What is Fussy Cutting? Fussy Cutting is where you take a detailed focal point that you’ve either painted or drawn yourself or is taken from a collage book or a magazine. You need small scissors that are easily turned to go around all the nooks and crannies of a specific image. Some are fairly simple […]
Art Supplies
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 […]
Watercolor Coloring Books
You can use watercolors in coloring books with some degree of success but recently we were excited to see three new books available that are specifically aimed at colorists and designed for watercolor paints and watercolor pencils. Kristy Rice is a well-known illustrator who has entered the adult coloring book arena with four beautiful books designed […]
Best Pencil Sharpeners for Colored Pencils
Colored Pencil Sharpeners Really you can never have enough sharpeners! They are easy to lose and they do wear out if you are coloring often. A great tip to keep the blades sharp is to occasionally “clean” the blades by sharpening regular graphite pencils with your colored pencil sharpener. Kum Sharpeners – The BEST Pencil […]
Best Zentangle Supplies
Zentangle has added their stamp of approval an some of the supplies I’ve listed below but I tend to use the non-official aka less expensive versions more. There are a couple of reasons for that. If you are getting to an age where your eyesight isn’t as sharp as it used to be, tangling on […]
How to Collage
The art of collage goes back to early childhood for most of us, that first paper-mache-covered balloon project or that jar we made for mom or dad covered in pretty tissue paper started a love for creating art from layering. You just have a go with collage ideas with Modpodge (for temporary items) or Matt […]