There are a lot of fun additions to the artistic world. Take this Donna  Salazar Color Collection of Smooch Spritz. What is it? It is paint that is put in tiny spray containers. One can spray this pearlized colour on the project you are working on. It is so much fun.

On today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques we will be looking at alcohol markers and their magic. Often these markers are used for graphic drawings, printmaking and card making. These markers are amazing in their blending capabilities; they are perfect for the above techniques.

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The last few Tuesday's I have shared about filming art classes.Today, is taking the film and to begin the editing. That means putting the film in order, editing any mistakes or improvements, editing the sound and adding background music. I find it takes time, but it is neat to see it come together. ...

What goes behind the filming of an art class introduction? In today's #ToolsAndTechniques , I share with you the behind the scenes, of the set up, of me sharing about my latest course My World Rocks. Out of it all, lighting is the most important and then there is the sound. I didn't share in the vid...

Did you know that acrylics come in different forms? There is regular tube, heavy body and fluid acrylics. Fluid Acrylics is more liquidy in consistency. They can come in opaque and transparency just like the regular acrylic paint. Due to its consistency, it can be worked in a different way compared ...

Real Gold Leaf starts out as a 5mm gold nugget that is then flattened into a sheet by hammering it down. Imitation Gold Leaf is much cheaper and the metal leaf can come in a variety of colours (silver, copper with blue, green and etc.). It can go on almost anything (statues, clay or metal pots, pain...

Did you know that there is information about your paint on the backside of your paint (student and professional, not craft paint)? The information is if it is opaque, semi-opaque or transparent and its lightfastness. Opaque means you cannot see through. And lightfastness means how resistant it is to...

I love to journal. For me journalling is part writing, painting, drawing and/or collaging. Having the right paper is so necessary, as too thin of paper will buckle and wave. So, what is the right paper? I have paper 90 pound, 98, 114 and higher. You don't want anything below 90 pounds.

Ah, pencils. In life, most people only use a 2B or an HB pencil. But there are more! Pencils come in a variety of 'blackness' (carbon) or firmness. To show this difference,  numbers and the letter 'B' show how dark the pencil is. The letters range from (1)B to 8B, with 8B being the blackest and soft...

Collage. Collage is a technique where you glue something on to the main object. In the example in the video, I glued handmade paper onto a cardboard container I made. in the four adherents that I showed, the last two are professional grade, while the first two were for anyone to use. Collage is a fu...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is about how to blend similar coloured pencil crayons. This simple technique makes blending so much easier and more effective. Today I chose two colours on the same side of the colour wheel: red and orange. Always remember to colour the lightest colour on top, as t...