Author: Dina

Be sure to check out the Pink Ninja Kit Club, very fun! I enjoyed being the guest, thanks so much for asking me, gals!

I'm just messin' around in between other projects and trip preparations…

Rough sketch:

After a bit of color added:

I had little visitor today…a crash-test-dummy sporting a pirate hat. I can't decide whether it's funny or ominous…heh heh. He'd better not steal my favorite paint brush.

I'm up to my ears with packing kits…even bribing my fellas to help (hee hee). Just wanted to share some peeks of the projects I'll be teaching in Harrogate at Art From the Heart, in Southampton at Scrap-A-Mia, and in Madrid at Bambola Casa Creativa. 🙂

Art From the Heart

 

Scrap-A-Mia

Plus an artsy little make & take that I'm keeping a secret 🙂

 

Bambola Casa Creativa

Just wanted to share this little tip today. I am sure you all know how much I love Tim Holtz Adirondack Color Wash ink by Ranger….there are so many great techniques you can do with it. Here's a little something to try…

1.    Gesso your surface and let it dry. Mine is my art journal (a watercolor Moleskine).

2.     Spray some Wild Plum (or Purple Twilight) Adirondack ink onto your surface. Be generous with the ink…you want a lot of pigment there.

3.    Take a wet paintbrush and move the ink around the page. You could even dilute it a bit and let the ink run like I did.

4.    Let the purple ink dry completely.

5.    Grab your Butterscotch ink and a calligraphy dip pen. Dip the pen in the Butterscotch ink and tap off excess. Write with the pen & ink right over the dried purple area. As the Butterscotch ink dries, it takes on a glowy quality that looks so cool!

6.     Grab a stencil and your Butterscotch ink and add some stenciling (spray, and blot with one pass of a roll of paper towels). Cool, eh?

This will be a background for a future art journal page. I just love the way the Butterscotch ink interacts with the Wild Plum ink…stunning! Let me know if you try it!

 

There's a little interview with me over on the awesome Nat Kalbach's blog…check it out. 🙂

I'm enjoying my new journal (it's a large watercolor moleskine). The pages sure are wiiiiide when the journal is opened up. Having fun, though….

See, I used pink with boy pics! hee hee. Check out the Pink Ninja Kit Club here.

Curlers…and very purple fingers. I hope a neighbor kid rings the doorbell so I can answer the door & scare 'em…lol.

I'm still messing around with that face stencil…just too much fun.