Artist Trading Coins Trio

I made it back into my mixed media blog, so happy to be here.
Sometimes life throws rocks at you and when you get hit by one, it can take you away from the path you are following.  That is exactly what happened to me.  Life had some surprises and I have been working to put things back in a way that I feel comfortable and complete again.
I have been crafting and creating art, just haven't been sharing most of it.
Today I played with some Artist Trading Coins, the new trend in the crafty word and it was so much fun.
The backgrounds are mixed media and the images are from one of my favorite stores, Oddball Art Co.

Image: Creepy Cute Big Eye Zombie Chibi Girl, Image No. 53

Image: Creepy Cute Big Eye Zombie Girl Crying Zombie Image No. 289

Image: Kawaii Creepy Cute "Sugar" Image No. 242

Images were colored with Prisma coloring pencils and the dots and doodles were created using, Sakura white gel pen, Posca pen and a Sharpie pen.

I created mixed media backgrounds with Distress Inks, Acrylic Paints and India Ink.

Added some depth with Black Soot distress ink.

I would like to enter this set of Artist Trading Coins in the following challenges:

• Oddball Art Co.: July 2018 Challenge - Anything Goes with an optional twist Dots and Doodles
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes with optional twist Create your own Designer Paper
• The Corrosive Challenge: Anything Goes
• Love to Create: Anything Creative Mixed Media Goes

I hope you like them, because I love them.

Thanks for the visit!

Love,

Julia 

ArtSnacks - March 2016

YAY!!!

My first ArtSnacks Box arrived and I can't wait to share what came in it.

ArtSnacks is a monthly subscription service for art products. and the concept is the creative brainchild of Lee and Sarah Rubenstein, a brother-and-sister team who are also behind EatSleepDraw, one of the largest user-submitted art sites on the internet.

The package is a rectangular box and the content is beautifully wrapped in tissue paper and a cute seal. It includes a “menu card” describing each product and how best to use it.

Here are some pictures

Products included:

• KUM Automatic Long Point Sharpener
• Tombow Irojiten Colored Pencil
• KOH-i-Noor Woodless Colored Pencil
• Posca Paint Marker
• Liquitex Professional Paint Marker
• Rendr® Paper
• Conmemorative Logo pin
• Candy
• Menu card

Of course I had to try everything right away and well here is what I created

We have all been through the terrible experience of painting and using different mediums specially when working on an art journal and seeing the paint and ink from the markers bleed through the paper and cause damage to a previous work.  Well, I tried the Rendr® Paper and this gorgeous paper did't bleed and the pencils and markers worked beautifully over the smooth surface.

The KOH-i-Noor Woodless Colored Pencil is so smooth and worked great for sketching and shading.

I also enjoyed using Tombow Irojiten Colored Pencil, loved the firmness of the point and how I was able to create layers of colour.

When I unboxed the products and saw this next two products I made the happy dance.

I've been wanting to try the Posca Paint Markers and the Liquitex Professional Paint Markers for a very long time.  They are awesome, loved the quality of the paint and how it covered the surface. The fact that that I can use them to make details and  take them and create where ever you are is very convenient.

I also received the KUM Automatic Long Point Sharpener, what can I say... is it possible to be in love with a pencil sharpener?... I am!!!! Works great, points are sharp and the long point feature is awesome for details.

Well the verdict is in..., I love this concept and the wonderful products that came this month and will recommend for you to give it a try, the value of the products is way over the cost of the monthly subscription an it is so much fun to try new art supplies.

Here is the link to ArtSnacks!!!

Love,

Julia