Category: art

06

Jun

Artsy Friday: Friendship
0 Comments   Artsy Friday, sketch, sketches
Its Artsy Friday: Friendship edition. Summer vacation for the kiddos started Tuesday so I'm hoping they look just ashappy by September as Tia and Tobie do here. I will be in the fetal position in the corner with my wine... jk. Mostly. Maybe I can use my mental powers to project this on to my kids and in the process save my sanity. heh. Its been a really looooong week where it feels...
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04

Jun

Wednesday LIVE Color Along: Picnic Mae *8pm EDT*
0 Comments   color along, copic
Tonight at 8pm EDT for our Wednesday LIVE Color AlongI'll be coloring the Digi Stamp, Picnic Mae, LIVE on Ustream ! She seemed a good choice for the beginning of the summer. Here is our color list for tonight: Skin: E50,E51, E21, E13, E04, R20, RV32Hair:E74, E77, E79, E49,W5,W7Eyes: YG91, YG93, YG95Clothes: RV91, RV93, RV95, V00, V01, V13Basket: E51, E53, E55, E57Shadows: W2, W3, W5,...
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02

Jun

Cookies n Milk Clear Stamp & Coloring Tutorial
1 Comment   card, card making, CAS style card, Coloring Tutorial
Its Clear Stamp release day at Some Odd Girl stamps and we've got a tasty treat being featured on our blog, the new Cookies n Milk Clear Stamp set! I have the two pals holding hands but you can use one or the other too. Its a pretty CAS card but I had a lot of fun with the coloring. Want to see how to add some crunchy texture to your cookie too? Here's the video tutorial: If you'd like...
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30

May

Artsy Friday: Throwback Sketch using Copic Markers
0 Comments   Artsy Friday, sketch
One of the things I found when I moved my office was an empty (but giant) sketch pad that I put a lot of my older pieces into. I remember doing this piece while watching TV a couple years ago, it's a sketch usingCopic Markers over pencil.In my mind she was balancing on a log, hence the pose, but I never did draw the log lol. The addition of copic markers was added mostly as an after...
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28

May

WLCA: Measure Up Tobie *1pm EDT*
2 Comments   color along, Coloring Tutorial, Uncategorized
Its our Lunch Date for our Wednesday Live Color Along! This week I'll be coloring the Digi Stamp Measure Up Tobie in a bid to be prepared for the end of the school year. Join me LIVE at 1pm on Ustream as we chat and get our color on! Here is today's Color List: Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R21Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55Eyes: B21, B23, B26Clothes: E30, E31, E33, N2, N3, N5, N7Ruler: E40,,...
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23

May

Artsy Friday: what a Knight
1 Comment   Artsy Friday, Uncategorized
This is a lil snippet of an upcoming image I did this week. It was a fun request from Suzanne that I can't believe I hadn't done already lol. I've been really crackin on getting images done and sets prepared esp with Summer coming and the kids being home. That's alway crazy mommy time. I hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend! Remember the true spirit of the holiday, honor and...
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21

May

WLCA: Teacher’s Pet Tia *8pm EDT*
1 Comment   color along, Coloring Tutorial, Uncategorized
Its a Dinner (or drinks after dinner maybe?) Date Night with me, Copic Markers and Ustream as we chat and get our Color on! This week at 8pm EDT I'll be coloring the Digi Stamp Teacher's Pet Tia. I'm trying to get ahead on making teacher's card for my kids this year so the colors being used this week and next week on Measure Up Tobie will be kinda similar as I'm trying to make them look like...
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20

May

Light Source Basics: Part 4, Visualizing Cast Shadows
6 Comments   Coloring Tutorial, Light Source lessons, tutorial, Uncategorized
On this edition of Light Source basics I'm going to start talking about Cast Shadows in your coloring and how to visualize their placement. Cast shadows are created by the interruption of light by another object. So for this tutorial I'm not talking about shading or how part of an object is in shadow because it faces away from the light source but an actual shadow being create by an....
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19

May

Movie Monday with Some Odd Girl, Recoloring Digital Sentiments
4 Comments   Stamp Tutorial, tutorial, Uncategorized
I enjoy Movie Monday every week :DD The Odd Girls have been bringing a TON of great videos every Monday since April began and I get to share one with you today. My video this week is a quick tutorial on using Photoshop, the full version is what I use but Elements would work just as well, to recolor your Black and White Digital Sentiments. In this video I am using a sentiment from the new...
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15

May

Copic Calligraphy
0 Comments   art, drawing
    Well I hope embedding the video from Instagram works. I've been giving my calligraphy a work out using the brush tip of my Copic Markers lately. I'm making some fun sentiments and cutfiles that you'll see more of in June and in the future. The first of them are already up in my shop. Any requests for future words/phrases? ;...
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