If you missed the Life Book Creativity and Wellbeing summit that ran back in September and you wanted to do all those amazing mixed media art activities, and learn all about next year’s Life Book 2020 teachers, but you didn’t get the time.
Well you have another chance! It’s back for the next week and you can watch the summit replay, for free, over on the Summit replay page from now until the 12th December 2019!
Yay! I know right! I just had to pop on in here and let you know!
SO clear the weekend! There is art to do!
And if you want longer access to the summit content AND a year of mixed media art classes, inspiration and a community of like minded creators, then you still have time to use the 20% off code LOVEBOMB2020 to sign up to Life Book 2020!
Have fun watching the summit.
Kim
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Sometimes your junk journal page doesn’t turn out the way you thought it would does it? I mean it is not like I had a plan for this junk journal page that I am sharing today, but I didn’t think it would go the way that it did!
Just as with last week’s DIY art journal pages, I have also added in some graphite later on in the art process and have a few different techniques for you to try out on your next junk journal page. I am still just experimenting to see what looks I can get with graphite in mixed media. So I hope you enjoy watching the very up and down process of this junk journal today!
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Naples Yellow Red light)
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Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 and 3/4 flat, 1/4 Long Flat, Flibert Size 4)
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Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Signal White 1mm, Signal White 2mm, Lilac Pastel 1.5mm)
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For another idea for using graphite later in your junk journal page process then don’t forget to catch up with last week’s art video!
Have fun creating today!
Kim
A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
I’m working on two art journal pages in my video today. It’s in a DIY journal that I made with my Patrons over on Patreon a few months ago. You might recognise it even if you haven’t joined me on Pateon, because I recently decorated it’s denim cover over on YouTube, well when I say recently I mean back in August! That still feel recent to me!
I’ve been slowly filling this book with paint and pen doodles and I thought I would share two very different pages using some art element from the Digi-Delightfuls download packs from October and November.
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Quinacridone Rose Light, Nickel Titan. Yellow, Turquoise Green, Brilliant Blue) …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)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Metallic Pink 1.5mm, Skin Pastel 1.5mm, Lilac Pastel 1.5mm) …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Montana Acrylic Marker (Lilac Fine nib) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Golden Matte Medium …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
I hope you enjoyed seeing these pages coming together.
Have fun creating!
Kim
A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
Are you ready for a really challenging art challenge for your mini abstracts this week? I hope so, because this week we are going to make mini abstract faces!
Don’t worry I have some very simple steps to get you started and once you do start, well it is a little addictive, making abstract faces, so you will soon have a whole village!
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Daler-Rowney – Mixed Media Spiral Sketchpad (I use A3 and cut it down) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 flat, size 8 round, 0 Filbert) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Quinacridone Rose, Permanent Blue Violet) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Expert Acrylic Paint (Indigo) …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)
Colored Ballpoint pens …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
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Having fun with your mini abstracts? Ready to try another mini abstract challenge? This one is in four parts and it is about layering and working from unrefined to fine detail so watch the video below then give it a go!
Once you have tried it one way why not shake up the parts and do them in a different order to see where that takes you? So there are lots of way to try this one out and I can not wait to see what you do with it so link me up to the results on instagram!
[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)
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 flat, size 8 round, 0 Filbert)
…Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Quinacridone Rose Light, Nickel Titan. Yellow, Sap Green)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Amsterdam Expert Acrylic Paint (Indigo)
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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)
Golden Matte Medium
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Black Ballpoint pen
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Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Signal White 1mm)
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A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
Are you ready for a mini abstract challenge? This week I have some more mini abstract inspiration for you plus something to add in to you mini abstract practice. You can approach this mini abstract challenge in any way that sparks for you.
And there are a lot of different ways you can do it. In fact I mention another way to approach this abstract challenge in my free ‘Get Creating’ book, So the video today gives you another twist on that idea.
But there are plenty more of your own arty twists you can add to it! So I hope it inspires you to give it a go!
[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)
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Primary yellow, Sap Green, Brilliant Blue)
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Amsterdam Acrylic Paint nozzles
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Pebeo Studio Acrylics Paint (iridescent, DNYA, Green Yellow)
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Daler-Rowney System 3 brush (1/4 flat, size 8 round, 0 Filbert)
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…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Golden Matte Medium
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Colored Ballpoint pens
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Don’t forget that I have other mini abstract inspiration and challenges to watch so catch up with them in my mini abstract video playlist.
Have fun playing!
Kim
A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
Colour is one of our favourite things isn’t it? So how do you use your colour? There are just so many ways to use colour and how you use your colour can grow and develop as you grow and develop over time.
It is actually a question that I get asked about a lot, how I use colour, and most recently from Katherine Babcock aka Artistically Insane (go visit her on instagram!). So I thought I would take this opportunity to give her a shout out, you will see why in the video, and to share some of my current thoughts on colour. I hope they help you to think about how you use your colour.
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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, Pyrrole Red) …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 flat, size 8 round) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Colored Ballpoint pens …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
This is the third in my current mini abstract series, so go watch the other two mini abstract videos if you haven’t seen them yet!
Don’t forget that I would love to hear how you use your colour. Let me know in the comments!
Have lot of colour fun!
Kim
A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
So it is halfway through Inktober 2019 and I have a sketchbook tour of my Inktober shares so far for you. If you have been following along on Instagram than you will know that my journey so far has been both lagging behind everyone else and also a little bit higgledy piggledy!
Just how I like it!
Oh well! I hope your Inktober journey, or whatever challenges you may or may not be joining in with this year, is fun and you are enjoying it! Let me know what you are doing because I would love to know!
And if you want to know more about Inktober 2019 itself, the real one, not my mix and match attempt, then visit the official Inktober website.
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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)
Colored Ballpoint pens …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper Block …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
If you enjoyed my Inktober 2019 shares so far and you are looking for some more ink inspiration then of course I have a ink ideas video playlist just for you!
Enjoy!
Kim
A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
I hope you have been getting stuck into my easy mini abstract exercise and have been having fun with it! This week I have another mini abstract inspiration but tell you what, let’s spice things up with a color challenge!
Yep, I have some color combo ideas to get you started this week and I hope you have a lot of fun with them! You can hear all about them in the video below.
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Daler-Rowney – Mixed Media Spiral Sketchpad (I use A3 and cut it down) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Amsterdam Expert Acrylic Paint (Indigo) …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 (size 8 round brush) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Pebeo Studio Acrylics Paint (iridescent, DNYA, Blue Green) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Vanilla Pastel 1.5mm, Signal White 1mm) …Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide) …Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
If you haven’t seen it yet, then watch last week’s easy mini abstract inspiration video to get you started with your own mini abstract practice! Oh and don’t forget to grab your copy of my ‘Get Creating’ exercises by joining my newsletter!
Have fun creating today!
Kim
A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
If your managed to catch my Life Book 2020 Summit interview and activity, or you have been following me for a while, then you will know that I have a few different art practices that I try to keep doing regularly. On Life Book I shared my Daily Doodle Diary with some exercises and tips to get you started on yours.
Today I am sharing more about one of the exercises that I shared in my free ‘Get Creating’ ebook – the mini abstract exercise. This is another of my regular art practices and quite linked to the Daily Doodle Dairy.
So I am sharing today why doing these types of exercises, the mini abstract and Daily Doodle Diary, can be so useful and how the two are linked too and I hope that it inspires you to add mini abstracts into your regular art practice along with your Daily Doodle diary practice.
[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)
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Naples Yellow Red, Quinacridone Rose Light, Sap Green)
…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)
Molotow One4All Paint Pens (Signal White 1mm, Skin Pastel 1.5mm, Lilac Pastel 1.5mm)
…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
…Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
I mention Inktober in my video today. Are you playing along this year? I’m using Inktober as an excuse to draw some inky animals so come on over to see on my Instagram and let me know if you are too and I will come over and take look!
Enjoy adding this mini abstract exercise into your regular practice and if you want a step by step mini abstract tutorial join my newsletter to get your copy of my ‘Get Creating’ book.
Kim
A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
Grab your paints and paint with me! I have an easy abstract summer meadow painting tutorial for you today and I thought I would take you step by step through how to put this piece together.
Everything you need is listed below the video, but don’t feel you have to get exactly the same as me to make it work The list is just a guidance, go with what you already have in your stash.
Are you ready to come with me on this abstract Summer meadow paint exploration? Great! Let’s jump on in!
[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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8 x 10 inch Canvas board
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Amsterdam Standard Acrylic Paint (Quinacridone Rose Light, Nickel Titan. Yellow, Pyrrole Red, Primary Magenta, Sap Green, Permanent Blue Violet, Cobalt Blue (ultra.))
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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)
Amsterdam Expert Acrylic Paint (Indigo)
…Buy from Amazon: UK | US | CAN
…Buy from Jackson’s Art UK (Ships Worldwide)
Daler-Rowney System 3 Paint (Titanium White)
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Palette knives
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Da Vinci Nova Synthetics Round brush size 2 and 3/0
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A year of mixed media classes from 30 different art teachers. Videos, pdfs, download goodies and an art community too. Join my on Life Book 2020 next year! Use the early bird coupon: LOVEBOMB2020 for 20% before the 31st December 2019.
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