DOODLING IN CIRCLES Watching a video from a year ago on Zenart Doodle's YouTube channel the other day, I thought I'd give this technique a try. It's a mixed media project, and as you build up the layers, it is hard to imagine the starting point. Looking closely, you can still see it,…
ALL MY GOLDS Sorry, Mr. Shakespeare - "All that glisters IS gold" - at least in Shoshi's book! A friend recently asked me about what gold I like to use in my art, and rather than just replying, I thought I'd do a post about it because it might be of interest or…
LITTLE TEA BAG BOOK Have you ever gone into your studio intending to do one thing, and coming out having done something completely different? I have - this afternoon. I am in the middle of a major tidy-up in the chaos pretending to be my studio, and have made good progress. I fully…
DANGLES WITH UV RESIN DISCS AND BEADS Having finished adding UV resin to the small circular floral images, I have now made them into a set of dangles with beads. I have spent two afternoons and an evening working on them. It's a pretty fiddly job and I was glad of my magnifying…
UV RESIN - SMALL CIRCULAR DIGITALS Shoshi is resinating with a new art form! I've done a bit of UV resin work with a small starter kit, but the lamp proved rather inadequate. I have now bought a new one which is much better. Some time ago I downloaded some digitals from Dragana…
HOW I START A NEW PROJECT USING UPCYCLED RUBBISH A little lesson in recycling! I thought you might be interested in seeing how I begin to plan a project using packaging to create folios and elements for albums. Whenever I'm about to throw something away, I examine it to see if it could…
A TINY FOLIO FROM A BISCUIT PACKET I think this is the first time I have ever produced an album or folio in a single day! I spent all afternoon and most of the evening yesterday, working on this project, and it was a joy to produce. It is very small, measuring about…
STASH BUSTING - TAGS FROM TRASH I'm on a stash busting binge at the moment because I've got far too much stuff in my studio, and it's time I used some of it. Today I used recycled packaging as the base or initial embellishment for several tags. I have some odd sheets of…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 9 - COMPLETING THE PROJECT - THE CLOSURE, DECORATING THE COVER, AND FINISHING TOUCHES On Saturday night I completed this project, working till 2 a.m. to get it done!! I wanted it complete to show to my friend at our lunch out on Sunday, and it took…
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 8 - DECORATING THE CHECKATRADE FLIER Change of plan My original plan was to introduce some fun interactive elements into this late add-on to the folio. However, over two afternoons, I spent many hours trying to perfect these elements, without success. I found video instructions online showing…
