Product Review 1

Today's video features the monthly box from The Artful Life.

The beautifully decorated box comes complete with some lovely art products and samples for you to try.

I'm also trying out Golden's Absorbent Ground which makes your substrate act like watercolour paper. It was very relaxing to let the watercolours mix and spread across the paper.

The subject of my spread, "Friends" was inspired by the face stencils that were included in the box.

See the video below!

Subscribe Now

(subscribes have access to the WhimsiKans page which contains exclusive and free content)

WhimsiKan Subscriber's Area

Woohoo...I'm so excited to announce the arrival of my brand new Subscriber's area - Whimsikans

When you subscribe to my site, you become a WhimsiKan and that gives you access to fun goodies and a free workshop.

There is not a huge amount of content there as yet...but we all have to start somewhere right...and from time to time the content may change, so it is worthwhile checking in to see what is new. You can also download the free workshop to watch at your convenience ...how's that sound!

If you'd like to subscribe head on over here today!

I hope to see you there

Have a Whimsikal day xx

(Tunnel Book Workshop.... complete with 4 videos, PDF and Collage sheets)

Subscribe Now

(subscribes have access to the WhimsiKans page which contains exclusive and free content)

#artjournaling #bookart #mixedmedia #freebies #tutorial #freeworkshop

A little bit of Gelli Plate play and some free printables!

Hi all.

Today I uploaded a video where I play with my new 8" circular Gelli Plate.

I've used about 5 sheets of A4 paper and transparent paint in yellow, burgandy and blue

At the end of the video, I show you a technique to take one of my prints a step further.

These Gelli prints are great for collage, book covers, ATC's, background papers...all sorts of things. Just to show you how you can use them, I've included here a few printables for you to use (personal use only and not to be on sold thankyou). Subscribe (button at top of page) to gain access to free printables from this gelli plate session

Sign up to the site (bar at top of page) to make sure you don't miss out on further tutorials and freebies :)

For Gelli printing, I've learned....

I'ts better to use transparent paints, unless you want to block out underlying layers.

Don't use too much paint. A thin application will do as you'll have less waste and nicer prints. You'll also be able to work much faster as the paint will dry quicker allowing further layers to be applied

You can use lots of different papers e.g. watercolour paper, sketch paper, computer paper, book pages, deli paper. As long as it can withstand a little bit of wet media. If the paper is particularly delicate, let the paint dry totally in between layers

Lots of homemade or household items can be used for texturing...just make sure that they aren't going to damage the plate.

Subscribe Now

(subscribes have access to the WhimsiKans page which contains exclusive and free content)

#gelliplate #tutorial #video #freebies