Since I’ve been making gel prints on fabric these past few weeks, I’ve had several questions about the hand of the fabric after the fabric has been printed, and how this affects sewing. For making monoprints on fabric I generally use acrylic paint and it makes the fabric stiff and crisp. After printing two or …
Today I’m very short on time due to getting things prepared for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Irma this weekend in Florida. However I did manage to complete the last of the pages I need for the journal I’m currently putting together. Hopefully I can get the cover printed tomorrow, and then I’ll have a …
While I was making some gel plate prints yesterday to use as pages for my new journal, I had problems with several of the prints and no matter what I did they just wouldn’t print the way I expected. Like this one. I didn’t want to toss them out because the other side was perfect. …
I really enjoyed making this little journal last week. It went together so quickly, particularly the pages which were so much fun to make using my gel plate. So today I made some more gel plate prints on cardstock to use for the pages. This time I’m going with neutral colors and I’m really liking …
After picking up some Golden Open Acrylic Paints yesterday while I was out shopping yesterday, I couldn’t wait to try them out. Ordinary acrylic paint dries fairly quickly, but open acrylics are slow drying which means that you can take your time mixing and blending them. When using them with a gel plate, this is …
Ever since I read Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way many years ago, I’ve always been a big fan of the Artist Date. This is a date that you make with yourself to do something fun and interesting, not necessarily creative, but it usually ends up being that way. One of my favorite Artist Dates …
