Jan
08
Some recent pours….
with my Pouring Medium. SWOOOOON
I did all of these with my acrylics, my pouring medium, and the cell creator. My substrate is Media Board. Have you tried pouring yet?
Dina
Dec
20
Show Us Your Media Challenge 19: Say Yes
We are barreling towards a new year. This month, I want you to think about YES. What can you say YES to next year, that you would ordinarily shy away from?
I think one of the keys to saying yes is to go easy on yourself. Allow yourself to fail. To learn. To be a beginner. Yes is an attitude, really. It's about a spirit of adventure and exploration. It's about letting go of perfectionism and being in the moment.
Dina Wakley Media Supplies
- Media Journal
- New collage papers (all the sets)
- Gel Medium (to glue down the collage tissue)
- Ultrathick Gel Medium (to glue down heavier papers and collage items)
- Scribble Sticks to color stamped image
- Acrylic: Sky, Blackberry, Marine, Black
- Fudeball Pen
- Washi Tape
- Stamp set: Soul and Heart
- Stencil: Medieval Crosses
Ranger Supplies
- Jet Black Archival Ink Pad
- 3 #8 Tags
- Stamping cardstock
To start this spread, I did a quick wash of Sky paint across two pages. I painted some of the white-on-white collage papers with paints (to tint them) and let them dry. Then I collaged on both sides of the tags with stenciling, the tissues, tape, and stamped images. I used Washi Tape to tape the tags onto the page, with a hinge so they lift up and reveal journaling underneath. Tip: use your Gesso or Gel Medium lid for perfect stamped circles.
Also….look for a new twist on Show Us Your Media, starting in January!
Challenge Rules Recap
I want to put the “me” back in mixed media. All art is personal, whether it be a card or an art journal page or a painting. Join me as we begin a series of monthly challenges and prompts that will fuel your creative spirit and help you delve into the ME of MEdia.
- We will announce monthly challenges on the Ranger blog on the third Thursday of each month.
- Use at least one Dina Wakley Media product in your project. If your product is not obvious (like paint), please list the colors you used.
- You can make anything you like—a card, an art journal page, a tag, a canvas, anything!
- Interpret each challenge any way you like. You can be literal or you can use it as a springboard and see where it takes you. Let the challenge inspire you and stretch you.
- Try to journal on your piece. Write your thoughts about each prompt. You can write a little or you can write a lot, but do your best to incorporate your thoughts and feelings into the piece.
- When you complete a challenge, please share it on your blog and personal social media account(s) (Instagram/Facebook) with the tags #showusyourMEdia and #rangerink. When you share on your personal FB page, be sure to make the post public so that it shows up in our hashtag search. You can share in the art groups, too, but those posts don't show up in the searches if the groups are closed or private.
- We will do two random drawings each month for a prize. We will search the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on Instagram for one winner, and then on Facebook for the second winner. To be clear, you must use the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on either Instagram or Facebook in order to show up in the search and to be eligible to win. You have until the third Wednesday of each month to complete the previous month’s challenge.
- We will announce the previous month’s winner AND the new challenge on the third Thursday of each month.
Note this challenge does not take the place of the monthly challenges we have in the Dina Wakley Media Tribe Facebook group. If you're not a member of the tribe, please join us! Artists in the group post lots of cool art and inspiration.
Nov
26
Join Me for Creative Jump Start 2019
I'm excited to announce that I'll be participating as an artist in Creative JumpStart (CJS) 2019, run for the 8th year by Nathalie Kalbach. If you're not familiar with CJS, it's a one-of-a-kind online event to kick your creativity into high gear in January 2019.
Learn techniques, discover new materials, and connect with other artists and crafters.
Throughout January participants get access to 31 downloadable videos from 31 featured artists. I'm proud to be one of those artists, called “JumpStarters.” See for yourself:
CJS19 Promo Video from Nathalie Kalbach on Vimeo.
Head on over to Nathalie's site to sign up and for more details:
You get 31 videos – over 5 hours worth of video content – for just $40 (USD) if you sign up by November 26 2018 11:59 pm EST. Afterwards it will be $45USD until November 30th 2018, and $50USD until December 31st 2018, before it goes to its normal sale price of $60USD on January 1st 2019.
See you there!
Nov
15
Show Us Your Media Challenge 18: Gratitude
November–the month of pie and gratitude. I love this quote by William Arthur Ward:
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." William Arthur Ward.
I know that being grateful for even small, simple things, and EXPRESSING that gratitude, can change your life. Take time this month to record some of the things for which you feel gratitude.
Dina Wakley Media Supplies
- Media Journal
- New collage paper, Faces and Backgrounds
- Gel Medium (to glue down the collage tissue)
- Ultrathick Gel Medium (to glue down heavier papers and collage items)
- Scribble Sticks to color collage image
- Acrylic: Magenta (to paint the stars collage tissue)
- Scraps from your "art bits" box
- Fudeball Pen
Ranger Supplies
- Dylusions white pen
Notice that one of the supplies is "scraps from your art bits box." I have a box in my studio full of painted papers, gel printed tags, half-done journal pages, etc. Nothing goes to waste here. If it's colorful, I throw it in the "art bits" box. When I need a pop of color or some cool textures on a project, I dig through the box to find something. On the page below, the pieces I journaled on came from the box. They were a gel printed tag. The Turquoise half-circles came from the box (I cut them from a piece of painted watercolor paper), and the burlap and canvas also came from the box. If you keep a collection of art bits nearby, it simplifies collage and takes the pressure off you to create every piece for your project from scratch.
My journaling on this page highlights things I am grateful for. And I want to be sure to EXPRESS that gratitude verbally this month.
Challenge Rules Recap
I want to put the “me” back in mixed media. All art is personal, whether it be a card or an art journal page or a painting. Join me as we begin a series of monthly challenges and prompts that will fuel your creative spirit and help you delve into the ME of MEdia.
- We will announce monthly challenges on the Ranger blog on the third Thursday of each month.
- Use at least one Dina Wakley Media product in your project. If your product is not obvious (like paint), please list the colors you used.
- You can make anything you like—a card, an art journal page, a tag, a canvas, anything!
- Interpret each challenge any way you like. You can be literal or you can use it as a springboard and see where it takes you. Let the challenge inspire you and stretch you.
- Try to journal on your piece. Write your thoughts about each prompt. You can write a little or you can write a lot, but do your best to incorporate your thoughts and feelings into the piece.
- When you complete a challenge, please share it on your blog and personal social media account(s) (Instagram/Facebook) with the tags #showusyourMEdia and #rangerink. When you share on your personal FB page, be sure to make the post public so that it shows up in our hashtag search. You can share in the art groups, too, but those posts don't show up in the searches if the groups are closed or private.
- We will do two random drawings each month for a prize. We will search the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on Instagram for one winner, and then on Facebook for the second winner. To be clear, you must use the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on either Instagram or Facebook in order to show up in the search and to be eligible to win. You have until the third Wednesday of each month to complete the previous month’s challenge.
- We will announce the previous month’s winner AND the new challenge on the third Thursday of each month.
Note this challenge does not take the place of the monthly challenges we have in the Dina Wakley Media Tribe Facebook group. If you're not a member of the tribe, please join us! Artists in the group post lots of cool art and inspiration.
Nov
01
Giveaway–Art Bundle for Good #3
Want a chance to win 100 art courses and resources? Three lucky winners will have a chance to win the entire Art Bundle for Good #3 including $4000 of art related courses, workbooks and other great resources. It doesn’t cost anything to enter, so don’t miss out. The Art Bundle Giveaway only lasts for 7 days, starting today!
If you don't win one of the three bundles in the Giveaway, you’ll have another chance to purchase the bundle of all 100 art resources in the 5-day sale starting on November 8.
There are $4000 worth of courses, workbooks and other resources on topics like painting, drawing, watercolours, mixed media arts, digital illustration, creativity, marketing your art, and more all bundled together for one low price. It’s a fantastic deal that will take your art and creativity to a new level.
The best part is that 25% of the profits are going to support Courageous Kitchen, a Bangkok based charity helping refugees. The Art Bundle for Good is a great opportunity to get 100 top art learning resources from many of the biggest names in the industry and do some good at the same time!
Oct
18
Show Us Your Media Challenge 17: Just Make.
I had a couple of fun product releases this summer…new stamps and stencils, new collage tissues and new washi. Woo hoo. I want this month's Show Us Your Media challenge to inspire you to crack open the packaging and USE your new goods. Seriously. Use it. We'll make more.
Paint (and any supply, really) is only wasted when it stays in the tube. Just make.
I made this journal page from my new washi and new tissues, and a new stamp image.
This page started with small mini collages that I made on loose cotton rag watercolor paper. I lightly painted the paper, and added tissues with Gel Medium. After I made the cards, I glued them back to back and taped them together to fold into a little accordion book. Then I mounted the book onto a kraft page in my journal. You can pull the book out and see both sides. To get the pops of yellow, I painted some of the burlap in the journal with Lemon paint. When it dried, I cut it into shapes and even hand-stitched on it with floss.
Dina Wakley Media Supplies
- New Washi set #3
- New collage paper, Backgrounds
- Stamp set: Quirky People
- Gel Medium
- Scribble Sticks to color stamped image
- Acrylic: Ocean, Magenta, Lemon
- Cotton Rag Watercolor paper
- Media Journal
Ranger Supplies
- Archival Jet Black ink pad
Other Supplies
- Idea-ology by Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher (I loooove this tool)
- Needle and embroidery floss
Here is a little video that shows both sides of the accordion. It was super hard to photograph.
Challenge Rules Recap
I want to put the “me” back in mixed media. All art is personal, whether it be a card or an art journal page or a painting. Join me as we begin a series of monthly challenges and prompts that will fuel your creative spirit and help you delve into the ME of MEdia.
- We will announce monthly challenges on the Ranger blog on the third Thursday of each month.
- Use at least one Dina Wakley Media product in your project. If your product is not obvious (like paint), please list the colors you used.
- You can make anything you like—a card, an art journal page, a tag, a canvas, anything!
- Interpret each challenge any way you like. You can be literal or you can use it as a springboard and see where it takes you. Let the challenge inspire you and stretch you.
- Try to journal on your piece. Write your thoughts about each prompt. You can write a little or you can write a lot, but do your best to incorporate your thoughts and feelings into the piece.
- When you complete a challenge, please share it on your blog and personal social media account(s) (Instagram/Facebook) with the tags #showusyourMEdia and #rangerink. When you share on your personal FB page, be sure to make the post public so that it shows up in our hashtag search. You can share in the art groups, too, but those posts don't show up in the searches if the groups are closed or private.
- We will do two random drawings each month for a prize. We will search the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on Instagram for one winner, and then on Facebook for the second winner. To be clear, you must use the hashtag #showusyourMEdia on either Instagram or Facebook in order to show up in the search and to be eligible to win. You have until the third Wednesday of each month to complete the previous month’s challenge.
- We will announce the previous month’s winner AND the new challenge on the third Thursday of each month.
Note this challenge does not take the place of the monthly challenges we have in the Dina Wakley Media Tribe Facebook group. If you're not a member of the tribe, please join us! Artists in the group post lots of cool art and inspiration.
Oct
16
Life Book 2019
The wonderful Life Book 2019 is open for registration. It is an incredible value! Join us and make 2019 a year of creative growth.
Oct
16
I have a new online course, Figuratively Speaking
Hello art friends!
I have a new course on the wonderful Jeanne Oliver's site. The course is Figuratively Speaking. In it we explore combining abstract figures with both asemic (i.e. illegible) and legible words. I would love it if you would join me!
Click here for all the details.
