Hi ho art friends! Please join me for the 2nd Create with Me series, where we are going to make an art journal from 1 piece of 15"x20" 140 lb cold press watercolor paper and 1 piece of kraft paper the same size. In the first video of this series, I'll also explain my plan … Continue reading Create with Me, Series 2: Art Journal
Tag: mixed media
Hi ho art friends. Almost 2 years ago, I took a class from Tangie Baxter called "As If By Magic" a short 4 lesson self-study class on making junk journals. I put the journal together from my stash of half-finished art works on water color paper and scrapbook paper. For some reason, the class just … Continue reading My latest obsession: junk journals
Hi ho friends. Today's post features one of my oldest art journal pages from Draw Happy, one of the first online art classes I took with Jane Davenport. Actually, it may have been my first online class. Honestly, I don't recall - I've taken so many classes. This glass is one of my first mixed … Continue reading Glamour girl
Hi ho art friends. As I mentioned before, I love on-line art classes. I tend to choose classes with lifetime access, which allows me to take the class as time permits. One of the classes I signed up for a while ago is Jenniebellie's Rock Your Online Shop ecourse. I downloaded all the workbooks, but … Continue reading Shop update, December 2017
Hi ho artsy friends. I've had some trepidation working on some of the pages in my large Dylusions journal because I really love the way the backgrounds turned out. I was flipping through one my old Somerset Studio magazines recently and was inspired by an article featuring Jodi Ohl's works. I love her imagery and … Continue reading Minimalist page
Hi artsy friends. I don't know about you, but I get restless with just making the same kind of art. I've enjoyed making art dolls and picked up a few new patterns recently and started with this doll, Cecily. I purchased the pdf pattern from the NLH Designs Etsy shop. Cecily is a steampunk dragonfly … Continue reading Dragonfly art doll
Mermaid Flip Turn This piece is a mixed media collage on an 8"x10" wrapped canvas. If you read all the way to the end, you'll find directions on the transfer paper collage technique. I used homemade acrylic paint sprays, using 2 ounce spray bottles I picked up at my local Daiso, Golden Fluid acrylic paints, … Continue reading Mermaid Flip Turn, 8″x10″ wrapped canvas painting by tenukihandcrafts
Hi ho art friends. A while ago, I picked up Danielle Donaldson's "Creative Girl" book, which started my enchantment with drawing tiny, wonky houses and using a white acrylic pen on dark backgrounds. It occurred to me that I should try using a white pen on my dark backgrounds. I queued up several arty youtube … Continue reading White text obsession
Hi ho friends. It's nearly time for the Seattle Go Center Annual Pair Go Tournament, and for the 5th year, my resin crew have been featured in a pair go-themed photo. This is a fun photo shoot. I get to play with my dolls, professional lighting set-up, and scale. The location is the Tatami Room … Continue reading 2017 Pair Go photo shoot
Happy Halloween, friends. I had lofty aspirations to participate in Inktober this year, but, well, it just didn't work out. I have made two pages with Jane Davenport's Inktober themes: Midnight Unicorn and Goth Glam. These are both from my Dylusions large journal. Both started with a variety of Dylusions sprays, stencils, and Dyan's ghosting … Continue reading My contribution to Inktober
