Adult Coloring Books, Supplies & Tips - Adult Activity Art Books
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 […]
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 […]
How Does Your Garden Grow Collage Soup A collage, journal and scrapbook treasure trove of cut and glue images for arts & crafts: A book of 165 fancy collage papers to cut up, tear up, and stick on. I have looked at these Collage Soup books several times but haven’t purchased one but now, one […]
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 […]
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 […]
A new year is coming and that means a new selection of year-long mixed media art courses to sign up for. I honestly haven’t ever taken one I’ve not gotten more than my money’s worth because you get to meet 12-30 new art teachers and learn their specialties and usually new to me techniques. Some […]
