Stitch a Quick and Easy Handmade Fabric Art Gift Bag
I plan to use some of my fabric art to make gift bags for wine or sparkling cider, to give to hosts and hostesses during the upcoming holidays.
I plan to use some of my fabric art to make gift bags for wine or sparkling cider, to give to hosts and hostesses during the upcoming holidays.
Everywhere you look, artists are making stencils, painting with stencils, using stencils in their art journals and more. If you’ve been wondering what all the excitement is about or want ideas for how to make stencils and how to use them, you’ll love our new eBook, Stencil Art Making: 3 Free Stenciling Tutorials + How…
Download Now Everywhere you look, artists are making stencils, painting with stencils, using stencils in their art journals and more. If you’ve been wondering what all the excitement is about or want ideas for how to make stencils and how to use them, you’ll love our new eBook, Stencil Art Making: 3 Free Stenciling Tutorials…
In a couple of weeks, it will be 10 years since I was hired to be a midwife to a new magazine with a cool name: Cloth Paper Scissors. As an editor and a writer for the magazine, and then as the editor of Cloth Paper Scissors Today, I have seen seedling art careers grow…
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe famously said, “Less is more.” Well, he might know about chairs and buildings, but Mies van der Rohe was no mixed-media artist. In my art book, more is almost always more. Particularly when it comes to layers and monoprinting techniques. By layering monoprints using different techniques, you can achieve…
I'm always on the hunt for sales on pre-stretched and primed canvases. I like square canvases with a 1-1/2"-wide sides, and they're hard to come by at my local art supply stores. Unless I buy them online, I'm at the mercy of what's available. It's easy to stretch your own canvas for your mixed-media and…
Here are some tips for cleaning three of your basic mixed-media and collage tools.
Recently a commenter on this blog asked, “What do you do with your art journal pages? Are they just art for the sake of making art?” This is Sharon Hendry’s original sketch and watercolor portrait. Those are excellent questions, and today I’m going to offer a suggestion for the first one. A lot of artists…
Because I blog, host online seminars, and spend a lot of time on social media, people I encounter during live social interactions often ask me for advice regarding their art business. Should I be on Facebook? Do I have to do Twitter? Blogs-are they in or are they out? What about online teaching? Newsletters? In…
I always look forward to March: It's National Craft Month and my birthday. And who among us doesn't wish for art and craft supplies as gifts? National Craft Month is the perfect time to give and receive new craft tools, materials, and organization supplies to use in your craft room or art studio. I'm always…