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Lynn Whipple


I was born and raised in beautiful Winter Park, Florida, where I spent most of my time outdoors climbing trees, having fun with my sisters and friends and making things with my hands. I grew up surrounded our many pets, tons of books, art and music. I always thought I would be an artist, just like my mother and beloved grandfather. I worked for many years in the Art Department at Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios in Florida. I was an art director, prop master, scenic...

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Hellllooo mixed media fans! DeeDee here today with a fun little layered up encaustic piece to share with you. Please watch the video and enjoy!

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Supplies:

Donna Downey Signature Stencil : Marigold
Encaustic Medium
Encaustic Heat Tool
Hake Brushes
Oil Paint
Linseed Oil
Liquitex : Gesso, Clear
Golden High Flow Acrylics : This Set or carbon black & Titanium White
Ranger Ink : Black Archival
Simply Simmons Paint Brushes
Molding Paste
Charcoal or St...

Find Out Fridays - DeeDee Catron

DeeDee Catron is a mixed media artist, designer & instructor located in Las Vegas, NV. She owns her own chipboard, stencil & flair manufacturing company, designs stamps & paper and generally loves to work in all mediums. You can find her via her website : deedeecatron.com where she hosts tips, tricks & techniques for mixed media, workshops and more. You can also find out where to see her in person!

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Hello everyone! Today I have an 8x10 canvas to share with you. I made this for my studio because when I saw the Donna Downey “Live Your Art” Stencil, I just knew it had to be displayed loud and proud! What a great reminder to see every time I walk in my studio. Hope you enjoy. J

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Donna Downey Studios Stencils Used:

Donna Downey Stencil in Small Pods Repeat Donna Downey Stencil in Live Your Art

Other Supplies (in order of appearance):

8 x 10 Primed Canvas...

Find Out Fridays - Mindy Lacefield

Mindy Lacefield lives in central Arkansas with her husband Tim and two poodles, Merlin and Sammy. She is a mixed media artist who draws inspiration from the rainy days of her childhood. She believes that embracing mistakes and the beautiful happy "accidents" in art is where the magic is found!

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instagram: @mindy_lacefield

supply list:

caran d'ache neocolor ii - light cadmium red caran d'ache neocolor ii - olive black Iri...

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List of supplies Moleskine Sketchbook Journal Gesso Mash Black Fabric Liquitex Modeling Paste Tim Holtz Scissors Viva Decor Palette Knives White Sharpie Pen Martha Stewart Satin Paint Martha Stewart Pearl & Metallics Paint Dylusions Paints Prima Metallique Emerald Green Paint Faber-Castell Gelatos Donna Downey Flowers in Vase 2 Stencil Donna Downey numbers repetitive stencil Donna Downey empowered stamp set Glossy Accents Zig Clean Real Brus...

Find Out Fridays - Ivy Newport

Ivy is a published artist, art instructor and creative guide. Her online collection of artistic workshops have served thousands of students internationally and she prides herself on giving devoted care and support to her student body.

She spent most of her childhood growing up in Sydney, Australia and received private art education from a well known Australian artist as a young girl of 8 until her family was relocated to America when she was 16. She went on to finish high school in Conne...

Artist Gang Tuesday...

Hello friends! Today I prepared for you an art journal spread in an old book. I used two stencils with the alphabet's patterns - I've mixed some small letters with some bigger letters and covered them with two shades of embossing powder. I've stamped some sentences in the background using brown ink & empowered words stamps set.

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supplies used:

· Lindy’s Stamp Gang sprays and magical pigment
· Lindy’s Stamp Gang red & beige embossing powder
· White gesso &...

Find Out Fridays - Tamara Laporte

Pam Carriker - Stencil Girl Product – Window with tree branches
Unity Stamp – Donna Downey - “A Certain Darkness is Needed to See the Stars”
Rusty Metal Wire
Liquitex – Paint Marker – Prussian Blue Hue

Other supplies used:
1 Sheet of hot pressed water colour paper (140lbs) - Saunders Waterford
Watersoluble Neocolor II Crayons – Caran D'ache
Neoart Watersoluble Wax Pastels – Caran D'ache
Pentel Graphgear 1000 – 2b – 0.9
Tombow Markers
Posca Paint Markers (Black & White) or Sharpie
Ceramcoat – Santas...