In this fair month of March, Cindy has taught you how to draw a face and put it on a body, Ann has taught you about cross-hatching and many other artsy definitions, and I’m going to stagger to the finish line by showing you how to easily make your line art a little more dynamic with varying line widths.
As Cindy showed us last week with her funky new keyholder and Ann showed two weeks ago with her pull toy turned salsa dish, with a little bit of effort, a tiny bit of cash, and a whole lot of winging it, you can turn simple toys into something unexpectedly awesome and useful. As you saw on WIP Wednesday, I bought some cheapo wooden peg games and little fairy dolls at the dollar store, and today I spent the afternoon turning them into wall hangings that can be used to display your favorite art or photos.
It’s that time again, kids, time to vote for your favorite project of the month! The winner gets the undying adoration and devotion of the internets (and a sugar skull bunny), so vote carefully! Voting ends at 11:59 PM on 02/09/2012 [poll id=”5″] Tracy’s Pens: Karen’s Birds: Jennie’s Ribbons: Karen’s Read more…
Every year just after the holidays, I go on a three-day bender of organization. I guess it’s my way of purging the previous year, but I can go a little crazy and drag everyone down with me. (more…)
This week we’re welcoming the new year with Ann’s tired old fart and my freaky bald person, just like momma used to do. Okay probably not like momma used to do unless you were raised in the Bates Motel, but still you can use these lines to say, “Here’s hoping Read more…
My obsession with Day of the Dead led me to the tradition of making papel picado, which is tissue paper garland. It is relatively labor intensive making all of those tissue paper cuts, but since tissue paper is so thin you can make 8-12 of them at a time. Score! In line with Cindy’s Embellished Watercolors and Nanner’s Treasure Keepers, we are going to use papel picado techniques to make some super simple tissue paper ornaments. (more…)
I know, I am baffling you with my technical language. Time to vote! (voting closes on Dec 12th at 11:59 PM!) VOTING IS CLOSED! CONGRATULATIONS, ODDBREED!! Btincup’s “found while jogging” trifold Copic holder: Oddbreed’s Day of the Dead watercolor kit WINNER! Oddbreed’s “double wide” Read more…
When Ann came up with her fabulous idea for portable marker storage out of a photo album, I was excited by the possibilities. Then I was paralyzed by the possibilities and couldn’t decide what to-go project I couldn’t live without. I needed a photo album full of acrylic paints. I needed to bring all 90571095710 of my Prismacolor pencils to the dentist. I wanted to glue the lids of Twinkling H2O pots and take those with me even though I only use them about every 32nd fortnight. I was driving myself crazy with indecision. (more…)
Voting closes at 11:59 PM on Thursday, 11/10/2011, so get your vote in! (more…)