I was so pleased to see that Mary Beth Shaw was one of the instructors for Wanderlust 2022.
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The Daisy Yellow Muse weekly email is created by Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow Art! I signed up and have received a weekly dose of creative goodness from Tammy through Muse for seven weeks now
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Well, with a little help from my friends Jo & Julie and by reviewing the instructions again, I was able to successfully do image transfers using my gel plate. The most important factor was getting . . .
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I was attempting to do gel plate image transfers for an upcoming exchange with my friends Jo & Jewels, but in only one case did I get a little bit of a hint of an image transfer!
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Gosh, where has the time gone? I must really be a creature of habit - are you?? It has been a good 5 weeks since I've posted here, wow. I just went & looked back and noted that I started posting on my blog again in October 2017 . . .
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Last week I happened to watch an instructional video by Gelli Arts, called Faux Marbling on the Gelli® Plate. After watching it I was inspired to get my Gelli plates out and play . . .
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We have been moving furniture around so I could easily make more use of our dining room table . . . for art! When we swapped rooms there ended up being a big empty space above the TV. None of our other artwork seemed right for this space . . .
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The other day I decided to revamp this painting I did for Steven 2 years ago. I wanted to add to it as it did not seem done yet and looked too watery.
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Whoo Hoo! I am so happy I was asked to be a Guest Designer for the StencilGirl Talk Blog, February 17, 2016. When I started thinking about what to do, I felt inspired to work with fabric . . . .
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I started with a little Gelli Plate play. I really like using the Gelli Plate, but I have not worked with it enough to feel really comfortable with it yet. So I just set out to play, a trick that works well for me. I used a small 3" x 5" Gelli plate and a lovely circle one . . .
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10/24/14 -If I don't have an idea to get me started working in my art journal, then playing with paint is a sure fire way to get me to dive in. Start by squeezing acrylic paint right on your journal page.
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Bill demoed and spoke about the Zen approach of reacting to the moment. In Zen Buddhist painting, ensō symbolizes a moment when the mind is free to simply let the body/spirit create…
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"I have some awesomely good news for you: you don't actually have to art journal every day to be a part of Art Journal Every Day. So if you're up for a little bit of "you" time every day (or every other day, or simply when you can) I hope you'll join us for Art Journal Every Day this year." Julie Balzer . . .
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Especially because this seemed like a difficult task to do in my mind -a self portrait, I am so pleased with how it came out! I really like this self-portrait and was glad that once I started looking for inspiration, it manifested itself. Another lesson learned once more: Just start!
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