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The Creative Therapy prompt is up....

The new prompt is, "What is the worst thing you ever did?"

 

We're re-running Art Journaling 101 live! :)

In conjunction with Pattie Knox's digital art journaling technique class, we're re-running Art Journaling 101 live! Here's the scoop:

ART JOURNALING 101

4 week online workshop with Dina Wakley
March 22 - April 16
Students who purchased this class previously may contact us to request "grandfathering" in to this session--you can grandfather in to this session at no extra cost to you.

All Art Journaling 101 students (past and present) receive a $10 discount coupon for "Digital Techniques for Art Journaling" with Pattie Knox beginning April 5th.

Join Dina Wakley on a voyage of self-expression as you combine words and art to create your own art journal. In addition to learning basic writing and art techniques, you’ll develop the content and look of your own “Today”-themed book.

Eight written lessons and four videos show you just what you need to know. Bonus spray ink tutorial and video included.

Think you’re not an artist? Think you can’t do it? With Dina’s line-upon-line approach to teaching, you will learn a little, apply it, and then move onto the next level. There will be lessons on both: ART WRITING and ART TECHNIQUES that will give you the basic skills you need to create your own art journal.

Art Journaling 101 includes:
4 videos
8 lessons with assignments in pdf format. 

• Each class will focus on a basic journaling technique and a basic art technique, with topics including: being authentic, gathering supplies, using a theme, worksheets for developing content, collage and paint techniques, visual interest tricks and tips, and much much more. 
• Dina demonstrates techniques on video.
• Access to a private class forum where you may share, ask questions and interact with Dina and other class participants.(Access will be activated within 24 hours of payment.)
  
• Access to a private class gallery for posting your completed assignments and seeing what others have done. (Access will be activated within 24 hours of payment.)

Bonus spray ink video and tutorial.

Playing with some Hambly...

Hambly is one of my absolute favorite lines...it's so beautiful and unique.

 

 

 

 

 

People sometimes say they have a hard time using Hambly...my advice is to let the beautiful prints & patterns stand on their own. You don't need to combine them with a million different papers & embellishments, let them be the starring element!

Upcoming Classes at Creative Quest...

Here's the info on my upcoming classes at the awesome stamping & bookbinding store, the Creative Quest. Contact the store to sign up, and email me if you have any questions. All classes are $35.

Tuesday, March 9th
10:30 - 1:30
Altered Portraits
Come & learn how to alter portraits and photographs for inclusion in your journaling.

Students need to bring:
--Printouts of several photographs--enlarge them to fill a whole page, if possible. It's okay if they're black & white, we'll be adding our own colors. You need to photocopy the photos or print them on a laser-printer...ink-jet copies will smear. Photographs of people work best, especially if the photograph is mostly a portrait from the shoulders up.
--Portfolio Water Soluble Oil Pastels (contact me if you need to know where to buy these)
--Also, students need to bring standard art journaling supplies--acrylic paints, brushes in several sizes, gesso, gel medium, pens for journaling.
--I will provide watercolor paper to work on. If you'd prefer to work in your personal art journal, please do!


Saturday, March 27th
2 - 5 pm
Introduction to Art Journaling
How to create a simple background, a silhouetted or masked image, and top texture.
Supply List (what students need)
--Acrylic paint...bring an assortment of your favorite colors
--Gesso
--Gel medium or adhesive
--Paintbrushes...I prefer a 3/4" or 1" flat, but you can use your favorite
--A pen that will write on dried paint (regular Sharpie, poster pen Sharpie, Faber-Castell Pitt, etc.).
--Nice to Have: Favorite scraps of paper, images, photographs...any ephemera that's personal to you & your life. Don't worry about this too much...just grab a few things if you have time.
--I will provide watercolor paper to work on. If you'd prefer to work in your personal art journal, please do!


Tuesday, April 6th
10:30 - 1:30
Journaling with Black Spray Paint
We'll use black spray paint and acrylic paints to create vivid, colorful masked images in our journals.
Supply List (what students need)
--Acrylic paint...bring an assortment of your favorite colors. It helps to have several shades from the same color family...like several shades of blue.
--Gesso
--Gel medium or adhesive
--Paintbrushes...I prefer a 3/4" or 1" flat, but you can use your favorite
--A pen that will write on dried paint (regular Sharpie, poster pen Sharpie, Faber-Castell Pitt, etc.).
--Nice to Have: Favorite scraps of paper, images, photographs...any ephemera that's personal to you & your life. Don't worry about this too much...just grab a few things if you have time.
--I will provide watercolor paper to work on. If you'd prefer to work in your personal art journal, please do!



Altered Portraits
Come & learn how to alter portraits and photographs for inclusion in your journaling.
Saturday, April 17th
10:30 - 1:30

Students need to bring:
--Printouts of several photographs--enlarge them to fill a whole page, if possible. It's okay if they're black & white, we'll be adding our own colors. You need to photocopy the photos or print them on a laser-printer...ink-jet copies will smear. Photographs of people work best, especially if the photograph is mostly a portrait from the shoulders up.
--Portfolio Water Soluble Oil Pastels (contact me if you need to know where to buy these)
--Also, students need to bring standard art journaling supplies--acrylic paints, brushes in several sizes, gesso, gel medium, pens for journaling.
--I will provide watercolor paper to work on. If you'd prefer to work in your personal art journal, please do!

Kenner Road February layouts...

The Kenner Road kits are up--the main kit is sold out (you really should subscribe so you don't miss out), but there are some add-ons available. Great stuff! And check the Kenner Road blog...I posted about how I use digi-elements in my scrapping, even though I'm not a digi scrapper.

 

 

 

Creative Therapy... "What was your childhood like?"

Here's my page for the latest Creative Therapy prompt, "What was your childhood like?"

I am really, really enjoying doing the CT prompts. Have you ever played along?

 

Playing catch-up with JBS scrapbook pages...

Here are a few layouts I did for CHA and for February....I so adore JBS. Jenni is the kindest, nicest person in the industry, and her stuff just rocks the casbah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenner Road Feb Peeks....

Here are a few peeks from the awesome Feb Kenner Road kit (available 2/14 at 9:00 p.m. Pacific).

 

 

Inspiration from Holland

When I taught my "Inky Fingers" class in Holland, I met an incredible scrapper named Marleen. She took the masking technique I taught (like I did in the layout above), and she pushed it to new levels. I really love how she varied the placement of the inky strip--her layouts are incredibly creative and inspiring. Click on the link to check out the rest of her layouts--and be sure to see the rest of her blog. She is an amazing artist!

 

Canvas album love...

Today I explain on the Maya Road DT blog how I used Maya Mist to "stain" the pages of the new Maya Road canvas albums...

Remember these pages? I finally wrote on them...

Remember these art journal pages that I posted in progress? I finally got around to writing on them. Lots of grungy inkiness!

 

 

 

 

Kitschy Digitals at One Buck Wednesday...

For today only, the Washi Tape Frames are on sale for $1 at JessicaSprague.

 

 

 

Creative Therapy art journal pages...

Have you checked the Creative Therapy blog? I'm honored to join that great group of artists. This page is for the current catalyst, "What do you wish you knew about your parents":

 

 

This page is for the catalyst, "What does your future hold?"

 

Skissedilla (Norwegian sketch blog)...

My sketch & layout for the awesome Norwegian sketch blog Skissedilla went live last week as I was preparing to leave for CHA...I'm honored that they asked me to participate! Click on the link & scroll to the bottom...there are 45 links to some amazing layouts from challenge participants. I just looked at all of them, and now I feel inspired!

Here's my layout: