DIRECTIONS for Using Gelli Prints and Oil Pastel Rubbings:If you have a ready-made armature such as a tape roll then you can use the aluminum foil to add a textural element or use it to “size” the bracelet to your liking. An armature of folded or twisted paper is also...
As with anything we do we always try to put the PM spin on it, Mark Making falls into this perfectly. Join us and our Arty Friends as we explore all the ways to expand your visual vocabulary through mark-making. Click below for the full playlist and check back we...
Adding shimmer & shine requires practice & patience, especially with certain products. The process of deciding which to use where involves decision-making: 1) What will work best to get the desired effect (product), 2) Design-wise, where will it be placed to achieve optimum results W/O looking garish? It comes down...
In last week’s livestream we did a little pencil work with the prints going into the lookbooks. This led to some interest and sparked up ours in trying out Derwent’s Inktense pencils along with Watercolor Pencils from Sargent and Faber-Castel. Join us as we do a bit of a product...
Before jumping in and writing about the video, it seems like a good idea to explain some of the nonsense goings on…so Mariah will always say before getting started, “Mom, don’t talk about your allergies. You do it in every video and no one wants to hear about that, AGAIN!...
We take a two-prong approach to our opaque paints. First, we create a side-by-side comparison with three brands of opaque acrylic paints (Paper Artsy - new colors) vs our mixes of Art Deco Americana & Apple Barrel. The goal is to use the color matches we created prior with the...
OUR FOCUS: ACTUAL vs VISUAL and Texture Techniques We talk about color and texture all the time, these are our ultimate goals when creating many of our pieces. During the last couple of livestreams we focused on actual vs visual texture in your art. Visual (what the eye perceives as texture)...
Color sprays were products we first started using when we started PM artist Studio as a venture. We both had traditional art supplies in our stash we used over… well let's just say over the years. When PM became more of our daily routine we started adding new products and...
Greetings! It has been a while…very busy doing all manner of arty endeavors. Check out our Youtube channel and subscribe, and ring the bell to get notifications of upcoming live events. Specifically of interest may be the one coming up this Saturday. Feb. 6th at 10:00 am CST. The content...
Taking us back into creating one of our favorite things, ATCs. In true PM fashion, we demonstrated a ton of tips and techniques all geared towards how we create artist trading cards and the various smaller pieces likes squares and tags. As a carry-over from what we have been doing...
