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I got to experiment with TH's Halloween embossing folders...I love them! They give such great texture and dimension. To make the design really pop, I just grabbed an ink pad and lightly rubbed it over the design. I made an art journal page, a tag, and a scrapbook page. I used Tim's Rosette Die on the scrapbook page...love it!
Class started on Monday and we're having so much fun! In the past, we kept registration open indefinitely, but now registration closes a few days after the start of class. So, if you want to take Art Journaling 103, you need to sign up by tomorrow, Thursday Oct 28!!
Be sure to post a comment on yesterday's post for a chance to win a spot in my class! I'll be drawing a winner Sunday afternoon!
Watercoloring with Spray Ink
Accordion-Spined “Gratitudes” Journal
$35
Friday, November 12
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Come to class and learn how I use water with spray inks to create interesting backgrounds. We’ll learn the technique, then I will show you how to make this simple accordion-spined journal. My journal is very sparsely decorated, but yours can be as elaborate as you like! I used my journal to reflect on the things I am especially grateful for.
What You Need to Bring
--White gesso
--Sky blue acrylic paint, as well as your other favorite colors
--Your favorite brushes
--Good adhesive, like gel medium, or even a strong dry adhesive like ATG.
--Any stamps & stencils you want to use. I will have an assortment to choose from, too.
--A good black pen for journaling.
--Optional: your own sewing machine. I’ll have mine, but bring your own if you don’t feel like sharing.
Journaling with Black Spray Paint
$35
Saturday, November 20
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
**Repeating this class by request.** Come and learn how simple black spray paint can add “pop” and drama to your journaling. We’ll go over 3 techniques that I love to use. If you’re sensitive to spray paint fumes, feel free to bring a mask (we’ll be spraying outside, but sometimes the fumes waft inside anyway).
What You Need to Bring
--Your art journal. I will provide watercolor paper to work on, too.
--White gesso.
--Your favorite brushes
--Acrylic paint in your favorite colors.
--Black pen for journaling. A white pen is handy, too.
--Any other journaling stuff you think you might want—ephemera, stamps, etc.
Time to give away a spot in my new art journaling class, "Art Journaling 103: Composition and Color Techniques for Art Journalers"!
Leave a comment on this post and I'll draw one winner on Sunday. Class starts Monday, yay!
I'm honored to be one of the guest artists contributing to Shimelle's new class, "True Stories: An Online Journaling Class for Scrapbookers and Bloggers"! Check out all of the other guest artists here. An amazing lineup, right?
Shimelle is kindly offering a free spot in her class...all you have to do is post a comment. I'll draw a winner at random on Friday, October 22nd. Cool, eh?
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My new class, "Art Journaling 103: Composition and Color Techniques for Art Journalers" is ready for sign-ups! And, if you sign up by Oct 12th (eeks, that's tomorrow!), you get a 20% discount.
Why study composition and color? Art journaling has no rules, right?
Right.
I firmly believe there’s value and beauty in every art journal page. Every. Single. One.
But…knowing the rules allows you to put an extra “oomph” into your work. It allows you to manipulate your composition to enhance meaning, it allows you to make conscious decisions about your art. The rules put you in total control…you can follow them, manipulate them, combine them, or even break them. Henri Matisse said, “Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the diverse elements at the painter’s command to express his feelings.” Knowing the rules can actually make you more expressive…and isn’t an art journal all about personal expression?
When you understand design principles, you have power over them…power to arrange them, power to twist them, power to make them do what you want to convey your meaning and intent.
The concept for this workshop came out of the classroom…out of teaching art journaling to students and watching their successes and their frustrations. This class is not a comprehensive review of all design principles. Instead, we explore the main principles of composition that apply to making art journal pages. It’s a true exploration, too…we experiment with the principles, twist them, have fun with them.
Each lesson in this class will explore a composition concept, and it will teach an art technique. Why? Because it’s always fun to have a new art technique to play with. Sometimes a new art technique can keep you busy in your journal for weeks.
This class is for you if you:
You can work in your current journal, or you can get one just for this class. We’ll be making lots of pages. Lots.
Join me? :)
I talk about this fun little canvas mini album over on the Maya Road blog...
Made this funky, puffy, stamped fabric thingey.Go check out all the art!
Actually, it went live a few days ago, I'm just running behind. Go check out all the designers' work!
This morning I was whining that I live in a state with no weather.
Look what happened this afternoon....spiky golf-ball sized hail. Booyah.
Click here to take a peek at the first few pages of the Masterful Scrapbook Design: Layering pdf! :)
I'm jealous of all you people who have Fall weather. I mean real Fall...crisp temperatures, crackling leaves. My boys asked me if it's really true that leaves change color...isn't that sad? That's what happens when you're born & bred in AZ, I guess. I always get itchy feet this time of year...I get ancy and I just want to get out of town and go somewhere that has real weather. Seasons. Clouds. That wet stuff that falls from the sky, what's that called? Oh yeah, rain.
Here's CJ...hair standing up courtesy of sweat and playground sand. Ew. It's October, people. October.
I've been swamped with teaching and assignments that I can't share (yet)...what have you been working on?
Publications
OmG...gotta get in on this one. I LOVE your classes Dina. I'm the one in the corner wishing very quietly to win the magic ticket that gets me in the door.