Prayer Flags. Have you ever made one? Traditional Tibetan prayer flags are usually squares or rectangles of brightly colored fabric, often woodblock printed.
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My husband Steven started making handcrafted, custom made paddles earlier this year. It was a natural thing actually. He was a white water kayaker for many, many years and he still loves flat water paddling.
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It is lovely to be back to working in my own journal, this one just for me. I do love the Sketchbook Project and have signed up for the 2013 project, I have even received my blank journal….
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I am taking Stamp Carving 101 with Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. This is an online course where you work at your own pace. I love it!
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For this small ATC I wanted to use one of Frieda's favorite colours, yellow. I reached for a piece of "fabric paper" that I created two years ago..
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Steven and I try to spend a day together exploring Florida, once every week or so. It is a way to enjoy doing something different from our usual routine. We spend time together like we are on a "date" and we learn about Florida.
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Earlier this year I got an email note from Helga Strauss, owner of ARTchix Studio. She wrote,"I've been making backgrounds on wood and then cutting them into shapes.... like the hearts. If I send you some wood, would you like to play and make some backgrounds?
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Especially because this seemed like a difficult task to do in my mind -a self portrait, I am so pleased with how it came out! I really like this self-portrait and was glad that once I started looking for inspiration, it manifested itself. Another lesson learned once more: Just start!
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In class, Bill demonstrated the Big Gesture with Sumi-E brush. Here is his demo piece below - it is a Zen idea of spontaneity in painting.
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I finished filling up my sketchbook for the Limited Edition Sketchbook project the other day. This project, put on by the Art House Co-op was limited to 5,000 artists participating.
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…my sketchbook that is part of the limited edition project hosted by the Art House Co-op.
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Last week in class with Bill Buchman, we learned more about color theory. He started with a lecture about color, showed us what he meant by color temperature and opposite/complementary…
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I have added to a few of the pages I started and then some.
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I had been looking through my journals from when I was doing Art Journal Every Day and was feeling like I needed to start art journaling again . . .
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It has been a gorgeous day here in Palma Sola, Florida . . . . Steven was asked to show off his wee lassie sailing canoe and handmade paddles as part of the Traditional Boat Exhibit at Palma Sola Botanical Park festival.
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I'm back to class on Mondays at Longboat Key Art Center with Bill Buchman
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Wow! It took me some time to do this sketchbook, but I enjoyed the process very much. I've been slowly working on my 2012 Sketchbook since late last year and finished it today . . .
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Yesterday I went to my first class with Bill Buchman. I was very attracted by the title of his workshop ...Creative Breakout: Release the Power of Your Creative Imagination
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