Category: Art
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4 Weeks, 4 Paintings ā Negative Space
Welcome to another instalment in the 4 Weeks, 4 Paintings mini-series! Today, weāll learn more about using negative space in our paintings by building on the foundation of layering. As I mentioned in the Layered Foliage tutorial, we must often paint the lightest shades first when working with watercolours, then build the pigment layer by…
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4 Weeks, 4 Paintings – Layered Foliage
Itās officially summer vacation here in my corner of the world, and itās time to break out the art supplies. Iāve lined up four beginner-friendly art projects that everyone in the family will enjoy while also teaching those basic painting techniques every artist needs at their foundation. This week, weāll learn about painting in layers…
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How to Stretch Watercolour Paper
Iāve been meaning to go back to basics for some of my āhow toā posts, but then the low working memory aspect of ADHD struck and I forgot. š Thereās no time like the present, right? Today, Iāll show you two easy ways to stretch watercolour paper. But first, what does it mean to āstretchā…
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Birthday Freebie – Colouring Pages
I canāt even fathom the words Iām about to type, but A Study of Ash & Smoke turns 5 today. My baby is five years old. How did that even happen? The last few years have been wild. Iāve never struggled to write as much in my life, but the knowledge that I published two…
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Ink Transfer to Polymer Clay Using a Laserjet Printer
If you follow trends and tricks in the polymer clay community, youāve doubtlessly seen a storm of transfer designs. Anything from pretty florals to groovy abstractsāyou can print and transfer those designs to your clay masterpieces. I recently received a commission to make magnets with text included in the design. Initially, I thought Iād handwrite…
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Simple City Map Take Two
I wrote the predecessor to this post in July 2017. The sad news? I never finished my pencil-and-paper city map. The good news? It took me only seven years to pick up where I left off and finish a digital version. So, booyah. š I see this as the heart of Downtown Roicester, with suburbia…
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Review – Keoker Polymer Clay Cutters for Fall
A good clay cutter makes everything betterāthis is a fact every polymer clay artist learns in a hurry. Choosing quality cutters can be a difficult task. Iāve purchased designer cutters for a pretty penny from Etsy-exclusive stores that donāt work at all, and Iāve also bought the cheapest possible cutters from random import stores that…
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Easy Crochet: Solid Granny Square Shawl
I love granny squares. Itās my favourite thing to crochet. My theory is that the repetitive stitches allow my mind to wander while squares work up fast enough that it feels like Iām making constant progress. Dopamine hits galore! Since granny squares have become my go-to crochet project, I have heaps of them around the…
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Freebie – Word Count Tracker
I’ve been itching to try a tracker in my bullet journal, but I just havenāt figured out what I wanted to track. Until now. Inspiration struck a few weeks ago, and Iāve been working on a word tracker. But not just any old tracker, itās a colouring page! The idea is to colour a block…
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2024 Goals
We’re officially in that strange transition period where our fingers always go for the 3 instead of the 4 when we type the year. š¤£ Hello, folks, and welcome to 2024! I hope it’s a good one. As always, I’d like to start my yearly blogging journey with some goals. This post will come to…
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