Vintage ephemera is so popular for art journaling and junk journals alike. If you are lucky enough to have your own old papers and photographs from your relatives you have a big advantage to start. Painting watercolor florals on vintage ledger paper is just so satisfying and gorgeous but using printables can be very close […]
Art Supplies


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 […]

Top Hand Lettering Art Supplies & Promo Videos
You’ve decided you want to start hand lettering items in your home and office and making the world a prettier place to read. It’s a fun and relatively inexpensive hobby and will, in the end, save you money as you can create your own decor and create invitations and cards by hand showing your friends […]

Art Classes & Maker Events for Adults
There are so many free challenges and mini-courses happening at all times and a few in-person art courses and I will try to keep things updated for you here. Most that I am familiar with are in the US so if you know of others please feel free to post in the comments. 100-Day Project […]

Current Deals on Art Supplies & Art Classes
Deals on art supplies and art courses happen several times a year. I try to keep an eye on them and update you on them here. If I’m missing a great deal, please feel free to alert me in the comments below. Kara Bullock Studio Early Black Friday Deal Kara Bullock is offering deals at […]

Coloring Backgrounds Tutorials
We often see amazing creations from those expert colorists in the coloring groups on Facebook and wonder how in the world they could make a simple coloring page look like a work of art. Backgrounds are the magic sauce. Below we gathered several background tutorials to try in your adult coloring books to really make […]






