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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Journal Jumpstarts - Pockets
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Journal Jumpstarts - Pockets
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Adhesive Essentials: Top Picks from Mixed Media Artists
Adhesive Essentials: Top Picks from Mixed Media Artists
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Art Journal With Me: Mixed Media Junk Journaling Made Easy
Art Journal With Me: Mixed Media Junk Journaling Made Easy
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Scrappy Collage
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Scrappy Collage
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Intuitive Junk Journal Collage
Intuitive Junk Journal Collage
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The 100 Day Project Days 81-100: Peek and Art Panel Tutorial
The 100 Day Project Days 81-100: Peek and Art Panel Tutorial
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Inky Fabric Drawstring Pouches
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Inky Fabric Drawstring Pouches
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The 100 Day Project Days 61-80: Peek & Junk Journal Tutorial
The 100 Day Project Days 61-80: Peek & Junk Journal Tutorial
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The 100 Day Project Days 41-60: Peek and Junk Journal Tutorial
The 100 Day Project Days 41-60: Peek and Junk Journal Tutorial
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The 100 Day Project Days 21-40: Peek & Art Tag Tutorial
The 100 Day Project Days 21-40: Peek & Art Tag Tutorial
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Abstract Floral Affirmation Cards
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Abstract Floral Affirmation Cards
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The 100 Day Project Days 1-20: Peek & Junk Journal Tutorial
The 100 Day Project Days 1-20: Peek & Junk Journal Tutorial
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Creating a Unique Shrink Plastic Closure for Your Junk Journal
Creating a Unique Shrink Plastic Closure for Your Junk Journal
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Skinny Mini Journals
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Skinny Mini Journals
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How to Make Pockets for your art Journals
How to Make Pockets for your art Journals
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Crafting Your Own Custom Foam Stamps: A DIY Tutorial
Crafting Your Own Custom Foam Stamps: A DIY Tutorial
learnRoben-Marie SmithFebruary 10, 2024 Comments
Plan, Track and Reflect: Doing The 100 Day Project
Plan, Track and Reflect: Doing The 100 Day Project
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Junk Journal January: Mixing Grunge and Color
Junk Journal January: Mixing Grunge and Color
learnRoben-Marie SmithJanuary 29, 2024 Comments
Crafting an Easy Junk Journal
Crafting an Easy Junk Journal
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Junk Journal Essentials: Creating Neutral Papers
Junk Journal Essentials: Creating Neutral Papers
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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. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Turns out a simple clothespin has a lot to teach. ✏️ Sketching lesson with @susanyeatesartist I loved this...so fun. ❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Day 6: 100 Days of Creative Drif

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