by Shawn | October 30, 2019 | Creative Team, mixed Media, stencils
We celebrate Oktoberfest in La Crosse where I live and I was creating a piece as the town was alive with people. There is also a festival of arts and crafts called Cranfest and the metal leave I found inspired me to use it as a stencil in this piece. Enjoy the Video!...
by Shawn | September 11, 2019 | Creative Team, mixed Media, stencils
Originally I was inspired by “gates of praise” in Isaiah 60. When I saw Shawn’s Bricks and Bubbles Stencil I thought of a brick garden wall with a beautiful wrought iron gate. I then looked up “gates” in scripture and saw where Isaiah 62 talks about going...
by Shawn | September 4, 2019 | canvas, Creative Team, mixed Media, stencils
We recently moved to a new state and admittedly it’s been hard for me to accept being away from friends and family. This painting is a reminder to bloom where I’m planted. To accept it and find the joy in this new place! To reach out and meet new people and cherish...
by Shawn | August 14, 2019 | art journal, Creative Team, mixed Media, stencils
In this video I’m showing you my typical art journaling process. The ways that I explore my tools, paint to relax and learn some new techniques. This is not always…OK NEVER… a super neat process because these pages are just for me. I almost never know where a...
by Shawn | June 26, 2019 | art journal, Creative Team
Some of you know that I love to collage. But once in a while, I love to do something different. Get out of my comfort zone…but that’s not easy! I started this page with a lot of different colors, painted with my fingers, with a pallet knife, with a brayer,...