Pay attention, Be astonished mixed media canvas 4-27-25

by Shawn | April 27, 2025 | floral, mixed Media, stencils, sunday inspiration

I recently found the sweetest deck of daily devotions by Mary Oliver. It sits in a holder on my desk and it is excepts from Mary’s poetry and writing. It immediately made me feel calm, and I love the small illustrations on each card. I share it in the video....

Gel printing, Sealing and Celebrating with fun 4-20-25

by Shawn | April 20, 2025 | abstract, collage paper, mixed Media, original art, sunday inspiration, Uncategorized

Today is jam packed with good things!! As I promised to share techniques or products once a month, I’m sharing today how I seal and finish my work. Also, today we will do some super fun gel printing with new stencils, and then we are going to find something to...

Growing one day at a time – Color and Collage challenge #4 4-13-25

by Shawn | April 13, 2025 | art journal, collage paper, mixed Media, stencils, sunday inspiration

Today we are on to our 4th color and collage challenge and it was a fun one!! It had some of my favorite colors to mix and play with and a great inspiration photo from the book we’re working from. The word for this week is grow and it’s perfect.. because...

Experimenting and taking an adventure mixed media journal page 4-6-25

by Shawn | April 6, 2025 | abstract, art journal, mixed Media, stencils, sunday inspiration

Today we’re doing some experimenting. One of the members from my Mixed Media Insider membership picked up some color swatches and suggested I do a lesson on how to use them. I was so excited to try this out that I couldn’t wait and decided to do it for...

Stillness and grungy mixed media 3-30-25

by Shawn | March 30, 2025 | abstract, canvas, collage paper, mixed Media, original art, stencils, sunday inspiration, Uncategorized

I had so much fun with all the layers of this piece. I was inspired by a couple of things this week. I was looking through a floral book thinking about what I would create. I originally thought about an abstract floral, but was mesmerized by the grungy, yummy walls...

Intuitive mixed media abstract 3-23-25

by Shawn | March 23, 2025 | abstract, art journal, collage paper, mixed Media, original art, stencils, sunday inspiration, Uncategorized

In today’s project, I had a few ideas … but really what I needed to do was to let go and get some things out. I’d written in my journal things I was afraid to say out loud… and I wanted to express those things in this piece. So I let go and...