Art Blog for The Inspiration Place
An Art Journal in Search of Happiness
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| We all want happiness, don't we? After all.... all those other things we think we want... love, money, success etc ...we want all these things because we think they will make us happy. But then there are those who are happy and poor. Single and happy. Unknown and unsung and happy. The concept behind the meditation that prompted these art journal pages is to respect happiness and respect happy... |
Watercolor Wednesdays: How to Paint Sand
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| Adding texture to your watercolor landscapes is a great way to fool the eye into thinking there is more meticulous detail than there really is. One of my favorite (and easiest) tricks is to use salt, and I especially love that effect when creating sand on the beach. |
Salt Effects: 7 key points
- Sprinkle salt on damp washes (not soaking)
- Salt creates a crystalline pattern as it absorbs the wet paint--...
Art Journal Inspiration: Pieces of Me
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I like to think of my art journal as "pieces of me" that I glue and hold down together. Pieces of me can be words, thoughts, things I have seen that I like, color from from my fingertips or parts of other artworks. Print RejectsOne piece of me that always delights me is to add a print of my artwork to the page. Since I sell prints on etsy, often I will have prints that for one reason or another... |