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As announced on her blog, Traci Bautista's new book, Doodles Unleashed, is available for pre-order at Amazon.com.
The Cloth Paper Scissors Book by Barbara Delaney is also available for pre-order.
Gelli Arts recently released some new printing combs . I decided to make some prints using tools I already had on hand. (Said tools were photographed but not uploaded. Ahem.) I used a Catalyst Contour C-22 tool , and two combing tools made from old gift cards. Several layers of ghost prints. This is a print I made in the spring, during the Strathmore Online Workshop with Traci Bautista. Green and gold paints combed and overprinted atop magenta and yellow paints. Simple gold over green. One of my favorites.
Register for Upcoming Create Workshops Interweave's popular Create Mixed Media Retreats are taking registration now. Three retreats in three locations are coming soon. Links to the registration and workshop information are below: Create Orange County takes place in Irvine, California from May 30th through June 3rd. Register here . Workshop information is here . Create New Jersey will take place in Somerset, New Jersey from July 18-22, 2012. Register here . Workshop information is here . Create Chicago is planned for August 22-26, 2012 in--where else?--Chicago. The registration page is here . Workshop information is here . I would love to attend the Chicago retreat, since it is closest to where I live. Unless I win the lottery or a sweepstakes in the next couple of months, that will have to remain a dream. I would encourage anyone who can attend the Create retreats to register. I have heard nothing b...
Ranger has just introduced a new line of products named for Dina Wakley, a star in the mixed-media art world and a new Signature Designer for the company. Ms. Wakley's new line includes 12 vibrant colors of heavy-body acrylic tube paints, both white and black gesso, a matte gel medium, brushes, plastic palette knives, stamps, and stencils. There is no black paint yet, but Wakley says that it will probably come out in the next release. In the meantime, she suggests using either the black gesso or the Night acrylic tube paint. Ranger will also carry multi-medium in both the matte and gloss versions under its own brand, rather than under the Claudine Hellmuth Studio line, which the company has discontinued. You may be able to find some of the Studio products that are still available from various online stores and craft stores that carry them. Here is a video of Wakley demonstrating her products at the most recent Craft and Hobby Association tr...
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