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Collage Exploration: Crafting a Junk Journal Page
Collage Exploration: Crafting a Junk Journal Page
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Creating Mixed Media Collage In Your Art Journal
Creating Mixed Media Collage In Your Art Journal
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Crafting the Season Project
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Crafting the Season Project
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Puffy Heart Tags
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Puffy Heart Tags
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How To Make An Easy Button And Tart Tin Ornament
How To Make An Easy Button And Tart Tin Ornament
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Patchwork Collage Project
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Patchwork Collage Project
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Discovering Creative Bliss: My Art Retreat Experience on a Historic Farm
Discovering Creative Bliss: My Art Retreat Experience on a Historic Farm
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Inside The Roben's Nest: A Flip Through the Nest Journal
Inside The Roben's Nest: A Flip Through the Nest Journal
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Watercoloring in Art Journaling Demo
Watercoloring in Art Journaling Demo
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Mark Making in Art Journaling Demo
Mark Making in Art Journaling Demo
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Art Journaling With Paper Collage: A Step-by-Step Demo
Art Journaling With Paper Collage: A Step-by-Step Demo
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Mark Making In Black And White - Collage Papers
Mark Making In Black And White - Collage Papers
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Quick And Easy Painted Paper For Your Next Collage Project
Quick And Easy Painted Paper For Your Next Collage Project
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The Roben's Nest Community Opens
The Roben's Nest Community Opens
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Creating A Mixed Media Collage In My Art Journal
Creating A Mixed Media Collage In My Art Journal
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Create Something Beautiful: A Collage Journaling Demo
Create Something Beautiful: A Collage Journaling Demo
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How to Coffee Dye Paper
How to Coffee Dye Paper
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Get Creative With Paper Collage Art Journaling
Get Creative With Paper Collage Art Journaling
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How To Remove Book Covers For Creating Art Journals
How To Remove Book Covers For Creating Art Journals
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Fabric Design Made Easy: Scanning, Creating, and Printing
Fabric Design Made Easy: Scanning, Creating, and Printing
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Today’s page turned into a little study session — watercolor swatches and line experiments with a few different pens and pencils.

Lesson with @yvonne_morell_painting 😊✏️

Day 13: 100 Days of Creative Drifting: a Sketching Practice #the1
Today’s sketches came straight from my worktable — a cute eraser, washi tape, and my trusty water brush. Funny how everyday tools become interesting once you slow down and really look. 🎨

Day 12: 100 Days of Creative Drifting: a Sketchin
Sketching what’s right in front of me today — my watercolor palette and a few studio odds and ends.

I experimented a little with paper too. Watercolor paper definitely gives better results…but honestly, I still love my cheap sketc
Timed sketching with Nathalia Velásquez @puapualena via her Patreon.

The four at the top were one minute each warm ups and the lemon was 3 minutes.  It is amazing doing these timed as it removes too much over thinking.  Most of these are done
These are from a Skillshare lesson: Thumbnail Sketching: Improve Your Art by Thinking Small with Toby Haseler @tobysketchloose

The focus was on composition...quick, small studies before committing to anything bigger. And honestly? I found them so fr
Yay!  We’re now a week into The 100 Day Project. 🎉 These sketches are of pomegranates “disguised as tomatoes” and I did this following along with @viola.artstudio during a live sketching session.  Check out her Patreon where she sh
One everyday object.
Different pens. Different pencils. Different approaches.
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Turns out a simple clothespin has a lot to teach. ✏️ Sketching lesson with @susanyeatesartist I loved this...so fun. ❤️
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Day 6: 100 Days of Creative Drif

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