…After coloring with the brush marker, and to clean the stencil, spritz with water and flip.  Look at this cool image!  Ready to add my own details and journaling.

 

...Again, using the Tombow watercolor technique, the stenciled image is added to another painted journal page.  Think of all the ways you can use a dye based marker to create beautiful watercolor effects with your face stencils.  I am overwhelmed with possibilities, aren’t you??!

 Now, leave a comment telling me in one sentence what your favorite stenciling technique is……… and YOU CAN WIN THE WHOLE SET OF FOUR STENCILS “Jane Girls Petite Series”.  Visit my other hopping art friends for more chances to win!
September 28 – Artistcellar
September 29 Jill K. Berry
September 30 Dawn DeVries Sokol
October 1 – Joanne Sharpe
October 2 – Connie Hozvicka
October 3 – Effy Wild
October 4 – Tamara Laporte
October 5 – Dion Dior
October 6 – Courtney Brook
October 7 – Kate Palmer
October 8 – Jane Davenport

Have you been dreaming about making your own hand drawn, funky fun lettered, illustrated, living every moment, everyday art journal?  Come on “UP” with me!

Here we go again, we’re going UP!  Up your creative game and make your life a masterpiece, you can do this!  Let’s “step up the doodle” and start drawing and sketching life in detail.  Immerse yourself in 15 dynamic video lessons (on a private class blog) chuck full of awesome ideas and techniques for drawing, sketching, doodling and watercolor journaling  to illustrate your gorgeous, wonderful life.  

With simple art supplies, you’ll create a daily ritual exploring your personal drawing, painting and coloring style while recording life’s precious moments, large and small. Learn easy methods to confidently draw simple objects, locations, scenes, still life, nature and landscapes along with stylized lettering and journaling.  With my prompts, encouragement and art coaching you’ll create a treasure….a personalized illustrated “life story” book that you will cherish and live in.  Network and share your work in our private Facebook group with your old and new art friends!  It’s an artful life, be in it!

-watercolor journal or sketchbook 
(I use Handbook by Global Art Materials-size 5.5″x5.5″ or  5.5 x 8 1/4″ size
 or Moleskine watercolor 5″x8″ size)
-watercolor paints or pan set  
(i use Koi travel set or , Daniel Smith or Winsor Newton tubes assorted colors in a travel palette)
– black fine tip, waterproof pens/marker 
(I use Pitt-fine point and Uniball Vision-fine tip) 
– black Tombow dual brush marker
-waterbrush 
(I use Niji brand-medium point)
-watercolor brushes  
(I use Simply Simmons brand ROUND #4 and #8)
-pencil and white eraser

OPTIONAL: Tombow color markers, Inktense pencils, Peerless watercolors

Thanks for all your fun comments about washi tape!  There are tons of ideas for this colorful art accessory to add to your art or just add color to life moments.  

.…it’s  here!  On Tuesday, September 17th, 9AM CST,  it’s my turn to share my “Artful Cardmaking” lessons on the Strathmore Artist Studio site.   In my two week launch I will have EIGHT fun little art videos with dozens of card making techniques using my favorite cards made with the most luscious paper from Strathmore.  Hope you can stop by and get some ideas for everyday and holiday cards.  You could also certainly use any of the ideas and techniques that i share in your art journaling or mixed media projects.  I really hope you’ll enjoy the FREE CLASS!!!  
Head on over and sign in, or register if you haven’t already, and it really IS FREE!!

 I’m on a hop!  Do you LOVE, LoVe, love washi tape like i do?  It is some type of side effect of the “art supply hoarding syndrome” i have.  I don’t know WHAT it is about washi tape, but i just can’t get enough.  Yes, crazy, i know.  For me, it’s the perfect accessory for my art work.  My sweet art friend Aimee Dolich over at Artsyville has just launched her fabulous art on a SIX ROLL collection of washi tape!!  I aodre her and her whimsical style, we are perfectly matched “art soul sisters”.

This is my Artsyville tape fashion show!  My favorite use of washi tape is to attach and frame my lettering pieces into my art journals.  These are samples of hand lettering with a white Signo gel pen on scrap paper lunch bag. I cut it into smaller shapes and wrote some fun phrases referencing:

Visit my other artsy friends and have fun on the hop with TEN chances to win a heap of Artsyville washi tape from Aimee.
Monday, 9/9 Rachel Awes allididwaslisten.blogspot.com
Tuesday, 9/10 Joanne Sharpe joannezsharpe.blogspot.com
Wednesday, 9/11 Jill Berry jillberrydesign.com
Thursday, 9/12 Lindsay Hopkins penandpaintblog.com
Friday, 9/13 Traci Bunkers tracibunkers.com/blog
Monday, 9/16 Lori Vliegen elviestudio.blogspot.com
Tuesday, 9/17 Raine Boyd limetreefruits.com
Wednesday, 9/18 Samie Harding journalgirl.com
Thursday, 9/19 Carolyn Dube acolorfuljourney.com
Friday, 9/20 Tammy Garcia daisyyellowart.com

…just a whimsical inspiration today……this message rings so true.  Our intention, actions, desires, passions and thoughts make us who we are. It’s a beautiful thing!

….Back home until October.  What an incredible eight months this has been traveling the country, making art, teaching art, sharing art, being art.  My soul is overflowing with blessings.

What do you think of this??? I’ve been ripped off again! This time i found MY ART on a flag for sale in WALMART!!!!! 

Without knowledge, this is my copyrighted artwork that has been reproduced on a flag made in China and sold in Walmart stores. But they had the nerve to lift my writing out of the image and added TYPE!!!! Wow!!!! (it’s MY grandparent flag concept that i penned in 2008  and license to another manufacturer, NOT Walmart!!!) Looks like a few phone calls for some legal assistance are in order for Monday. It’s so wrong! 

MY ORIGINAL ART DONE IN 2008- Licensed artwork to a US flag company.

 I BOUGHT THIS IN WALMART TODAY.  My artwork, on this flag MADE IN CHINA where they removed my signature lettering and added TYPE!!!!  This was sold and distributed in Walmart without my knowledge.