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Soul Journal - Day 22 - Self portrait
Today’s assignment was to write a “today I feel” prompt, then go to work with finger painting! (latex glove recommended!) I used gray gesso to start on top of my writing and it real… more →
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Soul Journal - Day 22 - Self portrait
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amateur-in-art wrote 4 months ago: Today’s assignment was to write a “today I feel” prompt, then go to work with fing … more →
Soul Journal - Day 21 plus - Secret Superhero
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amateur-in-art wrote 4 months ago: On Day 21, Sarah gave us two options. A scribble misfit character or a “secret superhero. … more →
Create your own stamp from 3-D objects
amateur-in-art wrote 5 months ago: I came across this technique in the book, Altered Book Collage by Barbara Matthiessen. She calls it … more →
Wreck This Journal!
amateur-in-art wrote 5 months ago: Today is Day 1 of “The Next Chapter – Wreck This Journal!” led by Jamie Ridler. Ev … more →
Guided Tour of Art Map
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amateur-in-art wrote 5 months ago: I was in such a hurry to meet the True North Arts deadline for posting my Art Map that I rushed my p … more →
Art Map
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amateur-in-art wrote 6 months ago: I am squeaking in just barely under deadline, so keeping the verbiage to a minimum tonight. Here … more →
Soul Journal - Day 20 - Bookmark
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amateur-in-art wrote 7 months ago: Also as part of Day 20, we are to make a bookmark. In the original Soul Journal, the bookmark was pa … more →
Creativity as an act of faith
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amateur-in-art wrote 7 months ago: I’m reading Letters to a Young Artist by Julia Cameron, and the part I read just recently I fo … more →
New Mandala
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amateur-in-art wrote 8 months ago: Oooooh!!! I’m loving these mandalas! This is another mandala from my “Mandala Kit” … more →
Soul Journal - Day 19 - Confidence!
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amateur-in-art wrote 9 months ago: Actually, there is very little activity to Day 19. All that you had to do for today was to go make c … more →
Coloring Mandalas
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amateur-in-art wrote 9 months ago: I recently purchased a “kit” from Barnes & Noble called “The Art of the Mandal … more →
Soul Journal - Day 18 Plus
amateur-in-art wrote 9 months ago: On Day 18, Sarah gave us some additional assignments. First, she asked us to think and write about w … more →
Soul Journal - Day 18
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amateur-in-art wrote 10 months ago: Yay! I finally have a page I like, out of this “collage potpourri.” And as I’ve sa … more →
Soul Journal - Day 17
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amateur-in-art wrote 10 months ago: You can see the prep work for today’s page here. Today’s assignment is more college potp … more →
Soul Journal - Day 16
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amateur-in-art wrote 10 months ago: OK. I’m warning you. Today it is going to get very ugly, very fast. Sarah gave us a list of di … more →
Soul Journal - Day 15
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amateur-in-art wrote 10 months ago: All that was really on tap for today was just prepping a few pages. (Sarah shows a lot of things fro … more →
Soul Journal - Day 14 (part 1)
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: Today we’re finishing our paper dolls using collage and paint. I decided I wanted to use a rec … more →
Soul Journal - Day 13
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amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: Today we’re making paper dolls. The first step was to measure the house-pocket. Mine was prett … more →
Embracing My Inner Third-grader
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: It only takes me several months to read through my magazines. Recently I was looking at the July/Aug … more →
