I love finding ways to use all the bits of ephemera I have lying around and in that process, I started cutting out the watercolor florals and finding ways to use them in other creative projects. Then I started making the cutouts specifically to be used in my art journaling and art projects. In thisContinue reading “Tutorial: Collage Tags”
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Vintage-Inspired DIY: How to Create Tape Transfers from Vintage Magazines and Book Pages
Creating tape transfers from vintage magazine and book pages is a fun and easy way to add unique, vintage-inspired elements to your artwork, scrapbooking, or mixed media projects. Follow these step-by-step instructions to create your own tape transfers. Materials you’ll need: Step 1: Choose your Image Flip through your vintage magazines or books and chooseContinue reading “Vintage-Inspired DIY: How to Create Tape Transfers from Vintage Magazines and Book Pages”
Ways to use gesso in art journaling
Gesso is an essential product for any mixed media artist, and it’s especially useful in art journaling. In case you’re not familiar with it, gesso is a white, opaque paint used to prime surfaces for painting, drawing, or mixed media art. It helps to create a smooth, even surface for your artwork, and it alsoContinue reading “Ways to use gesso in art journaling”
Preserve PDF hyperlinks in PowerPoint on MAC computer
When creating my digital planner I did all the layout and design work in Canva and then had Canva transfer the file to Powerpoint. From there I added the many hyperlinks in PowerPoint to make the planner easy and smooth to navigate. But I ran into a problem with my PDF losing the hyperlinks whenContinue reading “Preserve PDF hyperlinks in PowerPoint on MAC computer”
How other mediums mix with water-soluble graphite
Water-soluble graphite is a type of graphite that is soluble in water, which just means it can be dissolved. Now, regular old graphite can also be “spread” with water a bit, but the water-soluble graphite will actually dissolve and become ink-like when it’s wet. It can be moved and spread over a surface, much likeContinue reading “How other mediums mix with water-soluble graphite”
Get Started with Line-Art Drawing
Line art drawings are how I started my artistic journey. As a kid it’s all I drew, and then when I picked up art again as an adult, it was a safe place to begin. It was during the Zentangle craze so finding drawing tools were easy to come by and there were thousands ofContinue reading “Get Started with Line-Art Drawing”
4 Ways to Use Adobe Capture Shape Tool
Adobe has continued to roll out updated features to Adobe Fresco and one of the latest is the Capture Shape Tool. As of this post there are 4 Capture Shape categories; “Comics”, “Typographic”, “Floral”, and the original “Berlin”. Using Capture Shape Tool as a Stamp or Repeat Pattern Select Capture Tool Icon on left sideContinue reading “4 Ways to Use Adobe Capture Shape Tool”
Graphic Art Background Tutorial – Adobe Fresco
Creating a graphic art background in Adobe Fresco is the first step to creating my mixed media graphic art illustrations, but they also become art pieces in themselves. Layer One ~ With the Live Oil Brushes paint in the background. This is a intuitive process…so there is no right or wrong way to lay downContinue reading “Graphic Art Background Tutorial – Adobe Fresco”
Explore Your Favorite Color Palette
This week we’re continuing to explore colors and how colors affect our emotions. Your project will be to create color swatches and color mixing charts using watercolor paints. Colors Swatches Starting with the paints you currently have on hand. I want you to swatch out each color so you can get a true sense ofContinue reading “Explore Your Favorite Color Palette”
Getting Started with Digital Illustration – Suggested Resources
A couple of years ago I wanted to add digital illustration to my portfolio. I was working in mostly watercolor and ink, and using Photoshop to edit my work. I could navigate Photoshop well enough to do what I didn’t to, but it seems overwhelming. I took a chance and purchased a cheap drawing tabletContinue reading “Getting Started with Digital Illustration – Suggested Resources”
Heidi Cogdill 