Paint On Her Hands: 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012

Love the simplicity of this... if you wanted to kick it up for Christmas

Many thanks to Style Me Pretty for the DIY tutorial.. their generosity is greatly appreciated.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Do It Yourself or Let Us Do It For You - Retailer of Caromal Colours and Ce Ce Caldwell Chalk Clay DIY paints

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Ribbon Medallions - DIY from Posh Paperie

http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/08/04/diy-ribbon-medallions-by-posh-paperie-jackie-wonders/

Posh Paperie

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Knock Off - Clorox Clean Up - for 2 cents a bottle

http://fakeitfrugal.blogspot.com/2011/11/fake-clorox-cleanup-2-centsbottle.html

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

http://nonphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/palaceMM-496x400.jpg

After a few months in the darkroom I’m back again to civilization and once again I’m working with image transfers. Mixed media transfers are a great activity for cold & rainy days, or any other time, when you are trapped indoors for awhile.

And just in case you haven’t purchased or downloaded my wonderful book yet, and therefore don’t know how to make a mixed media transfer, here is a detailed description just for you.

What you need:
• Inkjet photo or laser photocopy
• Collage materials such as: newspaper clippings, designer or hand-made
papers, stamps, ticket stabs, brown paper bags, wrapping paper, etc.
• Acrylic or water paints
• Mod Podge
• Gesso
• Canvas or wood panel
• A water spray bottle
• UV-resistant clear finish

1) Gather your collage materials and lay them out in a design of your choice on any size canvas or wood panel. Adhere the collage pieces onto the surface using Mod Podge.
2) Make sure to cover the collage pieces with Mod Podge so it doesn’t only adhere the papers to the canvas but also protects it to all eternity (or at least a few years).
3) Next, cover the collage layer with watered-down gesso. It will mute the layer a bit and also will tie the pieces together.
4) Add a thin layer of acrylic or water paint of your choice. Don’t over do it so it doesn’t overwhelm the other layers.
5) Let the collage thoroughly dry.
6) Convert the photo of your choice to black and white (not grayscale) by adding brightness and 100% contrast. In some cases color photos will work as well but black and white often works better.
7) You can use either a xerox photocopy of your image or an image printed from your inkjet printer. If you are using an inkjet, print out a mirror version of your image into a standard printer paper.
8 ) Cover your image with Mod Podge and press it face down into the collage. Rub gently with your fingers to smooth out any air bubbles.
9) If you are using an inkjet photo you will have to wait only about 15-30 minutes for the Mod Podge to dry and for the transfer to complete. If you are using a photocopy let it set for a few hours, preferably over night.
10) Spray the back of your photo with water and gently remove and rub off the excess paper with your fingers in order to reveal the transfer. If you are using a photocopy you will have to repeat this step until the access paper is completely gone.
11) For the final touch you can add text, letters, gesso and paints.
12) Preserve your art work with a protective finish such as “preserve it!” by Krylon for inkjet or Krylon Crystal Clear if you used a toner based photocopy.
13) Clean up this mess !

Inkjet Transfer

his is one of the simplest and easiest ways to transfer an image, mainly because (1) the transfer is done without applying any transfer medium and (2) it is an instant process.

What you need:

• Inkjet Printer
• Standard Sheet Protector
• Receiving surface such as a photographic paper.

Inkjet or printer transfer is a very simple process. It works because the photo is printed on a nonabsorbent surface, like glassine or wax paper, the back side of the … Read the rest

http://nonphotography.com/blog/tag/transfer/

Recently I find myself integrating a few of my beloved black and white street photos with some happy mixed media colors. The photo I chose here, which was my favorite photo in 2005, was taken while I was alone in NYC on one of the coldest days I’ve ever experienced. Yet, the memory of that day is the warmest one. The photo was transfered, using mod podge, to a 10″X10″ canvas panel

Adding texture to a photo

http://nonphotography.com/blog/tag/texture/

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Immediate image transfer technique using Golden Matte Medium

How to Copy an Image onto Canvas Using a Computer and a Projector

Altered Cigar Box By Samantha Kira Harding

Art Journaling with Samantha Kira Harding

Tutorial on Cheery Lynn Designs' Cutting Dies

Different Uses for Punches

Using Alcohol Inks and creating a resist technique in just 10mins!

Brought to you by Creative Moments, Yeovil www.your-creativemoments.co.uk you are shown in less than 10mins how to use alcohol inks with the felt applicator and to create a resist technique.

Dye Inks and Alcohol Inks work well with vellum

Since Vellum is nonporous the ink has to dry

Pigment Inks can be used but they need to be embossed

Pan Pastels Background with Versamark

Spray with hairspray or Krylon Fixative

Pan Pastels - Sofft Tools Basics | Jackson's Art Supplies

Vary the pressure when you use the tools for different effect
Change the angle of the tool, use the side of the soft tool

Can load multiple colors on any of the soft tools

Clean soft tools on a paper towel... every now and then, wash them with soap and water and water and let them dry at least 24 hours

PanPastel Colours are professional artist grade soft pastel colours in a unique pan format (cake-like); so that they can be mixed and applied like paint. They are very low dust for a cleaner working environment.

All 80 PanPastel Colours are loaded with the highest quality artists' pigments; they are made using a unique manufacturing process requiring minimal binder and fillers, resulting in a rich, ultra soft and low dust formulation. All of these professional quality colours are highly pigmented, have excellent lightfastness and are fully erasable.

Pan Pastel colours, sets and tools are available on our website http://www.jacksonsart.com

Pan Pastels to do large blockd of color for backgrounds

See how quick & easy it is to lay down large blocks of color for backgrounds, underpainting, color washes etc. with PanPastel. Generating virtually no dust. You can still use traditional pastel sticks over the PanPastel color, or keep painting further layers and details in PanPastel.

Introduction to Pan Pastels and Pan Pastel Trays

Dry Color Wash Technique for Art Journals

Pan Pastel goes on dry, doesnt' clog pens, can eraser it cleanly...

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Make Butterflies

Easy Flowers from Trim

Coffee Filter Flowers

Scrapbook Haul

Vintage Banner

Metal Tape

Alcohol Inks Textured Background Tutorial

Decorating Tissue Paper - Eydi Lampasona

Alcohol Ink Textured Background Tutorial

Background Textured Tutorials, Part 1 - Jennings644

Making Painting Tissue Paper

Torn Paper Sand Pail - Wanda Edwards

Making inexpensive stamps

Torn Paper Collage

www.tornpaperpaintings.com

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It's A Work of Art Mixed Media - Garden Girl

itsaworkofart.blogspot.com/

Printing Paper Towel on Ink Jet Printer -ItsAWorkOfArt

How to Make a Rolled Paper Collage

Sunday, January 29, 2012

How to make paper flowers

http://peonyandparakeet.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-04-16T11:34:00%2B03:00&max-results=2

Polymer Clay Buttons - DIY from Peony and Parakeet

http://peonyandparakeet.blogspot.com/2011/10/playing-with-polymer-clay.html
Thanks, Lindsay! Yes, I just softened the clay in my hands, then rolled it and bunched it and baked! I used knitting needle for the holes. Not complicated at all! For rolling you can use any round tube or pasta machine. I have pasta machine and I use it quite often when working with polymer clay.

Frugal Crafter's Guide To Hand Decorated Papers

More wonderful instructions from Peony and Parakeet

How to Make your Own Patterned Paper

A great tutorial from Peony and Parakeet

http://peonyandparakeet.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-make-your-own-patterned-paper.html

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Cutting Unique Paper Strips for Collage - Ann Bagby

Softening Edges in Watercolor

Buying first watercolors

Pouring watercolors with Fantastic Results

Vaseline Resist

Stamping - Black Magic with a Twist

Tyvek Tutorial _ Gingersnap Creations

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/11/suzanne-brookfield-tyvek-tutorial.html

Spoon Jewelry Tutorial

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2009/09/collage-jewelry-altered-spoon-tutorial.html

Red Lead Distress Stains Antique Effects

Red Lead School Collage

Red Lead Paper Works Collage

Friday, January 20, 2012

Painting A Leaf for Beginners

PanPastel - Dry Color Wash Technique

No crinkling or drying time... can work on top of it right away. Good for travel journals

DIY Washi Tape with Masking Tape

Washi Tape Comparison

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Spray Ink and Alcohol

http://youtu.be/2iUt_-Yh2go

Monday, January 9, 2012

Photographing Silver Jewelry

http://www.handmadeology.com/a-6-dollar-solution-to-photographing-jewelry/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+handmadeology%2Ffeed+%28Handmadeology+Today%29

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Nancy Reyner - Waterscape

redit card
plaster spatula
palette knife
putty knife
Golden crackle paste (art supply stores)
wood panel primed with white acrylic gesso
ice cube tray
fluid paints: Phthalo Blue (green shade), Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Phthalo Green (yellow shade), and Dioxizine Purple, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, white and black
flat wide paintbrush
spray bottle filled with water
paper towels
hair dryer
various painting tools: brush, sponge, eyedropper and toothbrush
16 oz. Golden self-leveling acrylic gel
3 to 4 drops of Fluid Acrylic Interference Blue (fine)
mixing container
paint stirrer
shells
glitter
stones
Figure A

Steps:

1. Apply acrylic crackle paste to a sturdy wooden panel that has been pre-primed with white acrylic gesso. Apply the paste 1/4- to 1-inch thick in different directions across the panel surface to keep the cracks natural looking. Produce different textures in the paste with a variety of tools such as a palette knife, a putty knife or an old credit card. Let this dry 12 to 24 hours to fully crack.

2. Pour a half teaspoon of the following four fluid acrylic paint colors into separate compartments of an ice cube tray: Phthalo Blue (green shade), Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Phthalo Green (yellow shade) and Dioxizine Purple. Add a half-teaspoon of water to each color.
Figure C

3. Spray the entire cracked surface with a water sprayer. By wetting the surface before applying the washes the paint will seep into the cracks rather then settling on top. Liberally apply the different colored washes to the entire cracked surface using a wide brush in varying and random patches of color. Spray the surface with water once more and use paper towels to blot the excess paint on the top surface of the waterscape painting. Repeat spraying the waterscape painting surface with water and blotting the color with paper towels until the top surface is white and the cracks are colored.

4. Blow-dry the top surface of the acrylic waterscape painting with a hair dryer to quick dry the surface. The color in the cracks will continue to seep up onto the top surface if it isn't dried.
Figure E

5. Dispense a full palette of colors—red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, white and black—mix each color with water as before in separate compartments in an ice cube tray. Paint the waterscape image onto the surface. Use a variety of painting tools such as brushes, sponges, toothbrushes and eyedroppers with the paint colors to get different effects. Sponges are great for dabbing color. Toothbrushes add a dotted or spritzing texture by dipping the bristles into the color and rubbing them with your fingertips.
Figure G

6. Use eyedroppers to drop color onto the surface from a distance or flowing onto the surface like a writing pen directly touching the surface with the dropper tip. Wash painting tools with water between color changes. Dab painting tools onto paper towels to keep excess water from turning the image into a puddle.

7. Paint the trees on the top part of the panel before painting the water. The water is reflective so paint a mirror image of the trees and add blue for the sky reflected there as well. Keep adding color until the image is completed as desired. Let this dry for 12 to 24 hours.
Figure H

8. Pour 16 oz. of self-leveling acrylic gel into a mixing container. Add about four to six ounces of water to the gel to make it thinner and to ensure that the gel seeps into the cracks. Add three or four drops of fluid interference blue paint. Hold the painting upright. Pour the mixture onto the top end of the painting. Continue to hold the painting upright and let gravity move the gel downward. When the gel gets to the bottom, rotate the painting in different directions to allow the gel to seep well into the cracks. Use a putty knife to help move the gel into places that were missed until the entire surface is covered. Place the panel flat.
Figure J

9. While the gel is still wet, add mixed media items like glitter, shells and gems in various places on top of the painting. When the gel dries the objects will be permanently glued or embedded into it. Let the layered acrylic waterscape painting rest flat to dry for 12 to 24 hours.

Website: www.nancyreyner.com
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Supplies

http://www.retrocafeart.com/category_25/Altered-Art-Supplies.htm

Decorating Packages

For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!

For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!

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For a modern luxe look, try wrapping your parcels with brown paper and paper cake-decorating ribbon!

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Snowflake Curtain

All my paper snowflakes were made from folding circles of white paper (cut using an assortment of plates, saucers and cups as templates) and snipping away – you can find lots of tutorials on the internet if you’ve not made them before. They were sewn together in strands like these oak leaf garlands - just use an ordinary sewing needle and thread and sew several stitches per snowflake. Try and vary the sizes of snowflakes you use to get a “random” look – and I’d recommend hanging up each strand before starting the next one so you can see how they look and build up your display gradually:

I tied them onto the curtain rail hooks so I can move them carefully along the rail for different effects – they look very cool all bunched together – but you could secure them to a rail or piece of string, or use pins or blutack to keep them in place in your window. A few strands hung together would also make a fantastic mobile!

Printing on specialty paper

Instead of glue, iron your specialty paper to the shiny side of freezer paper, being careful not to touch the iron to the freezer paper. Us textile artists have been using freezer paper to feed treated fabric though our printers for years. Sometimes a fold of tape at the bottom edge helps too.
Dyenamik commented on August 15th, 2011 at 12:02 am

How to Digitally Age Photos

http://thecreativediarist.com/2011/11/22/tutorial-digitally-aging-photographs-with-the-use-of-photoscape/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-2

Heart Ornament

http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/2011/12/ornament-tutorial-for-you.html

Michelle Caplan Collage artist

Ghosting Technique with Sprays

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Grandfather's Envelopes - Lovely!

http://threads.srithreads.com/2011/12/grandfathers-envelopes-at-the-douglas-hyde-gallery-in-dublin/

Hand drawn maps

http://www.poshpaperie.com/portfolio/hand-drawn-maps/

DIY Heirloom Cake Topper

Hanging Glass GLobes

If it's from DesignSponge.com - I LOVE IT

http://www.designsponge.com/2011/11/diy-project-hanging-glass-globe-display.html

DIY Arched Bookcases

http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2011/08/diy-arched-bookshelves.html

Monday, January 2, 2012

Biggest Loser 7 Day Diet

http://www.lhj.com/health/weight-loss/getting-started/the-biggest-loser-7-day-diet-plan/

Mini Magnetic Trees, DIY

http://www.designsponge.com/2011/11/diy-project-magnetic-mini-forest.html

Paper Mache Boats - DIY by Ann Wood

Tutorial is here

Paper Table Runner from Sag Harbor (Love this )

I'm thinking I could do this with some of my gelli print stash!

Here's the link to their beautiful blog and instructions

We created a table runner out of old book pages, first laying down a sheet of brown paper and taping the pages to it. This not only protected the tablecloth from wax from the taper candles, but also provided great protection once it was craft time.