Monday 28 July 2008

After Midnight Tutorials

If you havent stumbled upon After Midnights blog recently then you are missing out on a whole lot of wonderful eye candy and some fantastic step by step tutorials too!

My personal favourite are the gorgeous Fantasy Beads using sheets of fanstasy film and paper to make unique handmade beads. You can view step by step photos of these wonderful mini works of art on the following link:
http://www.amstamps.com/fantasybeads/index.html

Dont forget to check out the Art Glass Tutorials using pieces of glass and utee to make gorgeous embellishments: Art Glass Project 1

Also the newly added Midnight Art Glass tutorial using foil flakes and glass to make embellishments which are so gorgeous to look at I wish I could eat em! Check them out here:
http://amstamps.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-art-glass-project-sheet.html

All of these fantastic tutorials and other interesting blog posts can all be found on the After Midnight Blog, the url to drool over them all is: http://amstamps.blogspot.com/

Friday 25 July 2008

Art Trader Magazine

Found this juicy online magazine which you can download as a pdf document. Lots of gorgeous droolsome artwork here! Check it out: http://www.arttradermag.com/

Dont forget to click on this link to grab all the back issues too!
http://www.arttradermag.com/issues.html

You wont be dissapointed!

Wednesday 23 July 2008

Soul Journaling Project

I came across this blog on my travels around blogland :) Each day on the Caspiana blog by Sarah Whitmire you get a brand new challenge as part of an ongoing 'Soul Journaling' project.

Theres some fantastic ideas and inspiration to be had from these tutorials! I for one will be having a go at some of them myself :) Lots of background and layering going on and gesso too!

This project is perfect for those of you who have wanted to get into art journaling but havent yet as your scaredy cats :)

Peeky Linky: http://sarahwhitmire.blogspot.com/

Daily Freebie Collage Images & Art Journal Tutorial

Thifty Collage Artist Blog has some stunning artwork displayed, Im a particular fan of her art journals and her use of strong bold colours and imagery - perfection!

In addition to the gorgeous eye candy you can get a daily freebie collage image to download! Click on the link on the lefthand menu to access it:

http://thriftycollageartist.blogspot.com/

While your there also check out this superb Art Journaling Tutorial with step by step photos and instructions:
http://thriftycollageartist.blogspot.com/2008/02/step-by-step-instructions-to-jouranl.html

For the background junkies you can find a couple of background tutorials too:
http://thriftycollageartist.blogspot.com/2008/02/background-tutorial-1.html
http://thriftycollageartist.blogspot.com/2008/02/background-tutorial-2.html

Free Collage Sheets & Gorgeous Eye Candy

If you havent already seen Gaby Cajubrasil's blog then your missing a visual art treat!

Not only is Gaby's artwork gorgeous she is also fantastically talented at digital art too and keeps giving away some gorgeous collage sheets for FREE!

Go peek on the linky here and be sure to mop up the drool :)
http://gaby-cajubrasil.blogspot.com/

Dont forget to leave Gaby a comment and thank her for the lovely collage sheets too! Show your appreciation as she may make us MORE ;)

Welcome To Art Junkies!

Ok I 100% agree with what your saying....not ANOTHER flipping blog :) Sorry but I couldnt help it and here it is....

What Is Art Junkies?

Art Junkies is a Blog-Ezine dedicated to all things art and beautiful. Featuring stuff that catches my eye while surfing through blogland. The latest books, techniques, crazes, products, freebies, links, videos and just jaw droppingly inspiring!

Wanna get featured in Art Junkies?

All you have to do is submit a comment to this blog along with the website, blog or gallery link you want to be featured and I'll come have a nosy at it and feature it.

I'll be posting art links to stuff I find now and then so be sure to add my blog to your bookmarks!

Peeky Linky to add me is: http://art-junkies.blogspot.com/

Art Is Good For The Soul

Trish Bee