Teaching My Favorite Techniques!

Hi everyone! I wanted to let y'all know that I'll be teaching some of my favorite layering, shading and image transfer techniques on June 19th in So. Cal. at the Santa Clarita Craft Lab. *UPDATE: The class is called "Hearts of Fire - Mixed Media Imagery."*The collage we'll be making is a simple heart image with wings and a crown.At first,...

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DVM-365: A New Beginning

Remember the DaVinci Mode Challenge I wrote about last month? Stacy "The Craft Whore" McQueen started that facebook challenge in April (on Leonardo's birthday) and, out of the 50+/- creatively good-intentioned folks who signed up, a handful and a half of us completed the full 30-day challenge. A few of us even wanted to keep going! Today,...

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Nowhere NEAR Finished, But...

More layers of color... Originally uploaded by Skelekitty (Krissi Sandvik)here is the progress thus far on "Painting The Roses Red," just the same. Today is gel medium transfer day. On a lot of pieces, I'll use clear packing tape as a transfer medium, but I wanted this piece to have a dreamy/layered look to it (I want to see the "space"...

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Scoopalicious: Cupcake Project/Scoopalicious Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup 2009

Scoopalicious: Cupcake Project/Scoopalicious Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup 2009Yours truly has donated a pri...

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In Wonderland

More progressOriginally uploaded by Skelekitty (Krissi Sandvik)I've been working on a new painting for the last few days that is NOT Skelekitty. This piece is called "Painting the Roses Red" and is my submission for the "Alice in Wonkaland" call for artists. The show will be in July in So. Cal., so keep your eyes (and RSS feeds) open for...

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Free Mothers' Day Card from A Cagey Bee!

If you still need a card for your Momma today, jet over to A Cagey Bee's site and print out her cute pdf freebie! I'm spending my "Mothers' Day" recovering from 2nd Saturday art shows, working on a new Skelekitty painting and relaxing while Ron and Abby are visiting "grandma and grandpa" for the holiday.  I hope your day is just as...

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Congrats Spinestealer & A NEW Contest!

Congratulations to Spinestealer! She won the random drawing from folks who posted comments on my "Break The Rules" posts, and is a damn fine artist, too. If you haven't read the entries, there are some great ideas, craft cover-ups and happy accidents there.Hey Spiney, be sure to e-mail your snail mail address to me with a note indicating...

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You KNOW You Do It Too

A week back I posted a contest asking folks to post about how they break the rules in their artwork and crafts.  For the original post (and to enter) - clicky click right here. A few people seem to think they're not qualified to enter.  I think they are dead wrong.  Therefore, I've decided two things today: I'm expanding the scope of the contest from just art to ALL creative endeavors which brings us to: I'm extending...

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SK's Return and a New Artist at 2nd Sat

Despite rumors to the contrary, I actually do listen to all of the Skelekitty requests with which I have been pummeled over the last year or so. In response, I've painted (well, AM PAINTING is more like it) two new 11x14" angel & devil mixed-media pieces featuring the little minx - they also explain the absence of daily "DaVinci Mode...

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