Art Journal Update

I am back and have been arting lots!

I have become obsessed with my Midori!





I have been playing around with watercolour paints:



I have also been doing a lot of streaming and art journaling:




I hope you will join me Wednesday afternoons at 5pm EDT and Saturday nights 9:30pm EDT over on Ustream  See you there!

Much Love,
Paula

For the Love of Ustream

Welcome my friends!!

I have awesome news, FINALLY got working cable internet!!!  It's been a challenging week and a half without internet at home, but it's fixed now.  I was able to upload a few full recordings from Ustream onto YouTube, check out one of my favourites recorded a few years ago:



I will be resuming my regular live stream times this coming Wednesday and Saturday at 9pm EST HERE.  I hope to see you there!

Much Love,
Paula

Derwent Artbars and Stencils

You can watch me create this page here:

Video streaming by Ustream

Here are a few more pages I have been working on lately:

Much Love! xo

Watch My Art Journaling Process

Happy Leap Day!!

Here are a few more videos for today.



This second one is an amazing stencil technique with Neocolor II's!



You can watch the full version HERE.

Don't forget you can watch me live every Wednesday and Saturday nights at 9:30pm EST HERE.  Don't forget to click the "Join crowd" button to get show updates and see recordings you may have missed.

Much LOVE xo

Colorful Art Journal Pages

Happy Monday!!

I have been flooding Youtube with my Ustream recordings.  Please stay with me!  These videos take at least an hour each to convert, and I need to catch up as I will be creating two new recordings weekly.

Here are the next two:



This first one was from my 33rd Birthday show!  The full version is also still available to watch on Ustream.



Have a WONDERFUL day!!
Much Love xo

Live Art Journaling on Ustream Recordings

Hi All!

First off, thank you so much for all the support and kind words you have sent me in the last few days. I am humbled.



If you follow me over on Ustream and enjoy my recordings because you can't make it live, please read.  Ustream has changed their policy regarding space limitations for recorded videos.  As I have been streaming for almost two years I was well over the limit.  I deleted some of the older ones, and downloaded others.  I am turning them into sped up videos and posting them on Youtube.  Above is a sample.  These videos will have no sound as I have sped them up 4-8x.  

No worries!!  I will NOT stop creating my technique videos that you all love!  This is just a little added bonus.  As I am still streaming live, I will have to create on or two of these videos a week, so make sure you subscribe and tell all your friends!  Also, as I will be deleting Ustream recordings oldest first, so there is still lots of time to watch them if you prefer hearing the instruction.  Best of both worlds I say!



Much LOVE! xo

Recent Art Journal Pages

Welcome back everyone!  So good to be here.  I have been overwhelmed with audits at the day job (including the one that I broke my ankle on last year) and haven't had much time to breathe.  Mix that with some personal stress, and it's made for a few not so fun weeks.

I have been able to create a bit of art, mostly due to my live shows over on Ustream.  Thank you so much to all of you that continue to support me and play along!

Please check out this quick video I made showing my ClothPaperScissors Workshop DVD.



You can order the DVD from Interweave HERE

See you soon, I have lots of completed pages from past Ustream classes to show you!
Much Love xo

Crafter's Workshop Stencil Hop

Welcome friends!!

There are two things I absolutely love:  Crafter's Workshop, and Julie Fei-Fan Balzer.  When I heard a few months ago that they were teaming together I was ecstatic!!  Julie is one of my most favourite artists.  Her style and approach to art inspires me to no end, and I am ever grateful!

When I was asked to participate in the Stencil Hop, I actually jumped for joy!  Unfortunately, due to the wonderful mail system I have yet to receive this beautiful stencil:

It is called Triangle Plaid, and comes in both 6x6 and 12x12.  It is only one of the multiple fantastic stencil Julie has designed.  Click on the link and see all the other fantastic designs.  My favourite is the faux sequin waste, brilliant!

In honour of Julie I wanted to dedicate a page in my art journal to her, and how she's inspired me:

Collage image of Julies' stencil design is her copywrite and used with permission.  I love her logo!!

I created this background using gesso, a pallette knife, Crafter's Workshop stencil "Flower Frenzy" and multiple layers of acrylic paint.  This was part of my ongoing Ustream Stencil Saturday classes.  Unfortunately, I was (and still am!) having internet connectivity problems, and it didn't record.  I will be teaching this technique again this coming Saturday at 9:30pm EST with Julie's stencil!!

Can you believe all that texture is just from gesso?  I absolutely love adding a dimensional element to my backgrounds, mostly to have something fun to run my hands over when paging through my art journal.



Check out this older Youtube video tutorial using a technique inspired by Julie and another Crafter's Workshop stencil, simple and stunning!



Thank you for visiting my blog, please check out the other fabulous artists in this stencil hop!!

Ronda Palazzari 

Nathalie Kalbach 

Paula Phillips - You are here!  :)

Doris Sander 

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer - our wonderful host!

Much Love xo

Inspired Sunday- Lots of Art Journal Pages

Welcome friends!

I had a wonderful weekend, and a very artful Sunday.  Yesterday, in more than one sitting, I created a total of six completed pages.  That is so far outside of my process, it's a little scary.  Scary yet so exciting!

Can you believe it?  All of those pages!  This is after about three weeks of not creating much while taking care of this girl:

This is Asha's "stay" position, I just LOVE her crooked little mouth!  Training is going well, but there are definitely challenging times.  I just figured out the playing tug with her has caused her to become nippy, so now we're correcting that.  I would have never thought I'd be a dog person, but she is an absolute joy and blessing in our lives.

Since I was taking pictures in some good sunlight I thought I'd retake a few that I've already posted:

The above page was completed for Stencil Saturday live over on Ustream!  Check me out here, where you can watch the recording dated August 20th.

Finally, below is a page I created to remember Asha's first walk.  I hope you can see the cute little paw print stamps in the background!

I am on vacation and so happy!  I hope you have a wonderful week!

Much Love xo

A New Puppy and Recent Art Journal Pages

Welcome back everyone!  Yes, it's been awhile.  I have been spending all of my time with this sweet girl!  Her name is Asha and she is a Morkie.  A Morkie is a Maltese/Yorkie mix.  She has been home for just over two weeks now and is three months old.

She has stolen both of our hearts.  She loves to sleep on Simon's belly.  Even though we chose a toy breed, we are treating her like a dog.  I am spending lots of time training her as well as loving her.

This was her first bath!  I'm looking a little rough (no pun intended) but she is so darn cute.  She is such a fluff ball that when her hair is wet, she looks less than half her size.  She is currently 4.5 pounds.

Right now she is black and tan, but if you look closely you can see that she has grey roots.  It will be such a joy watching her grow into a new coat.

This was her first casualty.  The poor pen!  She was also running around with this forsaken art journal page but I didn't get to the camera in time.

This is the first dog I have ever owned, so I am learning lots.  She is an absolute joy and changing my life for the good.

I have been so busy with her that I have found only a little time to art.  Here are a few things I've been working on recently:

As usual, all of the pages were created LIVE over on Ustream.  I hope to see you there with us soon!

I have missed you all so much!  Thank you for being patient with me.

Much Love xox

PS... the digital downloads of my ClothPaperScissors DVD are on SALE!!!!!!  Check them out by clicking on my DVD button on the side bar!