by Christy Strickler | Aug 9, 2018 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Mixed Media and Art Experiments |
When you are part of a creative project, it is guaranteed that some aspect of the project won’t always vibe well with you. Today’s prompt fulfilled that role for me. Prompt 10 of the Stencilfied Journal Project asks us to Document Your Day with Stencils....
by Christy Strickler | Aug 3, 2018 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Mixed Media and Art Experiments |
Art journaling is often seen as a solitary project. When we get creatively stuck, we might look to Pinterest or to the blogs of our favorite mixed media artists for inspiration. What if we could find that same inspiration somewhere closer to home? Prompt 9 of the...
by Christy Strickler | Jul 27, 2018 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Mixed Media and Art Experiments |
It’s time for prompt 8 of the Stencilfied Journal project. This prompt call on us to stencil with glue. Now you might be wondering which glue to use. Technically, you could use gel medium. A lot of artists choose to use it as a glue when they collage. If you are...
by Christy Strickler | Jul 23, 2018 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Mixed Media and Art Experiments |
It all started with a box. A plain box which was simple and somehow both empty and full at the same time. A small box full of big potential. That box was an idea from which the Plain Box Society was formed. The Plain Box Society is a collaboration featuring a...
by Christy Strickler | Jul 19, 2018 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Mixed Media and Art Experiments |
After 6 prompts worth of challenging myself and reaching slightly outside my comfort zone, Prompt 7 of the Stencilfied Journal Project felt like a breeze. We were asked to rip out a page from our art journal, tear it up and glue it onto another page. My journal is a...
by Christy Strickler | Jul 11, 2018 | Articles, Blog, Blog Posts, Mixed Media and Art Experiments |
I had a few concerns when prompt 6 of the stencilfied journal project was revealed. What was the best way to put a hole in your art journal and how would the integrity of the page hold up, especially if I added more than one hole? With a little planning, I was able to...
