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Life Book 2013

On October 11, 2012 By

Tam Laporte is one of my favourite peeps in the universe. She’s a groovy, bouncy little bunny. She created Life Book which is a year long online art retreat with a host of awesome teachers and a tribe of artists joining in the fun. A mixed media bonanza! It was my privilege to be one [...]

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Why I Love teaching

On May 24, 2012 By

This weekend I hosted a workshop in Perth, Western Australia. I had 12 wonderful students. It’s such a perfect number because there is lots of energy, but I can still give individual attention and enjoy myself!

Watching a person blossom before my eyes is a little bit miraculous… Being part of a that person’s [...]

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Wake up and smell the coffee…. in my new Hug Mugs! There are four in the initial release and they each feature artwork from ‘The Sidekicks’ series ( click here for images).

I have been working with the lovely peeps at Ashdene  for 9 years and their [...]

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Joynal is here!

On March 21, 2012 By

Joy-nal:
Creating your own fairy tale.

‘Live Class’ Starts;  April 30th 2012

Registration open now!

8 weeks of magic, shimmer, drawing, painting, creative support and fun.
As with all my online Workshops, you have 12 months of personal unlimited access.

This [...]

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Lots to do!

On March 13, 2012 By

Angus and I are just back from the Craft Show in Sydney…

I love talking to people about Art Journals and drawing ( and art supplies of course!). I am always a little surprised that not everyone in the Universe hasn’t discovered the delights of Art/ Visual Journaling… I must constantly [...]

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Ranger Dabber Paint Love

On February 28, 2012 By

I made a little series of paintings and videos to show the Ranger Dabbers in action for my store,  the Institute of Cute. I am trying to make more videos for the store as my customers find them really helpful…. plus, I love making videos!

I Use the Ranger Dabbers rather differently than the way [...]

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1000 journals project

On February 15, 2012 By

I saw a documentary on the 1000 Journals Project a few months back. It was fascinating. When one of my favourite friends, the awesome artist Tracy Moore appeared on the screen unexpectedly, i screamed out loud and started marching around the room.

So when one number 381 of THE [...]

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New Prismacolor pencils

On December 29, 2011 By

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 [...]

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