I’m excited because I’m going to be teaching a class at Texas Art Asylum about how to make your own Smash style journal from upcycled materials. I love art and I love the idea of taking old pieces of mail, cardboard, and various types of paper to make a journal where you can store your favorite memories, your inspirations and
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A couple weeks ago I started working on my first quilt. It’s called a One-Block Wonder. The goal — to get pattern with a large repeat (18 to 24 inches), create blocks from it and lay them out and stitch them together so the colors flow together. I chose the pattern Varigated Garden made by Rowan Fabrics to do this
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I’m participating in Louise Gale’s Creative Color Challenge. At the beginning of the month, she posts a color and a palette around that color. The participants then make something based on that color. January started off with Pantone’s color of the year Tangerine Tango. So while I was out and about this month, I kept my eyes peeled for something
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I was posting pictures on my facebook page for a project I’m doing for the Art House Coop Sketchbook and someone asked how I got the effect of the white gesso under the paint to come up through the paint. So I made a quick video. Enjoy! Wet Paint Pull from Paula P. on Vimeo.
I’ve been busy testing software at work. That means I often come home at the end of the day and the last thing I want to do is get on the computer and type some more. However, that doesn’t mean that I haven’t had some time for play. I’ve been playing with the Hipstamatic, PictureShow, and Instagram apps on my
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I’ve been laying low the last few weeks. After realizing my word for 2012 was “deliberate.”, I started sorting and getting rid of clutter, as well as spending a large chunk of time figuring the projects I want to participate in as well as specific actions I want to take. While 2011 was a good year for me, I was
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