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100 Day Project Weeks 8 & 9: Repurposed Art & 14 New Embellish Bits
100 Day Project Weeks 8 & 9: Repurposed Art & 14 New Embellish Bits
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at INKY TAPES
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at INKY TAPES
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The 100 Day Project: Weeks 6 and 7 + Giftable Art Ideas
The 100 Day Project: Weeks 6 and 7 + Giftable Art Ideas
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The 100 Day Project: Weeks 4 & 5 + Clever Creative Ideas
The 100 Day Project: Weeks 4 & 5 + Clever Creative Ideas
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Pause, Reflect, Create: Introducing the Art Poetry Card Deck
Pause, Reflect, Create: Introducing the Art Poetry Card Deck
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at EMBELLISHBITS
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at EMBELLISHBITS
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100 Days of Making – Week Three | Creative Experimentation
100 Days of Making – Week Three | Creative Experimentation
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100 Days of Making – Week Two | Creating on the Go
100 Days of Making – Week Two | Creating on the Go
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100 Days of Making – Week One | My Creative Process & First Projects
100 Days of Making – Week One | My Creative Process & First Projects
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Getting Ready for The 100 Day Project: Prep Week
Getting Ready for The 100 Day Project: Prep Week
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at CREATIVE TABS SWATCH RING
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at CREATIVE TABS SWATCH RING
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The 100 Day Project Workbook and Tracker - Over 65+ Pages
The 100 Day Project Workbook and Tracker - Over 65+ Pages
makersRoben-Marie SmithJanuary 24, 2025Comment
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Out of the Box Junk Journal
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Out of the Box Junk Journal
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ART JOURNAL ADVENT 2024
ART JOURNAL ADVENT 2024
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Creative art journaling video demo
Creative art journaling video demo
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Playing Tag Art
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at Playing Tag Art
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Art Journaling for Beginners: Easy Paper Collage Demo
Art Journaling for Beginners: Easy Paper Collage Demo
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Journal Jumpstarts - Flaps
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Journal Jumpstarts - Flaps
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Wanderlust 2025 year-long course in mixed media art journaling
Wanderlust 2025 year-long course in mixed media art journaling
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Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Journal Jumpstarts - Windows
Inside the Roben's Nest: A Peek at the Journal Jumpstarts - Windows
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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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