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A PDF file that includes the layouts for the Bucket Journal setup I used for the journal I demonstrated in my video Bullet Journal Setup for Buckets of Happiness on my YouTube channel.

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In this free video (available here), I demonstrate how I create this painting using an inspiring photo I found on the Sktchy app as my reference image. As usual with my art, the painting doesn’t go exactly the way I’d planned, but I view every mistake as a learning and teaching opportunity!

In this course, I show you how you can merge traditional 2-D art, like drawing and painting, as well as mixed media and encaustic art, with the art of the hand bound book. This course offers the perfect balance of fun-filled, expressive art projects and quietly meditative hand stitching techniques. And even better, your completed journals will not only provide a place for you to reflect, plan, or practice art techniques, they make AMAZING GIFTS.

The full course includes 8 projects, each with narrated videos and printable project guides. Each project covers the art techniques I used to create my cover, as well as the process I followed to create the structure of each book, from the preparation of the fill paper to the decorative bindings, embellishments, and protective finishes. You will be amazed at the way everything comes together in the end, with custom art and design details that ensure each of your books and journals will be a one-of-a-kind work of art.

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To register and view this course on my online school platform click here.

This online video course focuses on playful art exploration in your sketch journal using mixed media. In this course, we’ll explore a variety of simple techniques and projects in mixed media using acrylics and collage. Each session will include activities that will help you to gain confidence with your materials while letting go of perfectionism.

We’ll start off by transforming a stack of inexpensive plain and/or free recycled papers into a treasure trove of  decorative papers for your collage stash. This process is so freeing and fun and my favorite way to loosen up and get into a state of creative flow- especially on days that I’m feeling very uninspired to make art. We’ll explore simple techniques for creating patterns and texture using inexpensive and found objects.

This course includes three start-to-finish guided, mixed media painting projects. All projects are what I consider to be “abstract representational”- which in simple terms means the finished piece will represent something tangible (specifically for this course, a bird in a nest, a marshy landscape, and a grove of trees on a moonlit night) but the focus will be on color, pattern and simple shapes. For the most part there are no drawing skills required.  We’ll begin with a SIMPLE sketch (that you can trace if you’d like), select a few sheets of your favorite papers from your stash (created in the first part of this course) and start tearing, cutting and gluing our  hearts out. This course also includes instructional videos for 2 different styles of DIY hand-stitched sketchbook journals.

My ultimate goal for this course is that at its end, you’ll walk away with a crinkly, well-loved art journal that is filled with personal treasures and a record of the start of your new creative journey.

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Questions?  Email me at: bluequarryart@gmail.com