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Flavor for Texture Webinar with Mary Beth Shaw
Flavor for Texture: An Exploration of Mixed Media Techniques Hosted by Mary Beth Shaw A FREE Online Webinar Register Now > Date: Friday, June 1, 2012 Starting Time: 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time Price: FREE! Register Now > About the Webinar: … 
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Tagged ;ayers, art, carving, claybord, demo. project, free, later, layering, Mary Beth Shaw, materials, mixed media, nontraditional, step by step, supplies, technique, techniques, textural, texture, traditional, triptych, webinar
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Do You Use Photo Apps?
Do you long to share your great iphonography art with others? If you love to use photo apps, check out Dave’s Recipe Book Project and learn something new in the process! 
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Tagged Clearer Reflections, David Hayes, iphonography, photo apps, photography apps
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Make Your Own Stencils!
Tonia shares her process of how she used a hot tool to cut her own stencil to decorate a painted canvas bag and she encourages you to make your own stencil, too. 
Posted in Blogs, Collage, Editor's Picks, Journaling, Make
Tagged collage, making stencils, painted canvas, stencils
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FREE Webinar with Melanie Testa
Art Journal Dream: Finding Journaling Inspiration in Color, Line and Technique Hosted by Melanie Testa, author of Dreaming from the Journal Page A FREE Online Webinar Register Now > Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012 Starting Time: 1:00 P.M. Eastern … 
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Tagged art, art journal, challenges, color, draw, drawing, dream, dreaming, Dreaming from The Journal Page, free, journal, line, Melanie Testa, mixed media, online, register, technique, throw down, webinar
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Celebrate Poetry!
Book Notes: Layered Impressions
Book Notes: Encaustic Mixed Media
In this edition of Book Notes, Ricë Freeman-Zachery reviews Encaustic Mixed Media: Innovative Techniques and Surfaces For Working with Wax, by Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch. Ricë says that even if you know a little about encaustic that this book takes it to a whole new level. Patricia teaches you how to incorporate odd materials into your encaustic like tar, cork, punchinella, using die-cut machines and so much more! Start flipping through the pages with Ricë now and the ideas will start flowing! 
Doodles Unleased Inspiration
See how Tonia answered the call to creativity by combining inspiration from both Doodles Unleashed and Sharing Stitches. 
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Tagged doodle, Doodles Unleashed, hand-dyed, painted background, quilted notebook cover, Sharing Stitches
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