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'Access granted', art journal spread

A peek into my art journal… I'm experimenting with new ways in how to manipulate acrylics to give a watercolor effect. I also added homemade modeling paste thru a floral designed stencil (from StencilGirl), played with black gesso + hand-lettered my thoughts, in my graffiti style, with white ink. This handmade art journal features multi-functional…

Gelli printed collage paper2

Intuitively painted collage papers, created for my upcoming workshop 'My Color is Beautiful Art'. This is a print that I created on a Gelli Arts gel printing plate, using a variety of DecoArt acrylic florescent and metallic paints. There's more! Come immerse yourself in a visual feast of yummy color, gelli plate textured prints and…

Gelli printed collage paper

Intuitively painted collage papers, created for my upcoming workshop 'My Color is Beautiful Art'. This is a print that I created on a Gelli Arts gel printing plate, using a variety of DecoArt acrylic florescent and metallic paints. There's more! Come immerse yourself in a visual feast of yummy color, gelli plate textured prints and…

Doodling is creative bliss!

Trying new things! I'm playing with my new DecoArt Inc. neon acrylics on different paper surfaces with my new, white gelly roll pen. I LOVE this! The explosion of bright colors combined with white ink…YES, please!

Handcarved Stamp collection

These are some of my recently, hand-carved stamps. Most were created during a printmaking challenge I had in July 2014 and others were carved during my own, personal time. See more from Martice's collection, here: Super, Hand-carved Stamp Collection

Mini ArtBooks: Matchbook-styled!

Mixed-media illustrator and designer, Martice Smith II, demonstrates a simple way to recreate a matchbook style design for miniature artbooks. Follow along as we create beautiful, handmade books with a variety of decorative cardstock, sketchbook papers and a stapler. See the tutorial, here: Mini ArtBooks: Matchbook-styled!