Our Stories
Meet Our Designing Artists – Christy Hartman
Christy is a Montana native, growing up and still living in the Bitterroot Valley, where the TV series “Yellowstone” is filmed. As far back as memory serves, she always felt a strong need to create. Her father, also an artist, saw her talent and encouraged her to develop it. Though...
Gelli Prints and Oil Pastel Rubbings for Bracelet Armature
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...
Stickers, The Perfect Swatch Sticker
One of the factors in successful printing or painting is knowing the opacity of the color being used. This can be difficult to predict even when the brand has " swatched " paint. Enter the color swatch sticker with built-in value gradation and some PM promotion! Having tried many different papers...
Meet our Designing Artists – Ceri Griffiths
AKA Ceri the Crafter and Designing ArtistA recipe for an interesting life1 year as a fry cook1 year as a hotel chef15 years as a Cake decorator - Designing, Baking & Confectioner 17 years as a professional dancer and entertainer15 years as a business owner10 years TV demonstrator for craft shopping...
Fran Baker – Meet Our Designing Artists
“Don’t stop. You don’t have to be a genius to be an artist, you just have to keep doing art.”The first designer to collaborate with PM Artist Studio stencil design was Fran Baker, who lives in a 400-year-old house in Colchester, England. Along with Fran and her art supplies, the...
Gel Plate Printing Basics an Intro
Gel Printing What to Know Before Even Laying Paint to Plate – A True Beginners Guide to Getting Started with Monoprinting aka Gelli Printing SUPPLIES Must Haves: Gel Plate - P’s favorite is a 5x7 or actually her custom cut plate 6x8. You can always go bigger but smaller is easier to start within our...
Image Transfers – A Gel Plate How-To
Image Transfer Step One: Choosing the proper paper is one of the first pieces to a successful laser-printed image transfer. Our go-to paper, one we most often use around the studio, almost exclusively, is the Hammermill Printer Paper, Premium Color 32 lb Copy Paper, 8.5 x 11 https://amzn.to/3m2iAXg We use it for both...
Mark Making Building Your Visual Vocabulary
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...
Top Five Acrylic Paints & Printmaking Papers
Some of the linked paints and papers below are affiliate links, Our primary goal is to educate and not to make money off of you on products we ourselves wouldn’t even use. The product links we list are for products we have purchased, used, and recommended. As a part of...
Shine Products to Make Our Art Sparkle
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...
