Doodling with Dawn
Dawn DeVries Sokol is a friend, an author, a doodler, a journaler, and an energetic artist. She has just published this journal for the inexperienced journaler, the fearful of white pages, the personal who does not currently know how valuable journaling is. All characteristics that do not apply to me. I have always been a white page lover, a no-prep jump-in journaler. I don’t need thoughtful prompts and ideas on colorful backgrounds. Well, that was until I dove in on this one. Each page has a bit’O magic built in color, small amounts of text, ephemera and prompts that make it...
Read MoreA Big Day for Giveaway!
Today is the last day to enter the stencil giveaway Visit these blogs, leave a comment to have a chance to win. 11/30 Right here! My blog. 12/03 Sketchbook Challenge Guest post 12/04 Seth Apter 12/07 Tracy Verdugo 12/08 Anne Gaal 12/09 Effy Wild 12/10 Dawn DeVries Sokol 12/11 Aimee Myers Dolich 12/12 Sue Bleiweiss 12/13 Pam Carriker 12/14 Jane Davenport One more! Ends Tues, Dec 18th, copy of Personal Geographies Giveaway Susan Tuttle’s blog Thanks to all of you for coming by, look for more exciting stencils in the...
Read MoreTEXTures Stencil Launch and Giveaway!
I have exciting news! I have been busy, and one of the things I have been doing is designing stencils for Artistcellar. Their stencils are both beautifully made and designed, and I am excited to be the first of their “Artist Signature Series.” My stencil set is called “TEXTures”. There are four stencils, all made from my calligraphy, which is pretty much letters telling a story that might not be legible. They are meant to add text and texture to your pages or projects that might need some storytelling. The four styles are Runes, Roadmap, Rivermap and Romans....
Read MoreAnd the winner is….
Cathy Cusson! Congratulations Cathy! I am sending you the map. Please see the email I sent and send me your address. Thank you for all the 92 responses both here and on Personal-Geographies.com. And Kass Hall, I hope your book is wildly successful.
Read MoreThe Sketchbook Challenge Book Release Celebration!
As many of you know, for 18 months I participated in an online blog called the Sketchbook Challenge. A group of us, organized by Sue Bleiwess, decided to post tutorials and ideas on how to work in a sketchbook. Sue ended up writing a book about many of our ideas, and I am fortunate to be included in it. My section is called “Weathered Beauty”, and I drew abandoned houses on the prairie. These houses intrigue me a whole lot, and I have a little tutorial in the book on how I draw them. Here are some of the...
Read MoreAnd the Winners are….
Ashley Brown and Ann Dunlop! It took forever to add all this up, and I so appreciate all the efforts all of you made. Please come back for more giveaways soon!
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Released!