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'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'm art journaling again today and sharing some news in my video too! This page is made up of leftover paint, so if you are looking for some ideas for using up your leftover paint and how to get those leftover paint art journaling pages finished then try this one! And whilst you watch this art journaling video have a think…
I warn you this video starts with a rather nasty art journal fail! I mean it is ugly. A catastrophe! A mistake! A mess! Don't say that I didn't warn you! But don't worry because I save the page and make some new art from the mess and I hope that it puts you in the mood to revisit some…
You know when you have half an idea in your head but you aren't really sure where it will take you? Well this easy flowers art journal page is definitely one of those! I thought I would take you through my full thought process for how this easy flowers painting art journal page came into being and I really hope that…
You guys know that I love a bit of easy stenciling don't you? I mean give me a piece of paper and a pair of scissors and I'll give you a stencil and mask to play with! It's so lo-tech but I've gone even lower tech today because I have re-purposed a kitchen sponge - don't worry it won't be going…
I'm using acrylic paint like watercolor in today's video show and tell, to make some lovely, bright and translucent paint layers. It's a great technique and fun to do! I think that one of the things that I love about acrylic paint is that it is just so versatile. I mean you guys know that I adore watercolor paint, but I also love…
More acrylic paint leaves for you today and a video of my latest Junk Journal experiments. For this video I've been playing around with painting acrylic paint leaves using those wonderful iridescent Pebeo paints that I am totally hooked on at the moment. But my acrylic paint leaves are different today as I've painted them as shapes rather than using the negative space technique…
I've got a fun heat embossing technique for you today. It is so simple that you will wonder why you don't use it with your heat embossing all of the time! It is a really great way to stretch your stash and make more out of your stamps, particularly your background stamps, texture stamps or pattern stamps. With this really simple…
Inks are great aren't they? I mean I use a lot of acrylic paint but I do love using acrylic inks too. I love drawing with them but they are fabulous for all sorts of techniques and mark making, so I thought it would be fun to share some ideas for how to get the most out of your inks. Now…
I'm testing out some acrylic paints today and sharing how I test out new paint. The paints under the arty microscope in my video are the Pebeo Studio DYNA Iridescent acrylic paints, now these aren't new paints, they have been around for a while but they are new to me and I'm just giving them a test drive to see how…