I came across this technique in the book, Altered Book Collage by Barbara Matthiessen. She calls it “monoprint background” – which of course, it is – but I think of it more as … more →
An Amateur's Adventures in Artamateur-in-art wrote 5 months ago: I came across this technique in the book, Altered Book Collage by Barbara Matthiessen. She calls it … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: Well, I’m getting behind on my postings, but oh well. Today is Day 7. I started as instructed … more →
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: I’m tempted to post this with an earlier date, so that it matches the date of the artwork, but … more →
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: I discovered Sarah Whitmire’s Soul Journal on her blog, Caspiana, a little while back. I was i … more →
amateur-in-art wrote 1 year ago: I had wondered about and then read about using bleach as a type of “ink” for rubber stam … more →