I know that it is not always easy to art. You stare at that page in your journal, piece of paper, canvas and nothing happens. We have all been there at some point. Sometimes you might have no ideas popping out and sometimes you might just have too many ideas all clamouring for attention. Well, in either case, often what you…
Art Challenge Time! What do you do with the paint leftover from a project? Usually I just wipe it from my palette onto a page in my Junk Journal to use later. Or if there is only a little bit left I might dump it. But not this time! My art challenge to you (and me!) is to use up some leftover…
I thought that I would work on one of the backgrounds I have been making recently. So this piece starts on an acrylic paint background and I layer it with a whole host of different materials. Acrylic ink, brush pens, ball point pens and watercolour paint all go into the layers on this piece today. But even though it uses a lot…
Hey all, it is a new video day and this week I have a painted doodle, collage page in my junk journal for some inspiration for you. I am just loving layering doodles and paint marks at the moment and each time I do it they seem to get more complex. I am challenging myself to see how many layers I…
One of the things that I have been playing around with and experimenting with a lot recently is simple ways to add texture with a brush to my mixed media and acrylic painting projects. It is like brush mark making 101 but it is super fun and well worth trying if you are a newbie or revisiting if you are more…
We can put a lot of obstacles in our own way can't we?! And one of the ones I struggle with is perfectionism. I am a perfectionist. But when it comes to my art I have learnt how to get past it and not let it hold me back from doing art. Part of what has helped me is learning to…
I do hope you are in the mood for a video hop because it is the 'Our Favorites' mixed media video hop with lots of inspiration and giveaways. So some of you already know the ropes for how this video hopping works don't you? For those of you new to video hopping pop on over to my 'Our Favorites' video on…
Video hop time! It's a mixed media hop with lots of inspiration and giveaways too. The video is below and all the details that you need to find out how to enter plus what is up for offer is below, so scroll on down. But don't forget that if you want to enter the giveaway you will need to leave your comment…
When was the last time that you were painting on fabric? I think for me it must have been a while ago. The closest was when I made that How To Emboss on Fabric video and then I used stamps so no painting on fabric was involved! But I did have this piece of denim left over after that session and…
Have you ever woken up with a picture in your head of a project you really need to do? Well, this happened to me yesterday. I woke with a really clear image in my head, this waking art just popped into my head as I became aware of the new day and started to open my eyes. But it wasn't just…
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…