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Guided Tour of Art Map
I was in such a hurry to meet the True North Arts deadline for posting my Art Map that I rushed my previous post. I also hadn’t quite finished up my map. Here’s what it looks like now, pre… more →
An Amateur's Adventures in Art
I hat...like watercolors
tinysagittarian wrote 3 months ago: I always hated watercolors as a kid. I’m not really sure why I hated them, don’t think … 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 →
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 →
My-Photography-and-Art
frans240 wrote 6 months ago: One thing I have learned from using Adobe is that it might seem overwhelming at first, but they have … 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 →
Unintentional result
frans240 wrote 7 months ago: This is an image i shot in Houston , the pointy object is part of a sun timer system, on top of the … more →
Soul Journal - Day 20
amateur-in-art wrote 7 months ago: At last! It’s been a long while since I posted about my Soul Journal. I’m still doing it … more →
Inspiration from Inchies!
amateur-in-art wrote 8 months ago: A little while back, I came across the 1000 Squares site by ArtJunkGirl, and I perused the whole thi … 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 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 →
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 →
Soul Journal - Day 12
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: Today is Day 12. I really liked the look of my drawing w/collage, and hestitated a bit to put color … more →
Soul Journal - Day 11
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amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: Today’s mission: collage. I decided to use a cookbook for my collage papers, since “home … more →
Soul Journal - Day 10
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: Today’s assignment was to draw our house. Not our actual house, but as we used to draw it as a … more →
Who, Me? An Artist?
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amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: I can now in good conscience call myself an “artist.” (If I had even more self-confidenc … more →
Soul Journal - Day 8
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: Now on to Day 8. We’re still working on the taped page from yesterday. This time, adding paint … more →
