Like I did with my Paris and Portugal trip, I thought I would pack you in my suitcase again!

So first of all, you may want to know just what supplies you have to squeeze in with…

I shall sign off in the same manner I did on my vid…. Dork to you later!

x0x0x0
Jane

 
Distress Stain and Dabbers are avaable in Australia at www. Instituteofcute.com

Supplies Me is running as a LIVE class again!

click here for all the details:

Please.
Stamp your feet. Stamp your Arms. Stamp everything.

Um excuse me… I have my own rubber stamps happening.
This little chicky above is ‘Jane Girl’. She’s my good luck charm and my logo.

For my students of the ‘Supplies Me’ workshop  – you may recognise this drawing girl…!
She appeared in Acrylics week.

I’ve been drawing silhouettes since childhood.
The slightest flick of ink change everything.

These are the first three designs, there are more on the way.
These are quite ‘Out There’ for stamps…
Em from Stamping Bella wanted an alternative to cutesie and ‘vintage’.

Please go an order them immediately from the wonderful Stamping Bella!

( If you are in Oz, I will have them in my store very soon!)

xoxoxox

Jane

Leave me a comment to win a set!

I’ll announce it next week!

Link to purchase :   http://stampingbella.com/blog/

So, today I killed many birds with the same stone… and I am just deciding I really don’t like that saying at all. I am creating videos for ‘Faces Week’ in I Heart drawing,  and wanted to demonstrate how to construct a turned face.

And then I remembered this weeks lesson on Lifebook was a 3/4 face… so I thought, OK, I’ll do them both at the same time! In Lifebook we are using watercolour paper, so this pretty flowed out on to the Fabriano Artistico Hotpress paper.

….and then, i noticed on my ‘to-do’ list was to prep for my class at Teesha Moore’s Artfest Annex, especially creating smooooooooth skin tones for the ‘Comfort Drawing’ day…. and I had a lovely drawing to practice on! And here she is, this sultry, flame haired beauty…

I love my ‘job’.

( I used cool stencils from Coffee Break Designs: http://www.retrocafeart.com/category_50/STENCILS–COFFEE-BREAK-DESIGN.htm )

…a bit of magic shimmers into your day, twinkling with its own deliciousness…

Please take a peep at Sparkle Tart by Kate Palmer who is a paper experimenter, crafty-minx and lovely person!  She has also taken my online classes, so is obviously super-smart and fabulous

She has been working on a series on her blog about her
10 Most Artistically Inspiring People of 2011

Click here for here song she re-crafted for me based on “to Sir with Love”

10-most-artistically-inspiring-people-of-2011

Kate…you are great!

x0x0x0

Jane

Wow, 2012 is upon us! It’s time for me to start preparing for my trip to Seattle in a few weeks. I have managed to put it out of my mind to a large extent. That’s been a neccessity so I don’t become overheated with excitement about the whole thing really.

I go to the Play retreat first…and will see some of the awesome buddies I made at the Portugal workshop earlier this year. Again, I am trying not to think about the actual Play retreat too much, because seriously, every cell in my fingers starts buzzing and I can’t type.

And then I am staying for a week with Teesha and Tracey in Seattle. The Moores are two of my favourite people ever. Again…. can’t think about it too much…. won’t be able to sleep. But what I will allow myself to think about - a lot - is my workshop at the Artfest Annex.

And I want you there!

Feb 3rd to 5th, 2012

The Artfest Annex, Seattle, Washington
Details and to book: click here

I have planned three days of glorious creativity. I am charging up my teaching superpowers big time for this adventure. . I want everyone to have a good time of course and there will be much laughter and fun, but I want RESULTS, Dagnabit! We will be exploring my Draw Happy philosophy in depth and I want to get your creative courage roaring! I’ll be demonstrating my secret shortcuts for making beautiful faces, expressive drawings and sweet moments. My mission is to get my students to  stop avoiding  drawing and ween them off relying soley on stamps, collage and pretty papers. I love stamps and scrapbooking stuff as much as the next person, but I feel they should be a support character, not the leading light in your artwork.

You won’t need to avoid drawing anymore because you will have quit saying I can’t draw forever. We will rewrite history and you can become the ‘kid who could draw‘. My aim is to get you up to being able to draw whatever you want in your journal. Or at least have a go. The creative freedom this offers is heavenly! Am I repeating what I said in the video? Probably. I am feeling a bit giddy. I just booked my flights and it’s all real….Its happening…

Well if I keep writing about coloured pencils you are going to think I am addicted to them…

…and you would be correct of course.

100% correct!

And if you are a Twitter or Facebook Friend you will have head me mention my excitement for the new colours that have been released. Seriously, I can’t help getting so happy about art supplies. They are so ripe with potential and beauty. Rainbowitis.

So these new 18 round out the current Prisma offering to 150 sticks of colourful delight. In that heady new mix are some discontinued fan favorites, revived and refreshed for 2011! The Neon and Deco colours were hoarded by fans ( and yes, i will admit to a dwindling little stash) when they were discontinued because they faded.  Deco Aqua and Neon blue are still missing… maybe they will be part of a future release?

So what can I tell you other than woo hoo! ? Well, the Neon colours will punch your eyes with their glowing colour. I have been playing with the Neon Pink in particular, and I love the little POP it gives. Deco Peach and Pink are so fabulous for porcelain skintones. Eggshell is a strong cream. I have it in the shortlived Prisma Lightfast range, and I am glad it is now a permanent addition… lovely for blonde highlights!

The new family of strong blues are so rich with pigment I wanted to eat them. Kidding! Pomengranate and permanent red are two hot new colours. I love pomegranates.

Deco Peach, Deco Pink, Neon Pink, Neon orange, Neon Yellow, Deco Yellow, Eggshell, Grey Green Light, Sap Green Light, Prussian green, Cobolt Turquoise, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Blue Hue, Indanthrone Blue, Dioxazine Purple Hue, Pomegranate, Permanent Red and Cadmium Orange Hue.

The Institute of Cute has them as a set: click here

From Left: Grey Green Light, Sap Green Light, Prussian green, Cobolt Turquoise, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Blue Hue, Indanthrone Blue, Dioxazine Purple Hue, Pomegranate, Permanent Red and Cadmium Orange Hue.

From Left: Deco Peach, Deco Pink, Neon Pink, Neon orange, Neon Yellow, Deco Yellow, Eggshell, Grey Green Light, Sap Green Light

To celebrate the passing of 2011, I made a new video!

It showcases the lovely Irojiten colour pencil Dictionary sets I got for Christmas.

Also in other small events, my Youtube channel has had 50,000 views  - amazeballs.

Goodbye 2011, I loved you dearly.

x Jane