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 […]
Mixed Media Art
Best Mixed Media Art Supplies for Online Art Classes
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 […]
Ephemera for Junk Journaling
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 […]
Micki Wilde – Artist and Teacher
Micki Wilde’s “Paint Happy” class was one of the first online classes I tried and fell in love with the entire concept of online art classes. She’s fun and funny to watch and listen to and makes you feel like whatever you are going to do next with your art with be OK! One of […]
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 […]
Life Book Art Supply List
I’ve noticed that the supply list for Ever After is quite similar to Lifebook so If you have bought art supplies for either of these courses, you are probably good to go. Some of the art supplies listed are easier to find in the UK than they are in the US so I’ve gone through […]