Dina’s colorful, expressive style is anchored by her design hallmark, the creative use of white space. Her personal, organic design aesthetic strikes a balance between “artsy” and “classic”.
Dina is a mixed-media artist and teacher. She loves everything about art: creating it, thinking about it, looking at it, and teaching it. She has been scrapbooking since 1995, stamping since 1996, and art journaling since 2004. She believes in writing yourself down, expressing yourself, and making your mark on the world. As a Ranger Signature Designer, Dina designs a line of mixed-media art supplies that includes acrylic paints, mediums, brushes, rubber stamps, stencils, and more.
Dina lives in Arizona with her husband and 3 boys (affectionately termed “the fellas”). With a love of teaching and traveling, Dina travels the world to teach and share her art passion with students on every continent.
Dina is an Open Water Scuba Instructor, affiliated with the wonderful Phoenix Scuba.
dina@dinawakley.com
Last year we added clear gesso to my line of paints, gessos, and mediums. Oh, how I love clear gesso! Some points about clear gesso: Use it interchangeably with white gesso. Especially use it when you want your substrate to be visible (like over vintage papers, scrapbook paper, burlap, etc.). Use it as a sealer […]
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