I am painting some mini abstract acrylic paint pieces today and I thought I would share them with you in my Wednesday art video and also turn them into something useful, not just pretty! You will see what at the end of the video but I am sure you can guess from the photo can't you?! I am also just sharing…
Get your doodle pens and brushes ready because this week I am on a quest to get you doodling in your next art journal or painting project. Hey, why stop there? You could go doodle-tastic on your next card or papercraft project too! I don't want to leave anyone out! So it is a no-fear, easy art journal page inspiration this week…
You guys know I am a bit circle obsessed and from what I've heard from you, a lot of you are too! Which is great news because my new designs for PaperArtsy. have lots of circles and circles flowers and I can not wait to see what you do with them. Yes it is NEW PRODUCT release time. I have three new stamps sets…
I've been doing a lot of drawing in my art journal recently. I have been using different kinds of Sharpie pens either on fresh pages or on pages that already had a few layers of paint left over from previous projects. I've been sharing some of my surface design patterns on my Instagram feed and I will be blogging them at some point. But…
You will not be able to resist the current theme over on the PaperArtsy blog because it is Resists! (Oh dear Kim, I think you have been working too hard!). I'm sorry, I could not resist starting with that. Oh boy, I'm doing it again, quick let's move on! Well, we ARE talking about Resists over on the PaperArtsy blog at the moment…
Thank you facers for your linking up and sharing your work, you are all so inspirational! Are you ready for a Show Your Face link up this week? First up the admin... Schedule: Inspired By - March 2016 (pick another to inspire our work this month, they can be a Facer or someone one else, up to you). Head Positions - May…
Time for a tutorial share over on the Blitsy blog for the steps to make a textured canvas board project. [I do use affiliate links and there are some in this blog post.] You might just be able to tell from this cheeky sneaky peek (I wanted to say peeky then but perhaps that is an -eeky too far?!) that I've used a…
Hey Show Your Facers, it is the holiday season and everyone is super busy so I thought we could keep this Show Your Face open for the rest of December. So there will be no more weekly updates until Friday 1st January 2016 but this post will stay open for your link ups over the next two weeks, bookmark this page so…
Do you like using the seasons to inspire your art journaling? I think colour often inspires my pages through the seasons and yes, I think weather features at times too. Well the upcoming season is definitely inspiring my art journal tutorial on the Blitsy blog today. I've gone super-snowy on some Christmas music ready for a white Christmas! [I do have some…
Hey Friday, Hey Facers! We had a huge number of faces last week, both old and new. Welcome to all and massive thank you for linking up, hope you had fun hopping through all of last week's faces. Now I know that we have quite a few PaperArtsy fans here so some of you might already have seen my share today and you will…
I started three canvases three weeks ago. I got all excited as I thought I would enter them into a couple of art competitions that I had spotted. I find having a focus like that can be a great way to concentrate the mind. I am somewhat deadline driven after all! But the best laid plans of Mice and Kims go so…