It's great fun doing mail art isn't it? I haven't done any for ages, well unless you count that I decorated recently that is, and I thought that as I was sending off some arty bits and bobs for the recent that it would be the perfect opportunity to do a touch of mail art. So my video share today is…
Last week I shared for Jeanine from My Arty Heart in our art collaboration. Did you see it? I made her two backgrounds, I wonder which one she decided to use? Well, before you go find out here is what I did with the gorgeous background she sent me. I decided to go with a portrait, well actually two portraits for…
I really love using crayons to draw with, they can be so expressive can't they? I'm sharing a great flower drawing exercise in my Wednesday art video this week, using watersoluble crayons. This easy flower drawing exercise if great for beginners and experts alike. If you are a beginner it will help you build confidence with your expressive drawing. For the more advanced…
More burnout art today and a mixed media collage piece. Yep, I am owning it and calling it burnout work! If you aren't sure what I am going on about then visit last Wednesday's post and watch that video first, it will be a little clearer. It is not so drastic as it sounds, don't worry, but I have been suffering…
Surprise video time and some acrylic paint backgrounds! Well, not so much of a surprise seeing as I actually mentioned it in yesterday's video! But a sort of surprise and the first part of an art video collaboration with Jeanine from the YouTube channel My Arty Heart. Watch the video for the details of the collaboration as I show you what…
I enjoy hearing about how people work and their creative process so when I recently got some questions about my process and how to cope with overthinking, a subject close to my heart as you know, I thought I would share my answers via this video. I also talk a little bit about burnout as I am just trying to work…
My mixed media art journal page share today is a little random! Well even more random then you would normally expect from me, or at least I think so! It has a random face and some pattern and mark making designs. I've used what was already on this junk journal page and added some images and more color to finish a mixed…
I'm keeping things simple today with a really easy, but totally effective, acrylic paint background. And for a bit of contrast I have also played with one of my geometric designs as I wanted to see how it would look on this background. So if you haven't yet tried using your acrylic paints like a watercolor paint then you will enjoy…
I was flicking through my junk journal looking for a page to work on when a little left-over page caught my eye. So today I have the making of a shaped page to share with you from start to finish. It is always fun to change things up a but isn't it? The picture above shows the front part of the…
Let's make mixed media box art! Yes, we are going to make it a thing! Today I have taken my art journaling and applied it to a 3D object, just an ordinary box but all nice and colorful by the time I finish making my box art! I have some tips on how to design in three dimensions in my video…
You know that I love watercolors don't you? But sometimes I don't actually use them on watercolor paper. When I am making cards I tend to use a smooth, heavy weight, ordinary cardstock which is totally not a watercolor paper! But I love using it because it is a lovely bright white and you can get some really interesting effects, textures…