Alice Hendon, Artangleology

  Grabbing minutes here and there between all the other things I do and what did I decide to work on? Neurotangling, of course. Hahahaha! I began with this postcard that I pre-colored with Zig Clean Color Brush Pens and water. I love the color just like it was but it was on top of the stack. Hahaha! The base is a Nostalgie Sketch Postcard from Hahnemühle . You know how much I love their products! These postcards are roughly 6" x 4" which is pretty much the perfect size for quick and fun!   I began with the lines, then the corner fills, followed by some tangling. Just my basic printemps and ripped screen. In a couple sections I heavy weighted the lower corners per Glamour Additions. I felt like the tangling/drawing part was done but the overall piece felt blah! to me. I used some Schmincke watercolors and started on those larger pink areas. Just filling in some color with a water brush.  And I brought in some yellow and green. Oh! So much better! But do you see how the postca

  This art journal is one of my favorites! I made it using Bristol Illustration paper from Hahnemühle and my Bind-It-All machine. Since Glamour Additions wrapped up I have been at a loss for what to do in my journal. Last night I needed a break and pulled my book out to get busy.  I began with this gelli print I made years ago in a class taught by Carla Sonheim. I think it was one of the first gelli prints I made in the class. I loved the color combination and have kept it safe. Waiting for the right time to use it. And that time came last night. You can also see a digital stamp I printed and colored with Copic markers and a couple tiny pages I bought from an ad on Facebook. You never know if those things are going to work but this one did. I cut my gelli page to 5.5" x 7.5" and adhered it with scor tape .  There's that digital stamp girl. Found her on Pinterest. And you can see the two little pages better here. They are 1.5" wide by 2" tall and see thru vell

Fun post for you today! I took a plain white jigsaw puzzle I had on hand and put it through the color works. A little bit of everything and I then had a fun, colorful, bright puzzle to put together while I was thinking about what to do next. Hahahah! A little trouble focusing these days. Let me show you what I did. I originally ran this post back in May on a different site. If it looks familiar, I hope you will revisit it with me.  It began with a  gelli plate  and some  acrylic paints  from Dylusions. Rose quartz and lemon zest at first and just a small amount because these paints go a long way on a gelli plate. Using a  brayer , I rolled the color back and forth and side to side till my plate was covered. Nothing too technical happening in this post today, just play and fun. I took a sheet of card stock and made a lift to remove some of the paint.  Remember that  Taking Back the Studio  project I am committed to? The one where I use every stencil I own at least once? Here is a stenci

Questions about storage of art supplies is a regular thing for me. When we moved from Florida to Maine I condensed two rooms into one small room and storage immediately became an issue.  I learned how to pack a lot of punch into a small amount of area. I could show you a lot with this one photo, but I want you to focus on the top shelf for today.   This case is just one of four that fit into a Plano Fishing Tackle Box I bought at Walmart years ago. I was big time into scrapbooking back then and scrapbooking storage could be expensive. Kali and I were at a Bass Pro in Orlando with Mark when we came across all the fishing tackle boxes. Our first thought was scrapbook boxes! Hahahaha! Price-wise we knew Walmart would have a better deal. I paid $10.00 for this great little carrier that came with four of these plastic storage containers that lock tight and store inside the overall case. Great for carrying from room to room, or to a friend's house, wherever.  With all the swap items I ma

  Art journaling using leftovers? Yep! Don’t throw those scraps away. You never know when they might come in handy. Yesterday I made two art journal pages for a swap – using items left from other projects. Let me show the first one and tell you how I made it. As you might be aware – this past December I released a book of full color background pages that can be used in so many ways in your art projects. For this journal page I brought out a piece of art I made for the book  More Tangle Starts  to use as my base. Just a piece of the art really because I had used the other half of the page last month on a Christmas journal page you can see  here . The paper is  Harmony Hot Pressed  watercolor paper from  Hahnemühle , the color is  Dylusions Ink Sprays . I chose these two blocks I had leftover from a page in Dina Wakley’s  Collage Collective  books to use for my main accent pieces. The page is 5″ x 7″ which is really just a perfect size for swaps. I began by adding some splatters with a