Letting Go of Fear: Creative Art Journaling
Spending hours on an alcohol ink painting only to cut it up and use it as a form of therapeutic art journaling? Crazy! Also, awesome! Continue reading Letting Go of Fear: Creative Art Journaling
Freehand Watercoloring Snow People with Distress Ink Reinkers
I had never painted anything freehand, without sketching it first, prior to these watercolor snow people. If I can do it, you can, too! Continue reading Freehand Watercoloring Snow People with Distress Ink Reinkers
Creative Art Journaling: Sisterhood
An art journal can be a creative oasis to explore new techniques and ideas. This spread started out with scribbles and no clear intent. Continue reading Creative Art Journaling: Sisterhood
DIY Gift Boxes with Alcohol Inks
Plain white gift boxes that can be easily transformed thanks to simple techniques like the one I share in this blog post. Continue reading DIY Gift Boxes with Alcohol Inks
Accordion Gratitude Journal
A gratitude journal that took shape on the road with simple botanical prints and some watercolor and pencil art. Continue reading Accordion Gratitude Journal
Creating Complex Botanical Monoprints
You can create different kinds of layers depending on whether you use darker colors before lighter ones and vice versa. I hope you enjoy this tutorial! Continue reading Creating Complex Botanical Monoprints
One flower three ways
Hello everyone, When Yana Smakula emailed me two weeks ago telling me she loved my work, I was floored! Her work is so inspiring, creative, detail-oriented and so innovative…for her to say that she loved what I do has definitely … Continue reading One flower three ways
Interpretive Watercoloring of Anita Jeram’s Illustrations from Guess How Much I Love You
I cannot tell you how excited I am to be part of this Colorado Craft Company October release: they secured the licensing rights to the designs of the world renowned children’s book illustrator, Anita Jeram, and I have spent all of last week coloring … Continue reading Interpretive Watercoloring of Anita Jeram’s Illustrations from Guess How Much I Love You
Be a Dreamer: Whimsical Card
A storybook-style, illustration themed, mixed-media card straight out of my imagination. Continue reading Be a Dreamer: Whimsical Card
Flamingo Coloring with Pencils
Coloring a giant flamingo with colored pencils turned out to be a two-day project with more colors than I had imagined using. Have a look! Continue reading Flamingo Coloring with Pencils