Recently I read You Rule: The Art of Taking Charge by fab artists and authors Linda Woods and Karen Dinino. Yes, I haven’t had much time to do anything lately since I’m trying to finish m...
For this week’s 10-Minute Journaling we’re gonna stick it. WHAT do I mean by that? All you’re going to do this week is pull a sticker off something: produce packaging such as fruit ...
Last year I was contacted by Papyrus to design a Father’s Day card for this year’s line. It was so exciting! Of course, when we work on projects that far in advance, we tend to forget we ...
Have you ever worked, like CRAMMED, for such a long stretch and then you make your deadline and then you can’t unwind? I feel like my brain is now on overdrive. Of course, I’m physically ...
This weekend some of the Create Irvine teachers decided to participate in a blog hop. Not only are they a talented bunch but some good friends of mine and their classes are not to be missed. Make sur...
Mother’s Day is Sunday here in the U.S. and that means flowers, taking Mom to dinner or breakfast, and generally letting her know how much you care. The last couple of years have brought my mom...
So it’s a blogging dry spell. Because I can’t show you what I’m working on right now: my next book for Abrams. It’s difficult for me to not show SOMETHING because I like to in...
A little message I wrote to myself on the chalkboard wall I had painted in my new studio.
This week is going to be INSANE! I am trying to get a “chunk” of my next book to my publisher, Abrams/STC Craft, and I’m getting a bit anxious. This is the first book I’m doin...
For this week’s 10-Minute Journaling, I want to delve again into a list-making activity. What 3 things did you learn this week? They don’t have to be earth-shattering. They can be as mund...
Thanks to all of you who commented in the last post for the giveaway! I hope you were able to allay your fears and just use whatever tool you were avoiding. The winner of the signed copy of Doodle Sk...
...is ALL it takes to accomplish some art journaling! For this week’s 10-Minute Journaling, we’re going to examine some unused tool in your arsenal. We all have them: the pens or brushes ...
Right now I’m working on a new book for Abrams/STC Craft and it’s been slow-going. I’ve been painting some backgrounds on pieces of Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper, the paper I ...
I’ve been moving in to my new studio, which has been quite a major feat. I was just starting to settle in, when today my contractor, Fernando, asked how the new studio was working for me. Someh...
A spread in the ledger journal: This is when I REALLY wish I had my scanner hooked up. Must get my IT guy to set up my whole system...
Today I want to talk more about a workshop I’m offering at Create in Irvine, CA, Thursday, May 31. Doodle Camp is a workshop I offered on this blog last summer as a way to get a community of do...
There’s a spread in my ledger journal that I didn’t like for quite a while. I had painted it and added some collage bits and a few doodles here and there. But it didn’t quite gel: W...
If there was any one thing I learned in Mindy Lacefield’s class at Artfest, it was I need to make my own stamps. I’m not talking having them professionally made, I’m talking about h...
Time for this week’s 10-Minute Journaling: If you’ve been coming here this week only to discover no new blog posts until today it’s because I’ve been moving into my new house....
I decided I need to start lettering different alphabets and came up with Bedrock today. It needs some fine-tuning...
A couple weeks ago I traveled to Port Townsend, WA, for the last Artfest. I can’t believe it’s already been two weeks. I’ve moved as well so I’m still trying to set up my stud...
That I am teaching at Create in Irvine, CA, May 30-31. Sign up before they fill up! The Down-and-Dirty Paintless Journal (6-Hour) Date: Wednesday, May 30Time: 9:00am-4:00pm Using an...
I wanted to show you a little of the class I took on Saturday at Artfest: All AFlutter with Mindy Lacefield. I met Mindy at Play in January. We sat across from each other the whole weekend and just c...
This week’s 10-Minute Journaling is inspired by a word that is a major part of my life right now: moving. What does the word moving mean to you? Does it mean moving a pen or pencil across your ...
I took a class with Orly Avineri the first full day of Artfest. I’ve always wanted to take a class from her, just haven’t been able to until now. It was worth the wait! Orly’s a won...
I was fortunate enough to room with the fabulously uber-talented and lovely Michelle Geller of Oregon. I am so glad I got to know her better. She’s a gem! We got to take Mindy Lacefield’s...
I knew it was going to be a good Artfest when it started off with this:
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