It's May 1! Where I live, that means birds are singing, nesting, and flying. Where I work, though, birds are everywhere, all year round. That's because birds are a popular theme in art, and a lot...
I recently completed a flurry of art projects. After congratulating myself on my productivity, I turned around to look look at my home studio , and wondered, "Who made this huge mess?...
Our month of Golden Giveaways comes to a close today. We had fun giving away these fantastic prizes. The Week 4 winner is: Candy P. of Bella Vista, AZ. Congratulations to Candy and all our winners!
In Mixed Media + Painting Techniques: 4 Free Paper and Fabric Painting Ideas , we bring you mixed media painting techniques you can use in a wide variety of art projects....
Every time I reach for a piece of scrapbook paper to create handmade cards or paper collages , a devil and an angel pop up on my shoulders....
Now, this is not a space for news or politics, but it is a space to talk about art. Art heals and soothes. Art is therapeutic. Art is meditative. So that is why I'm in my studio making collage art...
Now, for Week 4 of the GOLDEN Giveaway! I never heard the word "micaceous" until last week when I wrote about the prize package Golden is giving away, including micaceous iron oxide. Then I heard...
Recently I have been upcycling burlap coffee bean bags into café curtains for my kitchen. (Get it? Café curtains?)...
When you're faced with a blank canvas and want to create a background or you have a collage or painting that needs a focal point, reach for a stencil....
I know, I know: we're outside the lines artists, and proud of it, too. But in some instances, like art journaling , writing between the lines can help you move outside your comfort zone....
Now, for Week 3 of the GOLDEN Giveaway! To recap: Recently, GOLDEN Artist Colors has introduced some exciting new products, including six grounds you can apply to your substrates to make them suitable...
A blog is an excellent tool for sharing your artwork, building a community, growing your art business , and strengthening your brand. However, a poorly done blog can be worse than no blog at all, says...
Earlier this week, I wrote about how to turn your doodles into personal imagery you can use again and again in your art. That got me thinking about another way you can reuse a drawing, doodle, or an entire...
Doodling is hot these days. Whole books are written on the subject. Doodling as mark making can be an end in itself, or, as I wrote about in a post last year, doodling can be a springboard to ideas in...
The winner of the first week's GOLDEN Giveaway is . . . Ilysa G. of Branford, Florida! Ilysa, we will contact you about sending you your prize....
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