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...
After our washer giveaway from last week we were so overwhelmed with the wonderful responses in our Makers of Mixed Media Art / Artist Facebook group. We had to make more, so P has been practicing the technique and we have purchased more washers. Please join us this Saturday for...
What is the allure of the ATC? What indeed!In our journey to make our ATC into a wanted and valued item begins with PAPER, or rather the conscious choice of a durable, easy-to-work-on surface. That choice was watercolor paper, heavy cardstock, and chipboard. Some of the earlier ones were made...
Create a fun and colorful envelope pocket journal using any envelopes (in this project we used A4 Kraft colored) and our Featuring Artistic Endeavors | Always Flowers Boho Style Decorative Patterned Papers | Colorful Leaves Flowers and Lovely Textiles patterned papers to bind each together. We take a more in-depth...
