What are the dos and don'ts of gel printing? It's all here along with gel printing resources, a downloadable guide and free videos!

How to Transfer Images onto Paper by Rebecca Parsons. Such a great Mixed Media technique, perfect to use in Art Journals or Junk Journals!

Inside you'll find an easy tutorial and instructions for how to make an art journal. Stop by and learn how for free.

Today I am going to show 6 ways that I made easy background papers using supplies that you might already have around your craft room!

Turn your hand lettering and brush calligraphy into an impressive ribbon effect with our step-by-step ribbon lettering tutorial! Beginner-friendly lettering style.

Learn how to Emboss Brown Paper Bags with Rebecca Parsons! These make great DIY Gift Bags!

Each of us expresses our creativity in a different way - in all life situations and thus in the interior design. Some people like bright colors, others

Blank books provide a great way to encourage kids to write. Here are 3 easy ways to assemble blank books for your writing center, literacy center, and beyond.

Lots of brilliant doodle ideas for bullet journals & doodle planners. Looking for how-to-draw tutorials or daily doodle ideas? Click for more.

Well I've been busy creating lately and thought I would share a tutorial with you. This one shows you how to use newspaper on your layouts i...

Would you like to begin Bible art journaling with pretty letter writing, but are unsure how to begin, here is a tutorial on simple lettering for beginners.

The ultimate guide to gel printing and the basics of gel printing you need to know - what materials you need and how to make gel prints

You guys, I made all these journals in, like, an hour! I've made journals before, but this is the simplest way I've found to create a little collection in no time at all. These little guys make great gifts, and I love that it's easy to build up a stash. Here's how:Supplies:-regular 8.5 "x 11" printer…

Learn a quick and easy lettering style that doesn't take much time, skill, or any fancy pens, with a step by step tutorial.

Gelli plate printing with leaves is a fun and easy technique that lets us get outside to find beautiful textures. Summer in Canada is short. So, I make a point to get outside and incorporate nature in my art journal and gelli plate printing projects. Today I am sharing my favorite techniques for Gelli plate

These drawing exercises will help you get better at drawing even if you're a complete beginner. They're absolutely easy to do, no overwhelm.

Michelle Wooderson challenges you to a 31-day painting commitment. This art project is easier — and smaller — than you think.

Lots of brilliant doodle ideas for bullet journals & doodle planners. Looking for how-to-draw tutorials or daily doodle ideas? Click for more.

The guide to color theory for artists helps you understand colors, their relations, and combinations, so you can experiment in art journals.

I have repeatedly professed my love for monoprinting with a gelli plate. I realized with my post the other day, some of you may not know what this is, or have never used one before. So I thought …

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step How to Draw a Leaf Tutorial with video leaf drawing lesson and leaf coloring page. Grab the free PDF now.

Journal with Google Docs with the help of free aesthetic Google Docs journal templates.

String Art Embroidery on Paper Hand Embroidery is possible on anything that you can get your needle to go through. One good medium is paper. Here is a quick tutorial on how to stitch over the paper using hand embroidery stitches and a combination...

My recent obsession has been nature: spending time in nature, painting nature and everything in between. Sometimes painting it can be rather overwhelming as

Learning how to make blackout poetry art is both easy and fun. You'll learn step by step how to create your own blackout poems.

One of the first posts I pinned to my "Painting Inspirations, Tutorials, and Projects" Pinterest board was an abstract watercolor tutorial from Grow Creative. I have been wanting to try Elise's technique for months, and now that I've done it, I don't think I can stop! The results are absolutely beautiful, and their map-like-qualities appeal greatly to the arty cartophile in me! (I am borrowing the term "arty cartophile" from Jill K. Berry and her book Personal Geographies, which I was inspired to pull off the bookshelf after creating these rubber cement resist watercolor paintings.) I followed Elise's technique pretty much exactly, so you can read her blog post for her directions, but I also took photos of each step of the process as I carried it out, so I thought I would share them with you here: First, I used blue painter's tape to secure my 9x12 cold-press watercolor paper to a piece of palette paper on my work space. (I tried low-tack artist's tape first, and too much watercolor paint seeped underneath it. The blue painter's tape left a gorgeous crisp edge.) Next, I dribbled rubber cement over the watercolor paper. There is no planning, just random dripping in all different directions. Then, I spent a little time with my embossing tool, speeding up the drying process for the rubber cement. This is not a task for the impatient! I get into a kind of trance, watching the rubber cement boil, bubble, pop, and dry. Once the rubber cement is dry, the paper is ready for its first application of watercolor paint. For this particular piece, I used Reeves tube watercolors in "Lemon Yellow." In some of my first pieces, I did a watercolor wash across the entire paper. For the example photographed here, I applied this first layer of watercolor in just some portions of the paper, leaving other parts white. The drying process for the watercolor paint is much faster than for the rubber cement! Now technically, you are supposed to apply more rubber cement, but I actually forgot, and put on a different color of watercolor. This time is was Reeves tube paint in basic "orange." I supplemented with another shade of orange from a set of pan watercolors. I used the orange paint to fill in some of those white spaces I left when I applied the Lemon Yellow. After a bit more drying with the heating tool, I applied more random rubber cement. More drying--which meant more time mesmerized by bubbling rubber cement.  At this point it was time for my final color--Reeves tube watercolor in "Magenta." Gorgeous! After one final drying session with the embossing tool, I was ready to pull back the painter's tape and enjoy the crisp edge along the perimeter of my watercolor paper. The next step is to use the pads of my fingers to rub away all of the rubber cement that has been resisting various layers of watercolor paint. The rubber cement comes away in balls and crumbs, and leaves behind the wonderful pathways that give the art such a map-like quality. When all the rubber cement has been rubbed away...voila! Now, I think this piece looks beautiful, and am tempted to leave it as it is, but there is a final step that makes it look even more beautiful. Using a fine-tipped black Sharpie pen, I outline various pathways around the piece. (I tried Microns, but the "tooth" of the watercolor paper really does them in.) I start with all of the white pathways, and usually move on to the secondary colors, like yellow in this piece. When I was finished deciding which areas to outline in black, I had my finished piece: I think I could sit around and look at it all day! I really love the results of this technique. What do you think? This was my fourth 9x12 art piece using the rubber cement resist technique. Here are the earlier ones I created: These first two have a similar color combination, with more "lake blue" in the first one. I like how they look when I photograph them without the white perimeter: I'm showing these in backwards order, because this last one I am showing you is the first one I tried. Instead of using rubber cement, I used Art Maskoid, which is the same as frisket. But my bottle was almost completely dried up so I was kind of smearing sticky frisket across the page. At first, I thought the result looked kind of terrible, but it has grown on me, and looks like a map of some archipelago far out in the ocean. (You can also see how the artist's tape didn't give as clean of an edge as the painter's tape does.) Stay tuned, because in an upcoming post I will share some pretty cards I have made using this same rubber cement resist technique!

Super easy way to start eco printing with paper. See amazing results without hardly any expenditure. Step by step tutorial

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step tutorial video for how to make a Kandinsky Art Project. Stop by and grab yours for free.

PAINTING ON LARGE sheets of paper which I later use in large collage works is what I am going to demonstrate in today’s video.

Hi! Although it doesn't look like it, this is a very easy watercolor portrait that ANYONE can do. Seriously, you have to try it!

Supplies needed: Acrylic dabbers, photocopy of an image, water spritzer bottle, paintbrush, card stock, craft sheet and heat tool (optional) Take the lid off the dabbers and brush the paint onto the card stock, ensure you get a good coverage Take your photocopied image ( remember that you will get a reverse of the image, so don't use bold words), flip it over and place it in the acrylic. Lightly press it down making sure it's smooth and not wrinkled Leave to air dry for at least 15 minutes and then if you wish give it a blast with the heat tool Only move onto this step when you are sure your paint is completely dry Take your water filled spritzer bottle, spray the back of the paper no more than two squirts, you don't want it too wet Next start to rub the paper very gently with your finger Keep rubbing and extra spritzing if you need too Eventually you will get rid of all the paper, but it does take a bit of patience as you have to be careful not to wet it too much and rub the image away You can do exactly the same on a canvas Apparently the paint in the acrylic dabbers is slightly different to other acrylics as it is more chalky and that's why the transfers work best with these paints. But you can use other mediums. I tried it with Jo Sonia's background paints but didn't get such a good effect

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