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Thaumatropes are a simple craft that kids will enjoy making - and they will be amazed at the visual effects when the spinning pictures merge! The following post contains affiliate links, which means that at no extra cost to you I can make a tiny bit of money to help support this blog. Thank you! Have you ever heard of a Thaumatrope? Here's what Wiki has to say: A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was popular in the 19th century. A disk with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled
Let embroidery inspire your weekend with these beautiful works of art using a needle and thread as a brush with paint. We love the diversity of the shapes and colors used, and the way artists pair the thread with such unique canvases.
Hugh Thomson, whose illustrations to the 1903 edition of Frances Burney’s Evelina formed the basis of a recent post, was a prolific and popular illustrator. He produced drawings for some edit…
Okay. I know that movies about teachers rarely tell the whole story. You know the ones I’m talking about – movies like: Stand and Deliver Freedom Writers Dangerous Minds Mr. HollandR…
I back from my blogging hiatus. I haven't checked up on the blog world in over a week. That is a long time for me. November flew by. I cramm...
Almost forgot this- made for olivia for mother’s day. kind of looks like a cross between a peony and a pansy. silk shibori ribbon and fabric stitched with a magnetic clasp. Then, of course it…
lulu ~ watercolors, gouache and oil pastels on old paper - approx. 3" x 4 1/2" it looks like lulu might pick a fight with the next person that wanders by! i've painted ten faces on these cards now and they've all been a joy, even feisty lulu... on december 19th the sun shown in my art room windows illuminating it entirely. the same thing happened yesterday as the sun was in the same position it was in before the solstice. i know, i know, the sun's not actually moving, it's the earth - but it certainly looks like it's the sun! i love to watch the movement of the sun, especially at this time of year... the wall behind my chair - that red thing is a blanket on the back of my chair... i snapped a lot of pics, ha! this is what was on the table. it's a 7" x 9" sennelier journal that this lovely person gave to me. i'm really enjoying working on a bigger page... and i'm getting close to finishing another pocket moleskine, and still painting on the cards. i like the diversity of it all... i don't have a link to the sennelier journal - i'm not sure if they are available online. i've just discovered stillman and birn journals, though, which seem very promising. click on 'paper specifications' (top right on the home page) to quickly see what kinds of papers are used in their journals. XO
A simple tutorial for making paper pinwheels from the fabulous new book, The Artful Year.
The moment I saw these photos, something stirred inside of me. Artist Jose Romussi breathes new life into old photos by embroidering colorful thread onto
Is there anything more precious than a child's laughter? As a parent I sometimes wish children remained children forever. That's not going to happen so I want to see as much happiness in their lives as possible.Here a few ideas we've come across that will brighten their - and your - lives. While some of these projects will definitely need a parent's help, others are just fun regardless of the way they turn out. Enjoy!
A huge gallery of creative toilet paper roll crafts and brilliant ideas! Everything from kids crafts and art projects to bird feeders and cord organizers. I'll never throw away a toilet paper roll again! What a great way to recycle something that would normally end up in the trash.
Here’s a simple open-ended building activity for kids of all ages – Colored craft sticks, wooden cubes, and small plastic cups! Simple materials, and yet
Russian paper artist Yulia Brodskaya (previously) just finished her latest artwork, an intricate portrait of an older woman smoking a pipe using a colorfully explosive palette of quilled paper. Brodskaya lives and works in the UK where she illustrates with paper for dozens of the world’s largest brands and publications. See much more here. More
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I have loved book art ever since I first saw it in a friend’s apartment. It’s a cheap and interesting way of decorating, and I love using old books that would have no real purpose othe…
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I drew the Zetti girl and used the face of an old movie star (coloured and altered). Some bits and pieces from Aleexeva and Fiddlette.
From fish and coal to shopping and tourism, the story of North Shields reveals a town rich in character and history
Contrary to the lack of posts on this blog, I actually have been making some art lately. Got in a slump there for a while cause I had one good book after another and wanted to do nothing more than sit and read. My mail art pal Connie made a batch of stamp head cards using images from a children's book that were cool and I remembered I had one also, prime for cutting up. It's a 1953 book of children's stories and poems. Some of them are a hoot, so politically incorrect and bordering on racist. I steered away from those and mostly just went thru the book looking for images that stamps went well with. If you see one that blows your skirt up, email me and we'll swap!
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Folded Book Art - Best & Most Clear Tutorial Available: I just absolutely love creating my own folded book art. It's such a fun way of re-using old books and give them another purpose. I've searched and searched the web to find any tutorials on how to do it and i just couldn't find anything. Until one da…
This old man, He played one, He played knick knack On my thumb.
Are you wondering what to do with a stack of old, unwanted books gathering dust on your shelves? Look no further! These are our favorite DIY home decor projects using old books.
Transform a boring old toilet roll into a pretty fairy house. A quick and easy craft for kids. Here are the step by step instructions.
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We headed out to garden to make Fairy Soup, which was a fabulous fine motor and sensory activity, and a great way to keep cool on a warm, humid morning
Kreikkalainen lihapata tehdään luuttomasta lampaanlihasta ja maustetaan valkosipulilla, rosmariinilla ja kanelilla. Viimeinen silaus lihapataan saadaan oliiveilla, fetajuustolla ja mintulla. Kreikka-fanit hykertelevät onnesta, kun he tarjoavat pataa keitetyn riisin tai couscousin kanssa.
Hello in September ;) Today I wish to show you my art journal pages. I created my spread in an old book. You can purchase book like that in every second hand store. Pages are old and brownish which I love. When you will look closer you will be able to see that I have used my book upside down :) I like this kind of effect. I used images from beautiful paper pad BoBunny (Enchanted Garden). I sticked the cut outs from the papers and created some sort of composition. You can also see beautiful Petaloo Paper Doilies. It added extra dimention to the project. The brown colour around the edges was created with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays. I love how this turned out - like an old, rusted image. Here is more phots as I could not limit myslef to only 2 or 3 as I loooved them all. Those cute wording are from Cosmo Cricket - tiny text stickers. I think I am falling in love with old, rust, vintage effect ! I hope you have enjoyed my creation and I will see you soon :) Looooove, Marta xx
'pink messenger #1' ~ watercolors, colored pencil, gouache, oil pastels, casein paint and graphite on old book page - approx. 5" x 7" paint faces using oil pastels, watercolors, and white gouache alrighty! i've been wanting to do this for a while... this is a more thorough way of answering the questions that i'm most often asked - how i get the skin to look the way it looks, and how i get watercolors to mix with oil pastels. i'm going to start by listing the 'ingredients' that i used on pink messenger's face (above), followed by how/where i used them. 1. caran d'ache cream oil pastel - the first layer of 'skin' 2. sennelier brown ochre oil pastel - shading 3. sennelier paynes grey oil pastel - shading 4. m. graham paynes grey gouache - shading and for making the pupils/eyes darker 5. m. graham titanium white gouache - skin 6. daniel smith quinacridone gold watercolor - shading 7. zecchi paynes grey watercolor - shading, the eyes, eyebrows (along with burnt sienna, which i forgot to number!) 8. zecchi vermilion watercolor - cheeks and lips 9. zecchi scarlet watercolor - cheeks and lips 10. yarka golden deep, titian's and claret - cheeks and lips 11. pelikan pale pink opaque watercolor - cheeks, lips, and general shading 12. caran d'ache neo-color II salmon pink - cheeks and lips 13. derwent 8B graphite pencil - drawing the face 14. prismacolor burnt sienna colored pencil - eyelids you don't have to use these brands, of course; this is just what i use, and the list is ever evolving. the one ingredient that might not be replaceable is the cream caran d'ache oil pastel. its color and consistency are unique. brushes i'll call the ones on the left the 'soft' brushes, and the ones on the right, well i'll just call them what they are - filberts. you'll see below how i use them, but the basic idea is that you put color down with a soft brush so you don't tempt the layer of paint below to move around. this is really important if you're putting watercolors on gouache or white casein paint - do it with a soft brush. use the filberts to put gouache (or casein paint) on the oil pastel - they're nice and stiff and can push the heavy gouache around. a little word about colored pencils... here are jeanette's lips, and you can see the lines of the tuscan red prismacolor pencil i used on them. on pink messenger i used the burnt sienna pencil to draw a line that sort of defines her upper eyelid. i use them wherever they seem like they'll be useful, and they're useful a lot... believe me, jeanette's lips were lacking before i put the colored pencil on there. and i am not shy about using them on oil pastels - unless you have very heavy layer of oil pastels down, you can use colored pencils to shade them beautifully. layers the piece of paper on the left was the beginning of pink messenger.... i'm showing it to emphasize the fact that a piece can change a LOT before it's done, and i think the layers and changes that go into a piece are what give it not only depth, but also a kind of 'strength'. this goes for faces too... originally i was going to use this piece as a jumping off point for writing about how i do the faces, but then i realized that that wouldn't be enough, so below i'll go through a step-by-step using another face. but here you can see pink messenger with just the cream caran d'ache oil pastel smeared around, and a little quinacridone gold watercolor rubbed in on her eyelids. that beautiful pink tip on her nose came through from what was underneath and i was careful throughout the process not to cover it up. : ) before i drew pink messenger in, i covered the entire page with a layer of matte gel medium so i could work without having to worry about picking up the color from below. just imagine the steps below for pink messenger - i always do the same thing/s over and over until i get what i like. . . . i've just put the cream caran d'ache oil pastel on and smeared it around. as you can see, i don't put oil pastel over the lips and eyes, and i also try not to cover up the eyebrow area or the outline of the nose. then i put a little quinacridone gold watercolor on a soft brush and painted it along the top edge of the face and the outline of the nose. this is what it looks like once i've smeared the quinacridone gold around. to do that, i dip the tip of my finger in the water cup (that i rinse my brushes in) and then quickly smear the paint around. if it's too dark, i dip my finger again and dilute it, or take a paper towel and wipe some off. for shading, a little goes a long ways. now i've added some red watercolor to her left cheek and some orange to her right and smeared them both in. also i smudged the pencil (the derwent 8B) around with a blending stump. still using a soft brush i gave her the beginning of some lips, and with paynes grey watercolor i painted her pupils. i also added some white to her eyes with white gouache. the arrows are pointing to places where i put little dabs of sennelier brown ochre oil pastel. here she is with the brown ochre oil pastel smudged in (with a blending stump and/or my fingers), and some hair. for her hair i used quinacridone gold and burnt sienna watercolor. that's the end of what i'd call the first layer. of course i could do a lot more shading with oil pastels or watercolors, and sometimes i do. i just do whatever seems like the thing to do... now i'm gonna put some white gouache on her forehead and nose, and i'm just showing the filbert brush and tube of gouache so you can see that this is what i use. i paint right out of the tube. i just scoop the paint out with the brush and put it on the oil pastel. the firmness of the filbert makes this easy. do not add any water to the gouache - if you do it'll bead up. here she is with more white gouache on her - i put some on her cheeks, chin, neck and a little more on her forehead. also i gave her some eyebrows with paynes grey and quinacridone gold watercolors, and i added a bit more white to the eye on the left. at this point i could refine her - finish her lips, work on her eyes, add more shading, etc.,or, i could put cream oil pastel on most of her face and start a whole new layer. when i get to a place like this it's not easy for me to stop and photograph what i'm doing because i'm in a painting frenzy, lol! but i would definitely keep going - smearing in more watercolors, adding more oil pastel - whatever seemed to be called for. the reason that i'm not more specific about things like first i paint the eyes, then the mouth, or the number of layers i use, is because i don't have a plan like that. i just paint whatever i know/feel to paint next and keep going 'til it looks right. i follow my intuition, and i feel like everyone can do that... often i have so many alternating layers of gouache, oil pastels, and/or watercolors down that things start to flake off, and i don't mind that. it can add a lot of interest. one more thing... i've been asked how i get the skin to look like this, and the answer is easy - i wipe off what i've done. i start with a small area and keep wiping until it seems right. then i go back and paint the eyes in again - or whatever... when you paint on matte gel medium a sort of ghost image remains after you've wiped everything off; this will most likely inform what you want to do next... if you have any questions please feel free to ask! i'll answer them in the comments section so everyone can see... (click here to see how the face turned out : ) * * * “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good' sense.” ~Pablo Picasso, via tumblr XO
Interest children in ancient history by making crafts that reflect old inventions. According to “Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History” by Sarah B. Pomeroy, et al., the chariot was a vehicle of antiquity that people used for both military and peaceful purposes.
Reuse an old CD to make a spinning top- an easy craft for kids and a great science lesson on physics! This STEM / STEAM activity if perfect for kids of all ages and meets the NGSS for Kindergarten on pushes and pulls!
We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.
After resting during the hottest, driest months of the year, field garlic (aka Allium vineale) returns with full vigor. Closely related to chives and scallions, this perennial of the Amaryllidaceae family can be used similarly, offering a strong, pungent, spicy, aromatic onion flavor. Originally fro
I am still trying my hand at different medieval crafts. So I came across Nålebinding or needle binding. Needle binding is the precursor of knitting & crocheting. With knitting & crocheting you are using loops to form a fabric. With needle binding on the other hand you are using more or less complicated knots. For
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