If you're new to Art Journal Every Day, all the posts can be found here. Please read this post first. There is a flickr group for sharing right here. Remember, it's just ten minutes of n...
Back in January I mentioned that I'm part of the teaching crew for a *huge* online art journaling workshop called "21 Secrets." Advertised as an "art journal playground," &qu...
I am trying to find my personal painting style. And it's a process. That's too kind. It's a struggle. But the other day I finished this painting... ...and it felt kind of right. ...
I loved reading all the comments on yesterday's post about Project Life! I got a few e-mails with people wondering where they could get more information about Project Life. This post has a bun...
Project Life is insanely popular. And after doing it for two months, I can see why. I have actually gone back to look at my pages several times. I love them! They don't look special, they�...
If youre new to Art Journal Every Day, all the posts can be found here. Please read this post first. There is a flickr group for sharing right here. Remember, it...
The super very extraordinarily talented students in my Stamp Carving 101 class keep filling the class flickr pool with wonderful images of their hand carved stamps! I wanted to share some of their a...
I was recently catching up on some blog reading and went on a big old blog reading binge. One of the benefits of letting so many posts from my favorite bloggers pile up is that I am able to notice t...
If you want to catch an in-person class with me, you've got three chances! I'm teaching three classes at CREATE: New Jersey in July 2012. Carving Stamps for Patterning (6-Hour) Date: Frid...
Last year I did this canvas: It's kind of a hot mess. Last weekend I decided to paint it over and try again. This is as far as I got last weekend. I knew something was off, but I wasn't q...
I forgot to post the winner of the "Happy Little Moments" class giveaway! Congratulations to: Please e-mail me (balzerdesigns AT gmail DOT com) and I'll pass your info on to Studio Cal...
You'll recall that I mentioned I had filmed two DVDs while I was in Colorado last year. One of them is here and ready for you to buy! It's called "All About Faces." And yes, you&...
I wanted to share how this painting... ...came together. I took a bunch of photos with my iPhone along the way. I've put a line or two of commentary underneath each photo. First, I sketched in...
I mentioned on my blog a week or so ago that I'm contributing a project to Maggie Holmes' Happy Little Moments online class at Studio Calico. (Class starts on March 1.) I'm allowed to...
I love going to the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art). It's about three blocks from my apartment and I try to get there every week. I don't go for a long time each time. Usually just about an...
Who doesn't want to learn how to create super cool hand lettering? It's one of the questions I'm most frequently asked: How do I learn lettering? Here are three awesome ways! NUMBER ...
It has been an amazing whirlwind here in sunny California! I got to hang out with some of my favorite peeps. I saw some great new product. And some really cool art. I got to wear my new dress. I gave...
I had to share a peek at just a few of the amazing stamps my students are carving in Stamp Carving 101: from joyfulploys... from towandabluffs... from Nanc Lynn... from stampingmathilda... from Kimbe...
I wanted to share the...drum roll...SEVEN projects I made with Studio Calico's February kits. They sent me the main kit and the four add-ons and it was just so much fun stuff to play with that ...
I'll be chatting live over at Studio Calico TONIGHT at 6:30pm PST. Here's the time zone conversion chart (click and it will get larger): At the appointed time, you'll want to log in ...
The Craft & Hobby Association's Winter show (CHA) begins on Saturday in Anaheim, CA. If you don't know what CHA is, read this post that I wrote after my first visit to CHA in January ...
So I've been very anti "The Sketchbook Project" since I first heard about it several years ago. I think it's a super cool idea to collect all these sketchbooks and exhibit them, ...
A few months ago I mentioned that I'd be teaching at Jenny Doh's, the extraordinary artist and long time previous editor-in-chief of Somerset Studio. Class sold out in about two days. Wel...
My new stencils are here! Eeek! I got home to NYC just a few hours ago, but instead of unpacking, I had to play with a few of the stencils. I mean, a girl has to have priorities, right? I decided t...
I've got a confession to make. But first, some exposition: Project Life is a memory keeping system developed by Becky Higgins. Using divided page protectors you are encouraged to capture the m...
I hope that you're having a wonderful new year! I'm bursting with projects and ideas for 2012, but I am also still out of town (going on two weeks now) and while I have been making some ar...
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