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Artist Gang Tuesday...

Hi Arty Souls:) Sylwia here with my fairy art journal page:) I love art journalling in old books and I thought it would be fun to use pastel colours ans some stamps on vintage pages. I used Watercolor Ground by Daniel Smith to prepare the pages. Then I used crayons by Caran Dache and some acrylic by Golden. I also incorporated my own collage pieces and of course Donna's 'Adore' word stamp set! I hope you got inspired!xx Sylwia (TandiArt)

I used following products:
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/daniel-smith-watercolors/products/daniel-smith-watercolor-ground-white
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/golden/products/golden-cobalt-turquois-heavy-body-2-oz
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/donna-downey-products/products/adore-words-stamp-set
https://www.donnadowney.com/products/faber-castell-9000-jumbo-graphite-pencils
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/caran-dache/products/003-light-grey-wc-crayon
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/caran-dache/products/031-orangish-yellow-wc-crayon
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/caran-dache/products/049-raw-umber-wc-crayon
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/caran-dache/products/051-salmon-wc-crayon
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/caran-dache/products/191-turquoise-green-wc-crayon
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/caran-dache/products/221-light-green-wc-crayon
You can find me here:
http://instagram.com/tandiart

https://www.facebook.com/TandiArt

http://tandiart.blogspot.ie/

https://twitter.com/Tandiart

http://www.pinterest.com/tandiart/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNrARwXk9RmJvEXUezGG3nQ/videos

Curator Video | Nika Rouss

supplies

Find Out Fridays - Nathalie Kalbach

 

Nathalie Kalbach is a self-taught mixed media artist. She was born in Germany and lived most of her adult life in Hamburg before moving to the United States in 2013. She now lives in Jersey City, NJ.

Nathalie’s early love of paint was squelched by an art teacher who told her she had no talent. She worked as a paralegal for seventeen years and might have remained in the wrong profession had she not discovered mixed media painting in 2004.

She regained confidence in her creativity and has spent the last decade exploring the possibilities of creating dimension and texture by layering different materials and paint media. She has worked in art journals and on canvases, incorporating collage and found objects. Nathalie’s projects have been published in several art, craft and hobby magazines as well as mixed media books. She taught at many retail events and art retreats, as well as at trade shows, and by 2011 she was able to give up working as a paralegal to become a full-time artist.

Since Spring 2015 Nathalie is Mixed Media Workshops at Pratt Institute for the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. In March 2016 she released four Acrylic Paint workshop DVD’s with ArtistNetwork TV (Colorful Foundations, Mediums Demystified, Raw Canvas Staining, and Creating Texture Canvases)

Nathalie’s artwork is licensed through StencilGirl Products, RubberMoon, Stampendous and ArtFoamies. Her work has been featured on the packaging for Liquitex Acrylic Painting Sets sold at Michaels art and craft stores. From 2014-2015 she was a sponsored artist/brand ambassador for Liquitex.

 

Supplies:

• Find Out Friday Package
• ArtFoamies Versailles Pos+Neg Foam Stamps
• Liquitex Soft Body Paints: Baltic Blue, Brilliant Purple Titanium White
• Amsterdam Olive Green Light Acrylic Paint
• Daniel Smith Iridescent Gold Acrylic Gesso
• Assorted Paintbrushes

In June 2017 Nathalie’s Book Artful Adventures in Mixed Media – Art and Techniques inspired by Observation & Experience is coming out.

Visit Nathalie on her blog on nathaliesstudio.com

or on her Facebook Page or take a class with her in person.

Artist Gang Tuesday...

Hello! Excited to be back at it again with a new project! Lately my art mood has been centered all around watercolor and I wanted to incorporate that into today's project with the beautiful Daniel Smith watercolors.

Supplies Used:
Donna Downey Stencils "Cone Flower"
Donna Downey "She Stamp Set"
Pan Pastel - Turquoise
Golden Fluid Acrylic - Carbon Black
Golden High Flow - Fluorescent Pink
Golden High Flow - Iridescent Gold Fine
Golden High Flow - Titanium White
Uniball Signo UM-153
Daniel Smith Watercolor - Quinacridone Rose, Trans Pyrrole Orange, and Shadow Violet

I am also creating monthly via Patreon! To see more of my work, visit http://bit.ly/PatreonPA

Curator Video | Nika Rouss

List of Supplies https://goo.gl/aVOkXJ

 

Find Out Fridays - Ardith Goodwin

Ardith Goodwin is a fine artist and full time teacher at Ardithian Arts Studio in Mobile, Al. She travels the U.S. teaching adult painting workshops as well as online classes. You can view her work on her website or follow her on FB or IG to keep up with her latest paintings and classes!

www.ardithgoodwin.com
www.facebook.com/ardithgoodwin
www.instagram.com/ardithgoodwin

Supply List:

Krink Permanent Black Paint Stick
Liquitex Aqua Green Heavy Body
Wild Poppies Stamp by Unity Stamps
Wooden Paint Palette

Liquitex Heavy Body - Cad Yellow and Titanium White
Holbein Heavy Body - Opera and Neon Red
Createx Soft Body - Phtalo Blue and Carbon Black
Derwent Inktense Pencil - Green
Conti Pastel Pencil Purple
Lyra Watersoluble 6B Graphite Stick
Brayer
Small and Large Flat brushes
Watercolor Paper (can be painted on)
Daler Rowney FW Artist Ink White

cultivate this voice that art has given me...

a stream of consciousness excerpt on building community, a brand and a loyal following.

 

 

the internet is an incredible place.

the connections it fosters,

the information it provides,

the world it opens up,

and the ease in which it allows us access to, well, everything.

 

i mean right now you are reading my thoughts.

a free writing exercise with an instant exchange.

what we put out there into cyberspace has the ability to reach hundreds, thousands, millions...instantly.

 

it is truly a gift,

and i am more than a bit embarrassed to admit that i most likely would find it quite difficult to function without it!

 

but are we making the best of this freedom or are we making it "noisy"?

 

As an artist, entrepreneur, and consumer it is not always easy to maneuver through the mire.

as i am both part of the noise and seeker of it.

 

so the question i ask myself is...

how can what i do today make a difference?

be different?

make an impact?

make a connection?

empower the creative?

open a door?

foster a change?

broaden the scope?

 

this exchange of ideas and conversations is what is exciting to me right now.

 

it has been really easy for me to build a bubble around myself as an artist,

a color-filled sense of shelter that is strengthened by the dissociative wall the internet provides.

 

i am beginning by branching outside of my introverted comfort zone and talking to people (real people)

taking more workshops, rather than just teaching them

watching,

listening,

absorbing,

connecting to the life around me.

 

i want to build a career that is inclusive of all things,

experiences,

and most of all conversations.

 

Art is such a big part of who i am today,

it allows me expression and gives me a voice that i didn't know i could have.

 

to grow i know i must make myself vulnerable,

vulnerable to the failures,

vulnerable to the successes,

and vulnerable to the opportunities.

 

i share this free-flowing thought process with you today because i want to encourage you to dream,

encourage you to take a moment and free-write what it is you want to build

and encourage you to seek it out.

 

i also want to use this platform to cultivate this voice that art has given me.

 

What do i truly want?

i want to make connections.

i want to be heard.

i want to feel like i make a difference.

i want to feel like i am a valuable part of something bigger.

As a working Artist i want to be a part of this connection.

Hell, it is one of the best feelings in the world when my art resonates with someone else.

 

What is it you want from your artistic community?

whether it is online or in person, what is your part in attaining it?

 

2 questions that have been a recurring part of my daily conversations with myself.

 

and the answer is,

i want my art to have a positive affect on those who see and seek it.

 

- donna downey • 3.16.17

 

 

the practice of free-writing is a great way to reveal the truths lying sometimes just below the surface.

what i do and how i interact with an audience is part of who i am.

challenging myself to see that differently is potentially the catalyst for the next idea.

 

 

Artist Gang Tuesday...

Welcome! It´s Denisa here today. This time I´d like to share with you my great passion and that is art journaling. I usually start with a rough idea in my head and see how the project develops itself. Just following the natural flow. The same happened here. Just experimenting and playing with texture. Hope you´ll feel inspired and enjoy my creative process.

Products:
https://www.donnadowney.com/collections/donna-downey-products/products/donna-downey-signature-stencils-anemone-duo
https://www.donnadowney.com/products/pyrrole-red-fluid-acrylic
https://www.donnadowney.com/products/donna-downey-poppies
https://www.donnadowney.com/products/daniel-smith-extra-fine-watercolor-15ml-tube-shadow-violet

http://scrapholka.blogspot.cz/
https://cz.pinterest.com/denisagryczov/denisa-gryczov%C3%A1-scrapholka/
https://www.instagram.com/denisagryczova/
https://www.facebook.com/denisa.gryczova.94
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMg2rn_dyiey4FVB6OI-IA

Curator Video | Stephanie Schütze

 mixed media Painting "Fluid Petit Pot" I created with paint and pens and the awesome stencils petit pot and keyhole splatter

Stencils "petit pot", "keyhole splatter"
Color Brush Set - Pentel

Find Out Fridays - Cheryl Darrow

 

Cheryl has been active in the craft industry since right after dinosaurs ruled the earth. She is the author of "Metal Effects", the A to Z of METALworks (DVD & CD) and two Die Cut Art books.

As the owner of TENseconds Studio she conducts mixed media workshops all over the world. Her passion for arts include; calligraphy, PMC, working in metal, fabricating jewelry and showing others how to "metalize their worlds!" She loves to show people how to use her VerDay Paints and Patina which go on anything and everything. She has produced hundreds of videos on her website about metal embossing and VerDay Paints.

Her hobbies are collecting vintage printer’s type, yard art and old neon sign letters; which she stores in her studio. She has recently taken up wood turning and is able to combine her love of mixed media with wood. She lives in Texas with her husband, Ken and has two adult children. She has grandchildren but they have four legs and are extremely hairy. Her adult children do not understand that she wants the two-legged variety.

insert pic of finished project

I decided to make these supplies into an earring holder with a metal embossed surface using the flower stamp. This video ended up being longer than needed so I decided to up the speed and thus the chipmunk sound. You can mute everything or if you wish, go to YouTube and watch the entire video at the actual speed.

www.tensecondsstudio.com

www.facebook.com/tensecondsstudio.com

https://www.youtube.com/user/tensecondsstudio

[email protected]

 

Earring Holder with Wood Palette

1. Using the Stazon Ink Pad stamp the image onto the silver side of the Copper Art Metal.
   

2. Using the pointed tip refining tool outline the design on the silver side.

            

3. Using the round tip large eraser, puff out the metal on the silver side which is on top of the dark grey mat

            

4. Paint the flowers with acrylic paint and let dry.

            

5. Using the pointed tip refiner make squiggling designs on the backgound of the copper side. This can be done on the acrylic mat. Apply acrylic paint and rub into the designs and then wipe off in one direction.

            

6. Adhere the adhesive and attach and cut around the edge of finished piece. Apply the Black Krink Marker around the entire edge of the piece.

            

7. Drill holes into the finished piece where needed

            

8. Take craft wire and use that as the hanger

            

Ten Seconds Studio Supplies Used:

• Basic Set, Large Eraser Set, Wheel Set B, Finishing Set
• Paper Stump
• Mat Set
• Copper Foil Metal
• Killer Adhesive
• Box Cutter
• Other Supplies:
• Stazon Ink Pad
• Acrylic Paints
• Paint Brush
• Pallette
• Water