than a FREE Creativity E-book!
I will be teaching on LIFE BOOK 2020. I am so excited to be one of the 30 teachers on this amazing year-long mixed media course. It is going to be so much fun and people have been asking me for more online teaching, so this will be a great way to join a class with me. But not just with me, as the teacher list is WOW and you get classes and goodies from such a wide range of artists on this one course.
So go make sure to register for it so that you get all the relevant info on how to access the summit activity videos, teacher interviews, I mean there is even an e-gift bag of art goodness for attending the summit!
Lots of free creative fun to tell you about today!
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It is art challenge time and I have teamed up with Gerry van der Velden from Gerry’s Craft Room to bring you some inspiration for using fabric in your art and craft projects. So in this collaboration we both went off and made some projects and the only rule was that they had to include fabric.
And it was kind of lucky because this month I have been making DIY art journals and sketchbooks with my $5 and above Patreon members. So I decided to make a fabric book cover with my Patrons and then decorate it for my collaboration with Gerry! Yay!
You can see the decorating of this cover below in my art fabric video and if you want to see how I made the cover, and the whole book, then come join me on Patreon! (Not sure what Patreon is then watch this short video explainer!)
[There are some affiliate links in this blog post, so if you buy through them I do get a small amount of money at no extra cost to yourself, but it really does help. Thanks for your support!]
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Quinacridone Rose Light, Nickel Titan. Yellow, Pyrrole Red, Turquoise Green, Brilliant Blue)
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Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 8 round)
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Daler-Rowney System 3 Paint (Titanium White)
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Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Signal Black 1mm, Petrol 2mm)
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What was the last art or craft project you did that included fabric? I would love to hear!
Now if you are looking for more ideas for what to but inside your DIY art journal then I have a whole easy art journal video playlist for you to binge next!
Today’s abstract painting speedpaint video starts with some painted pattern making and you think everything is going to be calm, and pretty… then it takes a bit of a nasty turn! But I don’t want to spoil the abstract painting process for you! I just thought I would tease you before you watch the video.
Hope that you enjoy it, go grab a cuppa and a nibble and I will catch you on the other side.
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Daler-Rowney – Mixed Media Spiral Sketchpad (I use A3 and cut it down)
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint Quinacridone Rose Light, Pyrrole Red, Turquoise Green, Naples Yellow Red Light, Venetian Rose, Brilliant Blue)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 8 round brush)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Liquitex Paint marker 2-4 mm (Bright Aqua Green, Brilliant Blue)
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Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Petrol 2mm, Signal Black 1mm)
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Sometimes I plan my art, yes I do, and I’ve talked about the power of planned art before in my videos. It can be a really useful tool to have in your creative process repertoire. So I’m chatting about it again today, because this piece is partly planned art and partly unplanned art.
But I have some other things to share with you in my planned art – unplanned art video and they are some of what is keeping me so busy at the moment! I have some heads-up about my new and exciting Patreon changes, which you can also read about on my Patreon Page. Plus I am writing a creative exercising book/ download that you are gonna wanna be signed up to my newsletter to get your hands on when it is finished!
Anyway, you can hear more in the video whilst you watch this project evolve!
[There are some affiliate links in this blog post, so if you buy through them I do get a small amount of money at no extra cost to yourself, but it really does help. Thanks for your support!]
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Daler-Rowney – Mixed Media Spiral Sketchpad (I use A3 and cut it down)
…Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Quinacridone Rose Light, Nickel Titan. Yellow, Pyrrole Red, Turquoise Green, Primary Magenta, Brilliant Blue)
…Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 8 round brush)
…Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Skin Pastel 1.5mm, Lilac Pastel 1.5mm)
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Colored Ballpoint pens
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Are y ready for another speedpaint? This week I am mixing it up with gouache and acrylic paint again. But I have also thrown in some other materials into the mix. Look out for acrylic ink (paint pens) and some crayon and pencil layers too!
I know! It is going to turn into a challenge soon to see how many materials I can use in one speedpaint! Mmm? I wonder how many is possible?
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Turquoise Green, Brilliant Blue)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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Daler-Rowney System 3 Paint (Titanium White)
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Turner Acryl Gouache Paint (Coral Red, Japanesque Light Blue, Night Blue, Beryl Green, Colour Pearl Red, Aubergine)
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 4 round brush)
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Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Future Green 2mm Petrol 2mm)
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Montana Acrylic Marker (sh. Orange Fine nib)
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Liquitex Paint marker 2-4 mm (Cadmium Yellow Med Hue Cadmium Red Med Hue)
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Caran d’Ache Neocolor II crayons
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Derwent Inktense Pencils
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I am flexing my mixed media muscles today with a double page spread in my junk journal that is all about experimenting with gouache and acrylic paint.
You have seen me use gouache before, I go through my gouache phases! And you have seen me use it with acrylic paint in the same piece. But usually it will be as just a top layer or on a separate section.
But for this project I really wanted to see how gouache and acrylic paint play together when you layer them up and just alternate between the two.
It can be hard to tell when I am using which paint as the colors are very close to each other, but as you watch through the video I have try to note which type of paint I am using so keep an eye out for the captions!
[There are some affiliate links in this blog post, so if you buy through them I do get a small amount of money at no extra cost to yourself, but it really does help. Thanks for your support!]
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Turquoise Green, Brilliant Blue)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Turner Acryl Gouache Paint (Coral Red, Japanesque Light Blue, Night Blue, Beryl Green, Colour Pearl Red)
…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Winsor and Newton Designers Gouache Paint (Flesh Tint, Primary Red, Zinc White)
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 8 round brush)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Petrol 2mm, Signal White 1mm, Signal Black 1mm)
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Have you had pieces change direction on you this week? So you are working on an art project, it starts off as one thing but ends up something else entirely! Much like my piece for you today, it started as an abstract, went through a doodle phase then finished as a stylised flower. A rainbow stylised flower.
So I hope you enjoy watching and hearing about the process in my video today.
[There are some affiliate links in this blog post, so if you buy through them I do get a small amount of money at no extra cost to yourself, but it really does help. Thanks for your support!]
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Kraft paper (I used Clairefontaine paper pad A5, 90 gsm/ 41 lb)
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Quinacridone Rose Light, Nickel Titan. Yellow, Pyrrole Red, Turquoise Green, Naples Yellow Red Light, Cobalt Blue (Ultram))
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Expert Acrylic Paint (Indigo)
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Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 4 and 8 round brush)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Pebeo Studio Acrylics Paint (iridescent, DNYA, Green Yellow, iridescent Gold)
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Daler-Rowney System 3 Paint (Titanium White)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Liquitex Paint marker 2-4 mm (Bright Aqua Green)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens ( Signal White 1mm, Signal Black 1mm, Skin Pastel 1.5mm, Future Green 2mm)
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I love layering and I have lots of layers for you today in my art video. So I hope you like some layers too?! It is another floral piece and if you remember last week’s art video I was showing you how to use transparent and translucent paint to add a focal image with a flower painting demo.
Well this week I have gone for opaques to add my floral focal image and you can see the difference! So go back and do a compare and contrast if you still need convincing of the wonders of different paint opacities!
This week’s video is a speedpaint so that you can see all the layers come together, so go grab a cuppa and enjoy.
If you want some more chat and a talk through of the layers then I have an extra video over on my Patreon for my Process Addicts going through this piece today. (Not sure what Patreon is then watch this short video explainer!)
[There are some affiliate links in this blog post, so if you buy through them I do get a small amount of money at no extra cost to yourself, but it really does help. Thanks for your support!]
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Daler-Rowney – Mixed Media Spiral Sketchpad (I use A3 and cut it down) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Aladine Izink Pigment Izink (Mango, Orchid, Amethist, Turquoise) …Buy from Craft Stash UK (Ships Worldwide) …Buy from Amazon: US | CAN
Creative Stencils (I used Flourish) …Buy From CraftStash UK (Ships Worldwide)
Washi Tape
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Quinacridone Rose Light, Turquoise Green, Venetian Rose, Primary Magenta, Sap Green, Permanent Blue Violet) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, size 8 round brush) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Pebeo Studio Acrylics Paint (iridescent, DNYA, Green Yellow, iridescent Gold) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Daler-Rowney System 3 Paint (Titanium White) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Liquitex Paint marker 2-4 mm (Cadmium Red Med Hue) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Skin Pastel 1.5mm, Lilac Pastel 1.5mm) …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
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