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inspiration wednesday + video

I'm back!! it was difficult to compete with the last inspiration wednesday, but i think i did ok, lol!!
bill is quite proud of his 160+ comments he received last week, thanks so much for taking the time to comment...(although his ego may have inflated a bit:)

this week i decided to pull out some of the papers and products i brougtht back with me from australia, combined with some of the ones i love from my stash! LOVING THE MINI COLLAGE ON THE INCLUSION!!

watch this weeks video...

supplies u...

42, oh yeah, i'm a bad-ass!

every birthday i identify that year by an object. usually it is a pair of shoes, but this year it is an easel. the most bad-ass easel ever (thanks mom!). it is a convertible easel that can lay flat like a table as well as upright/at an angle. i've already loaded up a couple canvases and am ready to slap some paint on them!

Saint Remy Multi-Angle Studio Easel

my sweet Payton knows me so well and gifted me this beautiful art, but more importantly it reads, "dream in color"...she totally...

collage monday

i'm back with collage monday...it was a tough week getting back into the groove, but this felt good!

supplies:

A4 Moleskine journal
Lotus Stencil
12 x 12 - 4 feathers stencil
12 x 12 - potholes stencil
fineline needle applicator bottle
pump spray plastic bottles
Montana fluorescent markers
Liquitex white gesso
rub-ons
Golden Fluid Acrylic Paints

green gold
indian yellow hue
titan buff
diarylide yellow
teal
phthalo turquois
titainium white
carbon black

collage monday

gelli printing on raw canvas

Melissa has one more gelli printing video to share with you! She printed on raw canvas to make her own patterned fabric. Watch to see what she turned it in to.

If you are local she would love to have you attend one of her classes

Supplies:

gel printing plate

acrylic paint

brayer

ranger scraper

stencils

rubbing plates

colorshapers

craft mat

raw canvas

emboridery hoop

sewing machine

CANVAS CREATE 2013 - SEPT workshop now OPEN!!!

sorry i just couldn't get my act together today to do an inspiration wednesday (the jet-lag is kinda kicking my a$$), but i thought maybe i could release my September Canvas Create video a smidge early just in case you needed some creative fuel to fill you up in the meantime!

SEPTEMBER/Canvas Create

Pouring Medium + Painted Layers

sign up today!

Learn how to use pouring medium as the basis for building colorful
backgrounds that add texture and create the building blocks for your
uniqu...

lets get inspired...

are you looking for a event that will inspire you? if you are, look no further.

i'm excited to announce our upcoming "inspired" events and guest artists!

inspired. workshops are a four-day immersion in mixed-media art and art journaling. These creative weekends are filled with the process driven exploration of creative mediums and applications in an intimate, supportive environment, challenging students to expand their creativity through the exploration of new artistic methods and mediums.

Th...

Inspiration Friday 9/6/13

Thank you so much for visiting us here at Donna's Blog! Stephen here, and I have another gift for you. No its not crazy like yesterdays... ;) Rather, today's is starring Melissa, and if I don't say so myself it is much more classy!

Donna is still teaching in Australia throughout this weekend and we're missing her here in the States. She has handed us (temporarily) the mantle of blog posting over her absence. I hope she will let us do this again because we've had a blast!

So without any furth...

Where Dreams Come True!

Have you ever been stumped? Have you ever been in need of Inspiration? Well we have a place for you!

This is Stephen here and I have been gifted with the opportunity to create an all new 'Studio Tour' video so that everyone in the world, yes, all 6+ Billion of you can see how the paint drips and the gears turn, here in the small town of Huntersville, NC.

Please sit back, Maybe buckle up... and enjoy our (over the top) thatrical production! We were visited by none other than Vince Vaughn and W...

Inspiration Wednesday

Hey everyone! We hope you are as excited as we are for this weeks Inspiration Wednesday!! Bill, Stephen, & Melissa worked hard to bring you an inspiring project.

Supplies used:

Inspiration journal
book text
1" wash paintbrush
teal fluid acrylic paint
tiny attacher
gel medium