Shine Your Light: Art Journal
What started out as a vent with scribbles in my art journal turned into a piece that exudes light, hope, kindness and acceptance. Continue reading Shine Your Light: Art Journal
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Creating with a Prompt: Art Journal
Sometimes creative prompts set by 6-year-olds can take you on a fascinating journey in your art journal. Just make sure to enjoy the process! Continue reading Creating with a Prompt: Art Journal
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
Bundles of Love
I find the wet-on-wet technique works really well with small images when using Karin watercolor markers. Have a look at my process video to see what I mean. Continue reading Bundles of Love
Be The Change You Want To See
I have this image posted on our refrigerator as a reminder that more work needs to be done, conversations need to be had, questions need to be answered, and long-held beliefs need to be challenged. Continue reading Be The Change You Want To See