I absolutely LOVE to doodle, and have a couple of my drawings featured in Zen Doodles: Oodles of Doodles and Zen Doodles: Tons of Tangles. In the mood to pull out my kiln and fuse some pendants, I decided to try incorporating the zen doodle techniques into my fused glass pieces. This is the result,…
I made this piece after taking Christy Tomlinson's online class, "Behind the Art". Using all kinds of techniques – collage, painting, stamping, drawing – I created a piece that is an expression of who I am: a woman who is confident in myself.
This is a page from my art journal that I drew on top of an antique dictionary page. I used matte Modge Podge to adhere the page down, and drew the basic design first with a pencil, then used Inktense pencils and a watercolor brush to add the color. After it dried, I used a…
Loads of storage – that's what I need! The curtains under the workbench are perfect for hiding messes when clients come over to 'shop'. 🙂
Believe it or not, this journal is made from an inexpensive composition book I picked up at Target. Here's a quick outline of the process I created to make it: apply a layer of acrylic paint to the whole book paint on a one-step crackling medium & let dry rub in antiquing gel to bring…
"Transparency" is taken from a blog post I wrote a while ago, which you can read here: http://beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com/2009/03/transparency.html This is one of my first attempts at doodling and lettering. The background was made using watercolor and sea salt. I first pooled watercolor onto my canvas, and while it was still wet, I sprinkled sea…
"Transparency" is taken from a blog post I wrote a while ago, which you can read here: http://beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com/2009/03/transparency.html This is one of my first attempts at doodling and lettering. The background was made using watercolor and sea salt. I first pooled watercolor onto my canvas, and while it was still wet, I sprinkled sea…
Go There Now "She finds profound beauty in the smallest of things and pure joy in everyday truths, bringing wonder to her heart and peace to her soul." – Molly Alexander I created this page when I was recently on vacation. I wanted to work on lettering in shapes, and I always love using leaves…
Go There Now For this journal page, I started with an antique dictionary page and Inktense blocks, when I got going, I didn't like the way the colors were coming together, so I tried to lighten them up with water, and the page started to peel off – happy accident! The ink stayed on the…
