Technique Tuesday!
Just like last week, I started with a masonite board as my substrate.
Paint the edges and top of the masonite with black acrylic.
Tear up some large and some small pieces of textured collage papers and foil. The tutorials to make the ones shown in this piece are here and here.
Mix your torn pieces with […]
Make Art Monday
Last week I showed you the first half of my experiment with the heavily textured collage papers that I made, which was a geometric collage. This week, it’s an organic collage, which emerged when I tore up the papers that were left. This one is called I Sing for Joy:
I Sing […]
Tony asked awhile back about the difference between some of the terms that we use a lot in mixed media art. You’ll read that images are “royalty free” or sometimes that they are “copyright free”. It was a great question, because these are not the same thing at all! Just because someone offers you the […]
Crocheted Comfort Bear by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Noreen Crone-Findlay designed a charming little Comfie Bear and has uploaded the pattern to hankering for yarn.
Knitted Elspeth Doll by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Elspeth is an enchanting doll designed by Noreen Crone-Findlay. She’s uploaded the pattern to hankeringforyarn.com
Layers Upon Layers
Use a lot of texture when you create a geometric collage, and it […]
Alma Stoller has provided great instructions for carving your own rubber stamps from Speedball Speedy-Stamp carving block. She makes it look so easy that I just might give it a try. At any rate, I thought that some of you might also like to try this for stamping your own cards, wrapping paper, collages, etc. […]
Art Attack Thursday
After visiting a library in Prague that simply took their breath away, Curious Expeditions compiled a picture show that will leave you gasping! In their words:
Shocked into a library induced euphoria, Curious Expeditions has attempted to gather together the world’s most beautiful libraries for you starting with our own pictures of […]
Art Attack Thursday!
Don’t you just love the name of this blog? Joan Hawley is the Lazy Girl, and she has generously shared many free lazy tutorials. Since I happen to be a person who is always in seach of the perfect bag, her quick and easy style really appeals to me. I especially like […]
Congratulations to Andie MacCowan, the winner of a free copy of the premiere issue of Life Images magazine!
The competition is open to professional and amateur beaders from the U.S. and around the world. All work entered in the competition must be original. Deadline: April 4, 2008
Bead Dreams contest information
Finalists will be on display at the Bead&Button Show, June 6-10, 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
To enter the Bead Arts Awards - Fill in […]
What’s Up Wednesday
Ok, this is way too much fun, too addicting, too much of a time-drain, etc etc etc. Guess what I spent quite a bit of time doing anyway? :-)
Go to GirlsGoTech and try it out. And don’t curse me, please!
Tags: Digital Art, online-tools
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
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