ZENSPIRATIONS PATTERNING BOOKS by JOANNE FINK My first adventure into this wonderful world of Doodling was accidental. I had decided to look for adult coloring books and happened to pick up Joanne Fink‘s book: “Inspirations – Designs to Feed Your Spirit” and it happened I was going up to the mountains for a spiritual retreat […]
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My Favorite Art Magazines
I think we all are looking for things to fill all of our time at home during these cold days and nights and honestly, it’s easy to find activities that accomplish that but have they been helping me through it? I dove into art journaling in 2017 but then for some reason stopped in mid-2018. […]
Top 30+ Christmas Coloring Books for Adults
The snow is falling and the Christmas lights are starting to go up so, of course, we need to have some Christmas Coloring Books to keep us calm before during and after Black Friday madness. Now that Coloring Books for Adults are an institution, there are a whole lot of Christmas coloring books available including Christmas […]
Artists on Etsy
I’ve participated in Lifebook several times and one of the best parts is discovering new teachers whose techniques and styles you fall in love with. Many of them have Etsy shops and you know I love supporting Indie Artists. Treasured Memories with Nellie’s Creative Touch ONLINE CLASS tutorial instructional video fabric book class by artist […]
Best Glue for Art Journaling & Mixed Media Art
I’ve recently started making my own handmade art journals or junk journals. I find them the opposite of junk but indeed I DO use things that non-artsy folks would throw into the recycle bin. You need a way to stick those treasures to your page so what glue is best? It seems as if most […]
How to Use Stencils in Mixed Media Art
Stencils have always intimidated me, probably because the decor fad of the 80’s when I bought my first home was to stencil things on your walls, and they had to look perfect! I tried them a few times and they were always crooked or not filled in all the way, or the edges looked too […]
Best Watercolor Supplies for Coloring Books
Watercolor Supplies for Adult Coloring Books I’ll be introducing my favorite watercolor supplies to use in your coloring books in this article. As always, use caution with any new supplies and play with them a bit in your art journal or a page you aren’t in love with before you tackle a new project. Know […]
Make Your Own Mixed Media Paper Dolls
Remember the good old days when you could pickup a paper dolls book on the magazine stand in your grocery or drug store? I was always SO excited to get to punch them all out and try on the different outfits. I had a few Barbies but the outfits were very expensive back then so […]
Encouraging Words for Artist Trading Cards
The best part of being a mixed media artist that has connections to their online cohorts is the use of Artist Trading Cards or ATCs. Adding encouraging words to send across the world makes you feel good to be sharing some positive vibes in a broken world. I belong to a year-long class called Fodder […]
Best Colored Pencils for Coloring Books
Colored Pencils Options Colored Pencils are the most used item for those folks that are truly addicted to adult coloring books. If that sounds like someone you know then this is the list for you. Everything we have learned about the best coloring supplies for the most discerning Adult Coloring Book Addicts! The first question you […]