I often hear artists say that if you want inspiration, or if you want to know the colours, textures, and patterns you are drawn to, then go look in your closet. My wardrobe is pretty boring. But my daughter’s, on the other hand, definitely inspires me. She got a beautiful peach coloured dress with a … More Summer Peach
I haven’t shared my art journal in a while, and the honest truth is that I haven’t been working in it much lately. I am still making art, but what I have been doing most often lately is embroidery in bed at night, or reading art books. I will hopefully share some finished embroideries on … More My Friend: The Library
The other day I was trying to figure out what reference photo to use to paint some flowers. With the way copyright laws are with paintings inspired by photographs, it is often easiest to paint from your own reference photos. A lot of the perennials in my garden aren’t blooming yet, so I decided to … More Floral Inspiration
I think this journal spread gave me the worst case of procrastination to date. It’s still not my favourite when I pop open my journal, but I think it’s important to not always rush to cover up something we don’t love. Sometimes when we sit with it, it becomes familiar to us, and that familiarity … More Art Journal: Expectation
I have been watching some art videos lately, mainly in mixed media, and the majority of the focus has been exercises you can do to help you find your style. An idea I had from these classes, that I wanted to share, is a swatch inspiration journal. I found a little mixed media book that … More Colour Swatch Inspiration Book
For this art journal spread, I decided to try something that I don’t normally do with my art.. reuse my own art! The flower at the top left corner is actually a scanned and printed copy of part of one of my originals. It turned out pretty well, but I was missing the usual texture … More Art Journal: Day Five
Friends, I am so excited to share with you that I am hosting my first studio sale! This is for my digital paper that is for sale on my etsy page http://www.emeraldthrone.etsy.com and the sale runs until June 15, 2022. In this sale you will find almost all of my digital paper on sale for … More First Studio Sale!
I have been working ahead in my art journal so that I wouldn’t be behind with my posts. However, I got stuck on the 6th spread and ended up procrastinating a while. It feels like a long time since I painted this one. First impressions for me, I like it. I’m not normally a huge … More Day Four: Bright Orange!
I happened upon a cool video on youtube, which I sadly can’t remember the author of, but I will definitely add it here if I find her name. In the video she showed how you can make mini collages using painted white sticker labels. In the video she painted a bunch of large name tag … More DIY Sticker Ephemera
I recently (finally) jumped into the wild world that is gel printing. I got a Gelli plate for my birthday last year, and it sat in the package for over a year! I had heard about it in a mixed media class that I took about 5 years ago, but at that time just brushed … More Let’s Talk Gel Printing
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