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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Happy Holidays!

Gel print on Pescia paper
using acrylic and iridescent paints
and enhanced with gel pen work

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Inspirational Blogs

Paper Ponderings

Thursday Thoughts... - “A book is a voice in your ear; the message is – while you are reading it – for you alone. Reading a book is surely the most intimate experience we can hav...
19 hours ago
Daisy Yellow

Making Waves with Brush Markers - A little change of pace in the form of linear, wavy, and swirly doodles with brush markers. Very relaxing to fill an entire page over a few art sessions....
21 hours ago
It's Crow Time

Scorpio New Moon -
3 days ago
BLOG - Bobbi Baugh StudioArtwork Galleries - Bobbi Baugh Art Studio

The ways of layers - Layers in a composition can move in mysterious, unexpected, and wonderful ways. Little unassuming scraps, like these on my worktable, can add transform...
4 days ago
caterinagiglio. ARTIST

Clearance Sale! 50% off - Ciao my gentle readers.. I am clearing out my landscape paintings.. they are all 50% off.. I am limiting my paintings and will not be painting land...
4 days ago
Shawn Petite

Mixed Media Art Supplies: Favorites, Flops & Surprises! - The post Mixed Media Art Supplies: Favorites, Flops & Surprises! appeared first on Shawn Petite.
4 days ago
Bridgette Guerzon Mills

Wild Appalachian Rhodies - While I was working on the small oil paintings of fruit, I have been working on two large oil paintings. This was one of them. A couple of weeks ago I wa...
5 days ago
SHARDS: fragments and reflections

Hidden in the Layers: Covers for a Collaboration. - Sometimes the best collaborations begin with a simple idea and three artists who each bring something different to the table. I’m working with two artist f...
5 days ago
Pixie Hill

Folk Art Box and Faerie House Ornament - A short sweet post for this little project. How cute is this duo?! A little cork faerie house ornament and a folk art box to tuck it inside!Pop over to You...
6 days ago
Dispatch from LA

My Old Friend, Semur-en-Auxois - How I loved my time in the fairytale village of Semur-en-Auxois, where I landed after Dijon. I have such fondness for that place. I have framed that to...
1 week ago
Shared Easel Blog - Wendy Meg Siegel Art

Fostering Creative Thinking: For Anyone - There are many things you can do to help foster creativity in your everyday lives. You can begin by becoming more and more comfortable with making ch...
1 week ago
BLOG-EN - Laly Mille

We all need a little encouragement... - I’m slowly finding my way back after a month-long break. I’ve been dealing with health issues and stress, and lately, my paints and brushes have been waiti...
1 week ago
vintagepagedesigns.com

7 Things I’ve Learned in 7 Years of the Handmade Book Club - Seven years, thousands of handmade books, and a whole lot of lessons along the way. As the Handmade Book Club […] The post 7 Things I’ve Learned in 7 Yea...
2 weeks ago
Creative ArtnSoul Journaling

DIY Junk Journal Waterfall Cards Folio - Make your own printable junk journal waterfall cards folio that is perfect to use as an embellishment in all your junk journals. If you love adding littl...
2 weeks ago
Blog - Margarete Miller - Collage art

The Journal I Come Back to When I’m Stuck - Stuck on what to make? Grab 20 papers from your desk drawer and bind them into a journal. No prompts, no rules, and no blank page to face.
2 weeks ago
Kelly Kilmer Artist and Instructor

Juicy Living November 2026: Every Month A NEW Art Journaling PWYCW Workshop - Get your papers, pens, scissors & brushes ready... *Find a playful, colorful meditation space in paper, paint, and pen:* * Juicy Living: a NEW Ar...
2 weeks ago
Making Handmade Books

ACCI Gallery New Artist Reception: November 15, 2026 - Please join me at the New Artist Reception at ACCI Gallery, Sunday, November 15, 2026 from 3-5pm! I was recently juried into the gallery as a member, and...
2 weeks ago
ann wood handmade

make a fancy halloween costume for mr. socks – sewing tutorial - I’m calling it – “victorian ghost boy” and there’s a miniature vintage style treat bucket and everything. The mr. socks fancy dress halloween costume is ...
2 weeks ago
Gelli Arts Printing Projects

Layering with the 5”x7” Perfect Borders Set by Birgit Koopsen - Hi! Welcome to the Gelli Arts® blog, it’s Birgit here today with a colorful new project. I love building up layers on a gel plate. There is something so ...
3 weeks ago
Carolyn Dube

Making Merry Stencils - The most treasured holiday moments for me aren’t about perfect decorations or polished baubles—they’re about the stories, the laughter, and the little su...
3 weeks ago
Linda Germain

Back to school supplies - I love this time of year when the back to school supplies are on sale. I find myself using very simple supplies. It creates a sense of freedom. Crayons, ...
3 weeks ago
Ruth Ander Print Courses

Always a Borrower Be - I’m currently making a new series of videos over on YouTube called ‘Print Curious?’ about what you can borrow from printmaking to make your own practice be...
3 weeks ago
Blog - Altered States Studio

A Pace of Change - Change.
4 weeks ago
Velvet Moth Studio

BIRTHDAY CARD AND WOYWW - I recently made a birthday card for my youngest nephew, he rather likes anything medieval so I used that as the theme. I found some beautiful washi tape ...
4 weeks ago
Collage art of Laura Lein-Svencner

Spirit Horses - This piece here that was in an exhibit at LaGrange Art League, "Stories we Carry" Is now finding a new home and the one below will be in the Next exhibit...
5 weeks ago
The Travelling Bookbinder

How To: Text & Texture - Paper pleasures: cutting and sticking. Stress free narratives. The post How To: Text & Texture appeared first on The Travelling Bookbinder.
1 month ago
Magical Mandalas

The Shores of Avalon - This piece began in June innocently enough, I continue choosing to paint birds as my creative exploration and I chose an owl this time. I created some real...
2 months ago
Luann Udell

A PSA for Y’all….. - I couldn’t decide whether to take this public or not. But the more people I share it with, the more a) I’ve learned, and b) I hope YOU will benefit from th...
2 months ago
theresa mARTin

Collage -
2 months ago
The Turquoise Iris

Loose Watercolor Painting: Turn One Floral Into So Much More - What Else Could This Become? The Creative Possibilities Inside One Watercolor Painting Lately, I’ve been asking myself one question over and over again w...
2 months ago
My Handbound Books - Bookbinding Blog

A Big One - Earlier this year, I bound a new Matricula for University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This university carries on a tradition of having the g...
2 months ago
Karen's Whimsy

Altered Book Journal ~ Art of Happiness - In this altered book journal, I play with color and paint and use the book's text to create found poetry and explore the ever-changing nature of happines...
3 months ago
alice fox

Flaxen - I am delighted to be showing Flaxen at the Knit & Stitch Shows this autumn at Alexandra Palace and Harrogate. Tickets to the show can be purchased with t...
4 months ago
Mindful Art Studio

Trusting Your Ideas - Dear Wonderful Creative You, One of the most important questions you can ask yourself is why you’re making art. What’s your purpose? What goal are you tr...
4 months ago
alisaburke

Summer by the Sea! Ocean-Inspired Art Classes and Retreats for Creative Beachcombers - This summer, I'm inviting you to join me for Summer by the Sea! A collection of online classes and retreats inspired by the beauty, wonder, and curiosi...
4 months ago
Blog

10 Years of the 100 Day Project: How Learning to Sketch Changed My Creative Practice - *This year was my tenth year doing the 100 Day Project.* Ten years. Ten completions. And this year, more than any other, I almost didn’t start. Because...
5 months ago
Blog / Art Practice / Mixed Media Art / Art is Healing / Self-compassion - Melanie Rivers Art

in Gentle Holding - Visit my painting, in Gentle Holding, and the story she has to share. This is a story about feeling safe and learning to trust in ourselves and each other.
6 months ago
Fractured Angelics Blog

Charles and Maurice Prendergast -brothers and artists - Charles Prendergast Maurice Prendergast Charles and Maurice Prendergast -brothers and artists Charles Prendergast -Born St. John’s, Newfoundland 186...
9 months ago
Hands and Heart

✨ Chords of a New Cycle 𝄢 - To Flow Like the Wind *To flow like the wind—notes from the flute of a magical composer—free and detached from what holds us back; sovereign within, yet...
10 months ago
Book and Paper Arts

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1 year ago
An Artist's Journal

More Progress on the Studio Space - There have been some fun surprises while setting up my little art space. One of them has been seeing some of my supplies, treasured tools, and art for the ...
1 year ago
Reflections – Alexi Francis

Secret Nature 2025 Wall Calendar - I have a new, sepia wildlife calendar for 2025! Hot off the press :) it’s A4, opening to A3, in size and has 13 sepia illustrations and month grids includi...
2 years ago
Kim Herringe

Beyond Bunya Dieback – Hinterland Bunyas - The post Beyond Bunya Dieback – Hinterland Bunyas appeared first on Kim Herringe.
2 years ago
Art Fiber Stitch

Create unique Layered Sheer Fabric Art - Using beautiful subtle coloured sheer fabrics to make your own unique fabric art background for further embroidery. The post Create unique Layered Sheer ...
2 years ago
sharmon davidson art

Reflections - [image: Reflections] [image: reflections blog post header photo kinniconick creek sharmon davidson] 01 JANUARY, 2024 A New Year By our current calenda...
2 years ago
Pearl Red Moon Art

Partridge in a Pear Tree - I am still maintaining a presence on the interwebs, despite efforts to shut me up! Anybody still reading this artefact blog who is interested to know wh...
2 years ago
ART IDEAS AND INSPIRATION - HELEN WELLS ARTIST

ART PROCESS: A MEANDERING JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY - Music Credit: Just Do by Arch Tremors via Epidemic Sound In this video I share a little of my process when creating something new. I like to draw and exp...
3 years ago
elf2mani

ART GLAND ET ... LE FESTIVAL DE LA SALAMANDRE - EXPOSITION ART GLAND A PARTIR DU 19 OCTOBRE ...18H VERNISSAGE ............ET FESTIVAL DE LA SALAMANDRE LE 20, 21, 22 OCTOBRE A MORGES BEAUSOBRE... une...
3 years ago
Balzer Designs

PrintInktober 2023 Is Coming! - You guys, October will be here before you know it! What is #PrintInktober? I have been hosting this annual print-every-day challenge in October since 2018!...
3 years ago
The Blog - 1134 Press

1134 Press Update! - *It’s been a little while since my last blog post. Like I said in the September newsletter, time is flying by! But I have some news to share with you all...
3 years ago
Connie Solera ~ Artist | Teacher | Writer

Style Is An Artist’s Secret Sauce - What I’ve learned over the years is that it doesn’t matter if an artist is a total newbie, seasoned like a Louisiana chicken, or somewhere in between — r...
3 years ago
Early Morning Thoughts

Newest online class just released... - A sacred place I love creating books that evoke an emotion within me that captures a moment, memories, an event or tells a story. A piece that craves for y...
3 years ago
Hilke Kurzke

In conversation with Paula McCann - I first came across Paula’s books when I saw in 2021 that Lady Bay Art Festival’s creativity fund was given to Paula McCann and she was commissioned to mak...
3 years ago
Nancy Reyner

Best Artist Tips on Paint and Pigments - Understanding Mineral and Modern Pigments for Painters Paint companies and chemists divide color pigments, used for making paints, into two distinct cat...
3 years ago
Be... Dream... Play...

SAVE THE DATES! - Happy Winter Solstice dear friends! I am very happy to share with you two brandy new workshops that I will be teaching in March and April 2023. First off -...
3 years ago
Adorn

Contentment @ Eamzyart - Hello Just a quick post to share news of up-date of artwork available on the Eamzyart website. Full details of Contentment can be viewed HERE. Thank you so...
4 years ago
Moonlight and Hares

Bluebell Woods and a Little Bird Magic -
4 years ago
Melinda Tidwell

Is “loose” Overrated? - I was just at SFMOMA this weekend and saw this beautiful painting by Charles Sheeler. I was struck initially by the composition of shapes. Though it is rep...
5 years ago
Printing with Gelli Arts®

Printing with Boundaries: 3 Simple Layering Techniques by Martice Smith - Hi everyone! It’s Martice here today, sharing three simple layering techniques, packed with vibrant colors, textures, and mark-making. If you feel like y...
5 years ago
CAROLYN SAXBY MIXED MEDIA TEXTILE ART

January blobs of yellow - Hello, well here we are 2021 and it's good to be back here posting again. Today is about making a fresh start and finding I needed a refresher in both...
5 years ago
by bun

“Mixed Media Mini Journals” – NEW Online Class Arrives Oct 2nd! - That’s right, a new online art journal class is coming very soon! Join me on Oct 2nd for Mixed Media Mini Journals… ‘Mixed Media Mini Journals’ takes you t...
6 years ago
Linda Matthews

How to make Rusted Fabric using Wonder Under - While I was in the process of making a new book cover, I started experimenting with making rusted fabric using wonder under fusible webbing which I’d paint...
6 years ago
Suziqu's Threadworks

Catastrophic Bushfires in Australia - This was from our sunroom yesterday morning at 7.30 am but no sun coming to us today as we experience terrifying fires all around us! We have to mask up ...
6 years ago
Letting in the Light

What Have I Been Up To??? - Time seemed to slip away and before you knew it, months slipped by without me showing up here. Well - it's a new year now and I will try to do better!...
6 years ago
Dog-Daisy Chains

Random Scenes from 2019 before it’s too late - Back home from Vienna this is how every day starts for me. I had to prepare for Woolfest with much making. Here’s my stand. Woolfest is a sup...
6 years ago
Rebecca Crowell

martin and heaney - A few days ago I sat in the Agens Martin gallery at the The Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico. Seven paintings she created in 1993, late in her lif...
6 years ago
Donna Downey Studios Inc - Artist to Artist

EVERYDAY TRUTHS : A Million Dreams - These are the words that filled me with emotion. So powerful and so important. A million dreams start with just one person taking a leap of faith connectin...
6 years ago
To Go into the World : the Artwork of Mae Chevrette

life: artist / mother - When the baby and I woke up this morning, the sky outside our window was a pale apricot yellow, the air wet but bright, promising a brilliant June day. It ...
7 years ago
limen (n): threshold, doorway, abode

The Journey Begins - Summer 2019 Welcome friends. Limen is a blog about my entry into the MFA program at the University of Missouri and my experiences along the way. It will be...
7 years ago
sisters of the sun®

New Work - ©manon Been so busy that I’ve neglected my blog for a bit. I’m even contemplating opening my own e-commerce site along with my Etsy. It’s trying to find ...
7 years ago
Ornamental

another long time - One knows that a day can be beautifully redeemed upon reception late in the afternoon of a heavy heart rock of petrified wood, found and sent priority post...
7 years ago
Diana Trout's blog

Hello, It's March - Hi Friends, let me introduce you to my grandson I know, Right?! He's amazingly adorable. LOL. Jack was born on 2/24, weighing 8.12 lbs and a whopping 22" i...
7 years ago
RAEvN's Nest

- 10-17-18 The journal page I am working on in my AiR journal today. I found my circle cutter!
8 years ago
Traci Bunkers : Bonkers Handmade Originals

My Heart Hurts for Ruby - Note: I wrote this post July 10, 2018 but didn’t post it. I wanted to include photos of Ruby, but was too heartbroken to go through them then and prepare t...
8 years ago
Ro Bruhn Art

ON-LINE WORKSHOP - At last I have an on-line workshop I was so happy to be invited to teach for 21 Secrets again. *Paper, Glue, Scissors* *There are 21 teachers and 21 diff...
8 years ago
Geninne's Art Blog

September! - [image: Sept 2018 desktop calendar] Time to change your desktop calendar. Better late than never! And it's my birthday tomorrow so I couldn't not post my mo...
8 years ago
A Life Wrapped In Thread

It started with just a little thread... - Morning lovelies! What a gem of a morning... The birds are nattering while the bees are meandering. A delightful day if ever there was one! It seemed like...
8 years ago
Blue Sky Dreaming

Between Stars - 9"x10", beads, hand dyed cotton, freezer paper screen prints, assorted beads and silver and black trim. This one had many lives as I struggled with a com...
8 years ago
Helen Terry - Blog

Thorn - In between periods of working on the Wicken Fen project, over the last year or so I made a group of small works called *Thorn*. The making was spread o...
8 years ago
Jenndalyn Blog

The End of November - How is it that this happens every year? We say, "I can't believe summer is over" to, "I love Halloween" to "It's too early for Christmas decorations" to ...
8 years ago
The Silly BooDilly

Summer Days - "Untitled" Acrylic on Hardboard Throughout the summer I have been continuing my explorations in painting. (Yes, I am still quilting... have one in the ma...
9 years ago
Dogberry Hill Studio

Published! - I wrote a tutorial showing how I make my polymer heart pendants for the April Issue of Artisan Jewelry Times. Cool!
9 years ago
It's All About The WHIMSY!

Rebinding No Excuses Journal, Part 2 - NME 2012 journal via whimsykalina.typepad.com
9 years ago
life as a five ring circus

Found Objects - Love playing with fun found objects!
9 years ago
River Garden Studio

My New Website - I am thrilled to announce that My New Website is Now Launched!! And I would really love for you to visit me there... http://www.roxanneevansstout.com/ My i...
10 years ago
Art Propelled

I WILL KEEP BROKEN THINGS - *These fragments of a tile were once part of a highly decorated floor at Chertsey Abbey, Surrey. Pavements of decorated ceramic tiles were a medieval inn...
10 years ago
Painting On

Catching time - Well that sure flew by. I can't believe I wrote my last post in September 2015 after our big workshop fire. Perhaps there's a good reason for no po...
10 years ago
Altered Bits Blog

world tree (or tree of life) spirit book - this is another one of my newest spirit journals. its covers are make of bird’s nest paper and the front is adorned with the first (or second?) world tre...
10 years ago
magstitch

A Little Bit of Displacement - This is a bit of a tutorial on Displacement Maps - and yes, we've been here before. The reason I'm revisiting the subject is because I have just posted t...
10 years ago
creativityUNLEASHED by traci bautista

happy holidays! - wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays! I'm am so grateful for your continued support throughout the years. I feel ver...
10 years ago
RavenWood Forest

Branches at Pond's Edge - "Pond's Edge - Branches" watercolor on paper, 11"x15", VClaff 2015 I need a week off to go deeper into work in the studio. Not going to paint is an exer...
11 years ago
The Gryphon's Feather Studio

Image Transfers- Throwback Thursday - There used to be a particular brand of photo paper that was rubbish for photos as it wasn't waterproof. However, this flaw made the paper perfect to use to...
11 years ago
lynne hoppe

- *after van gogh ~ watercolors and white gouache in pocket moleskine sketchbook* the last few months have been a whirlwind... three months have passed si...
11 years ago
Megan Noel

An exciting opportunity to support Push / Pull Gallery & NW outsider art - I am pleased to report that Push / Pull, the gallery I often show work at, is looking to expand into a regular retail space with more hours. You can be par...
11 years ago
textures shapes and color

The Edges of Things - untitled collage Leslie Avon Miller I like the edges of things the way two elements come together and are changed by the experience. A third energy is bor...
11 years ago
Notions.

Starting Over. - A year ago I stopped blogging. What had once been a successful, vibrant, and focussing element in my life had slowly stuttered to a stop, whether I liked i...
11 years ago
what the sea told me...

Night - If I was here I'd be there
14 years ago
Milkmoon

This Moment. - *{this moment}* - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want t...
14 years ago
What If I . . .

. . . found my blog - Yeah, hooray. . . it's been so long. I could not access anything on google, including my blog. But now, I'M BACK. I can't wait to share what I've been doin...
15 years ago
Megan Noël's Artwork

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