I'm taking a Daisy Yellow online course called: Groovy Grunge. You can move through the lessons at your own pace and there's also a Facebook group for sharing your art or asking questions -super! I really enjoy the Daisy Yellow Workshops. Today I picked up my art journal . . .
Read MoreLast week I happened to watch an instructional video by Gelli Arts, called Faux Marbling on the Gelli® Plate. After watching it I was inspired to get my Gelli plates out and play . . .
Read MoreOn the recommendation of some of my artist friends, I signed up for another online course, Wanderlust 2017. This past year I discovered I'm more active with creative things/ideas and I create more art/creative stuff when I engage in a class or two . . .
Read MoreWe have been moving furniture around so I could easily make more use of our dining room table . . . for art! When we swapped rooms there ended up being a big empty space above the TV. None of our other artwork seemed right for this space . . .
Read MoreI have continued slowly but surely to follow the lessons in the online workshop Novel Approach all year long! And it's a good thing this workshop was offered as work at your own pace, because that's what I have been doing . . .
Read MoreThe other day I decided to revamp this painting I did for Steven 2 years ago. I wanted to add to it as it did not seem done yet and looked too watery.
Read MoreLots of Letter Journals are coming & going it seems! This post is about Fran Halperin's Letter Journal that I worked collaboratively in with Barbara Hauenstein & Fran. There are 3 more people in our mailing group who will receive Fran's LJ and work in it before it returns home to her :0)
Read MoreA detail of a page spread I did in Tessa's Journal - It really is engaging for me to be involved in collaborative artwork again. I like getting sparks of ideas from the other artists' work and then jumping in and playing with the ideas . . .
Read MoreMy additions to Barbara's Letter Journal! I am participating in 4 Letter Journal mailing groups now, all at different stages. I wonder if one day I might find a stack of envelopes in my mailbox, giving me lots of letter journals to work in! The most recent one I got belongs to Barbara Hauenstein, from the group I organized of 6 participants.
Read MoreTammy Garcia is orchestrating this great project!
Read Moremy 4th Letter journal in progress . . . This group was organized by Kelli Rootes. Our journals will travel to California, Australia, Scotland & Florida -it's an International exchange!
Read MoreThe cover of my Road Map Letter Journal. Take a look inside my 3rd handmade Letter Journal. This first page has a fold-out . . .
Read MoreNature Printing Postcards for iHanna's Swap!
Read MoreCollaborative work in Sue Maher's Letter Journal, April 29, 2016. Working in Letter Journals (business envelope size, handmade paper pamphlets) is my favorite activity as of late! I have been joking to the group that I have been bitten by the Letter Journal bug . . .
Read MoreMy art with Marilyn's art - in her Letter Journal, April 26, 2016. Part of the Letter Journal exchange is working in other artist's journals as they are mailed to you. All the journals in the group are mailed in a round robin fashion, so at the end of the exchange you receive your journal mailed back to you with all of the participants art inside. In late April, I received Marilyn Wadick's Letter Journal all the way from Australia!
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