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Find Out Fridays - Anna Dabrowska

Anna Dabrowska, also known as Finnabair was born in Warsaw, Poland, and now Ilives in Ireland with her husband, Andrzej and her pets.

She is a mixed media artist, art journaler and designer who loves new challenges, experiments and developing new techniques and skills.
Her projects are texture and art medium-based: Finn makes paper and canvas layouts, collages and altered art, tags, journal pages – and many more. She believes in power of recycling and upcycling and just adores texture, paints of any kind and flea market supplies. Freedom, embracing creativity and being true to her inner voice is her main source of inspiration and creative energy.
Finnabair is a full time designer and artist and as anexperienced travelling teacher offers a range of mixed media-based classes in collage, art journalling and more. She truly enjoys teaching and during her classes she focuses not only on showing techniques, ideas and tricks but also tries to spread her love and enthusiasm for arts and crafts as she believes in therapeutic and liberating power of creativity.
Anna keeps working with such international brands as Prima Marketing ( product designer since 2013) and 7 Dots Studio ( product designer since 2011). She runs her own Creative Team who supports Finnabair creative blog and she designs for international mixed-media magazines. Her biggest pride and adventure of the last years is her own mixed-media line of products released with Prima Marketing which happen to be source of inspiration for a large group of creative people.
 
Website: www.finnabair.com
Instagram: Finnabair
FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/finnabairdesigns/

Starting March 2017 you can register for Finn's first ever online class - "Imagine" mixed-media collage. You can learn more about this project called Art Transformations here: http://www.everything-art.com/AT/

Product used:
- Daniel Smith watercolour Cascade Green
- Windsor Newton colourless art masking fluid
- Kuretake gold brush pen
- Donna Downey signature stencil~ circuit board
others:
- Talens - Ecoline Watercolours: 666, 100, 505, 718, 522
- Ranger - Archival Ink - Cobalt, Leaf Green
- Talens - Drawing Ink
- Faber-Castell - Art Grip Aquarelle Pencils
- Prima - Art Basics - Soft Matte Gel
- Prima - Art Basics - Clear Gesso
- Prima - Art Basics - Heavy Body Gel
- Prima - Art Basics - Metallique Wax: Vintage Gold. White Gold
- Prima - Art Ingredients - Art Pebbles
- Washi Tape
- Fabric Tape

Artist Gang Tuesday...

Hello Artist Gang friends!!!

This is a very special Artist Gang Tuesday post for me because ONE- It's my birthday and TWO- I'm currently teaching IN PARIS!!!

I've been uber organised with getting my posts finished early and actually painted this one a few weeks ago. I have been bursting at the seams to share it with you all because I just love how it has turned out!

I've painted on a 16"x20" stretched canvas using only a selection of different sized palette knives and some vine charcoal. I do think I use my finger twice.

I've always loved nudes and really wanted to try them out. I am seriously thinking I'll do a series of these now that I've done this one .... and I might even adventurous and try on a bigger substrate.




I used all Golden Heavy Body Acrylic for the body of the painting (no pun intended) and then outlined and created some shadow with the vine charcoal.

Product List:

Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Neutral Gray N5
Golden heavy Body Acrylic - Phthalo Blue (Red Shade)
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Quinacridone Red
Golden heavy Body Acrylic - Titan Buff
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Teal
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Yellow Ochre
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Mars Black
Golden Heavy Body Acrylic - Paynes Gray
16x20 Studio Canvas
Vine Charcoal - Soft
Painting Knife Set
Liquitex Gesso
Catalyst Silicone Mini Blade Tool - White 01

www.pastichescrapbookstudio.blogspot.com

Curator Video | Nika Rouss : Flip Journal + Napkins

LIST OF SUPPLIES https://goo.gl/GXGo7F

Artist Gang Tuesday | Denisa "New Life"

Welcome. It´s Denisa here with a bit fussy art journaling today.  Beautiful spring season is in the air and we´re celebrating the rebirth and new life. There´s one thought occupying my mind right now. It´s the precious moment when life begins, goes on and ends. Our lives are nothing but a gorgeous collection of such fragile moments. Nothing lasts forever. Seize each day and make the most of it. Simply, live your life to the fullest.  Denisa

Products list:
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/donna-downey-products/products/donna-downey-poppies
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/donna-downey-products/products/donna-downey-signature-stencils-halftone-dots
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/donna-downey-products/products/donna-downey-itty-bitty-stamp-a-certain-darkness


http://scrapholka.blogspot.cz/
https://cz.pinterest.com/denisagryczov/mixed-media-art-by-denisa-gryczova/
https://www.instagram.com/denisagryczova/
https://www.facebook.com/denisa.gryczova.94
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMg2rn_dyiey4FVB6OI-IA

Curator Video | Nika Rouss : Mixed-Media Bubbles

SUPPLIES https://goo.gl/eA86xl

Find Out Fridays - Tracy Verdugo

If Tracy Verdugo was given the opportunity to coin a term for a new art movement based around what she teaches  she  might call it “Curiosity and Wonderism”or  maybe “Loosen-upism” or “Endless possibilitism”

When she is not hanging out with her family in their eclectic adobe home in Huskisson on the shores of Jervis Bay, Australia, or throwing paint around in her little purple studio in their backyard, you may find her wrangling with two large suitcases attempting to board the BART in San Francisco en route to teach at an art retreat or sitting in a circle on St Pete Beach Florida listening intently as students share their stories of creative exploration.

Tracy is a best selling author, inspiration instigator, prolific painter, singer/songwriter and lover of the written word, smitten traveller and soaker up of all that is beauty-full.  She teaches her Paint Mojo and other creative workshops all over this amazing planet and reminds her students of the wonder that already resides within them.

Her works are vibrant and filled with joy, inspired both by wanderlust, diversity and the beauty of everyday life. Since 2000 Tracy has held 20 successful solo exhibitions and her works are held in collections both in Australia and internationally.

Mostly though she is mama bear to two gorgeous, zest-filled daughters, Santana and Sienna, and co-adventurer  in life with her amor of 32 years, the talented and brilliant Marco.

 

I would love to have you join me in my "Animalitos" online class with five hours of fun, quirky and cute animal video tutorials, including some sweet elephants!!

To celebrate being a part of Donna's Find Out Fridays I'm offering a 30% discount to FOF readers!

For more info and to register for this self-paced, fully downloadable class please click on the link and enter the special discount code animalitos30 (then apply) before submitting payment.
http://tracyverdugo.com/mini-mojos/animalitos/

I look forward to seeing you in class!!

Tracy xx

www.tracyverdugo.com

[email protected]

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My surprise supplies

• Daniel Smith watercolour Cascade Green 
• Windsor Newton colourless art masking fluid
• Kuretake gold brush pen
• Donna Downey signature stencil~ circuit board

Extra supplies;

• Daler-Rowney fw artists acrylic drawing ink; Paynes grey, flame orange, white, antelope brown, Prussian blue, Waterfall green, Galactic blue
• Golden fluid acrylic: Hansa yellow light, Pthalo turquoise
• Bamboo skewer
• Wide wash brush
• Charcoal pencil

Curator Video | Nika Rouss

LIST OF SUPPLIES

Find Out Fridays - Jamie Dougherty

Step into a mystical land with our Fairy Filigree.

In this video we will explore watercolors, inks, stencils, and more.

Website: www.jamiedoughertydesigns.com
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/jaylynnscraps?ref=hdr_shop_menu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaylynnscraps/?ref=bookmarks

Jamie has been involved in the arts since her late teens. She is a self taught artist and her skills range everything from fine arts, mixed media, all the way to graphic design and sculpting Jamie has been in the crafting industry for the past ten years and is currently a Featured artist for Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft and Princeton Artist Brushes. She has had two successful signature collections produced with Prima Marketing Inc, called the Bloom Collection and Creating In Faith ™. Her first collection stemmed off of her fine art pieces which have been lovingly dubbed "Bloom Girls". Jamie's Bloom Girls have become a signature of her's and she teaches feminine styled workshops internationally.

She lives in Southern California with her husband Lance and their two children.

Supplies used

• Donna Downey Signature Stencil Circuit Board 2
• Daniel Smith Cascade Green
• Winsor & Newton masking fluid
• Kuretake Gold brush pen
• Ecoline Ink in orange
• pencil
• PITT pen in Black
• Polychromo Colored pencil in blush color
• Clear gesso 

Artist Gang Tuesday...

Hello there lovely artists. Welcome to another week of Artist Gang inspiration. Tanyalee here again with a canvas project I have made for you. I have used Donna's stencils and stamps to create a textured canvas.




The canvas is 20cm x 25cm and is pre-prepared with gesso.

I hope you enjoyed watching me create this project, and I will see you again next month.

Products Used:

Canvas: Artist Canvas 20cm x 25cm
Stencil: Donna Downey Finding Strength
Modelling Paste
Gel Medium
Acrylic Glaze: Golden Acrylic Glaze
Atelier Free Flow Acrylic: Paynes Grey
Atelier Free Flow Acrylic: Permanent Alizarine
Liquitex Heavy Body: Irridescent Gold
Stamp: Adore words stamp set
High Flow Acrylic: Iridescent Gold (Fine)
Pan Pastel: Violet

http://tanyaleekahler.com/

Curator Video | Nika Rouss

supplies used