Here’s a tutorial on how to add a little color to your journal page or mixed-media piece by tinting gesso with pastels. This is one of the mixed-media techniques from my book The Art Journal Workshop. Any white gesso can be used, and the same goes for the soft pastels. (I used a generic gesso […]
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Moldable Foam Stamps Tutorial
This tutorial will give you a little taste of what you can find in my book Print & Stamp Lab, which has 52 different print blocks and stamp tools made from inexpensive, ordinary and unexpected materials! Moldable Foam Certain kinds of foam can be heated with an embossing heat tool, then pressed onto a textured […]
ArtSparks November Tutorial Blog Hop
The ArtSparks Tutorial Blog Hop that I mentioned in my last post started today! Here’s the list–be sure to check each one out every day as they are posted. Jane LaFazio started the blog hop off and her tutorial is great! I can’t wait to see the rest of them. Wednesday November 9th, Jane LaFazio: […]
A New Use For Stash!
And by stash, I’m talking about paper stash that book arts people, mixed-media artists and art journalists collect: the odd bits and pieces of all kinds of papers to collage or use somehow in their mixed-media work and art journals. Today when I was packing up some orders, a light bulb went on. I am […]