This is an art journal page that I started a long time ago. Acrylic paint and paint pen on watercolor paper. As you can see, it’s gotten overly busy. I love my detail, yes I do. But, it doesn’t make for a very grabbing finished design without some kind of
Still plugging along on the coloring books for adults. All of the images for the first book are finished and about 20 for the second book. I’m back on the big studio tour this year, in November, and every once in a while I think, “How in the world am I ever
Here’s a sneak peek at what I’ve been up to lately: creating coloring books for adults. I’ve been obsessed. I told friends recently that I used to wonder how I could make a living by sitting around and doodling. While it of course takes a little more than that, it’s
Making art teaches me, every day. I am finding that exponentially with painting and paper art. Comparing it to my regular torch work I think it’s because I can let go and not have to worry about burning myself and I can stop and start as I like. I experienced
Yesterday I created my first junk journal. A junk journal is a book made with found pages and collage. You can use anything to build a junk journal. This one contains covers and pages from other books, postcards and promotional flyers, a gift bag, and some of my own printed
A while back I bought up some alphabet murrini when Frantz was having a sale on them, trying to get rid of them. I saw something, I don’t know what, and had to have the whole alphabet despite the fact that they were made mostly of my least favorite color