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10 Colour Pens

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If you're of a certain age, or have a love of pens and stationery, you've probably seen these before. When I was a kid, many many years ago, they were all the rage.  Everywhere.  Everyone had one.  I've probably had one or six over the years. And my everyday use pen is a 4 colour version by Bic. But this year I ended up with a bunch of them.  Firstly a set of 3 from Temu that claimed to have 28 colours. And a cute set of two from my in-laws. The first step with any art supply, is swatching.  A lot of people hate swatching - I love it. There's a nice range of colours.  I was surprised that the set of 28 actually seemed to have a bunch of different colours.  I kinda assumed there'd be duplicates.   Two of the colours were a bit dead to start with, but worked once I scribbled a bit.   A particular highlight was the ball on top, which rotated and made for awesome fidgeting.   The pens from my in-laws were also good - althoug...
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The Nigel Collab

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Way back in June, I approached Jenny of Weegie Art Studio and suggested we doa  collab.  I had an idea to turn her original character Nigel the Ghost, into a Limited Edition Mini Alien collection . The idea spiralled a bit, and now we have a full collection launching Friday 13th September.  You can purchase from me HERE , and from Jenny HERE .  We both have all items available. It's been my first big collab, and I'm really excited.  I've had lots of fun working with Jenny. There has been a lot of trial and error.  Nigel just didn't work with my standard mini alien shape, so there were some crochet prototypes that weren't quite right.  And the yarn was hard to work with, then the eyes were too small.  But I think we got a cute monster Nigel plush in the end.   The yarn I used has a thin strand of glittery tinsel, and it's rainbow! Like all my other Limited Edition Mini Alien collections, each plushie comes with an adoption certificate....
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Guy the Desk Buddy

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A few months ago my friend Adele from Dellie's Designs created an adorable little desk buddy download for her Patreon, as chronicled in this studio vlog here. It was ridiculously adorable. Then last month she released it new one.  It was also ridiculously adorable. And it was when I saw the second one, that I had an idea.  One of my monsters would look utterly fantastic as a desk buddy.  So I reached out to Adele and asked her permission to copy her idea.  And because she's a lovely, lovely person, she said yes. So I drew Guy. And then I drew Guy's back. And then I played about with him a bit, and did some prototyping, and came up with this. He is, as I predicted, utterly fantastic.  And I decided you should all get to have a Guy on your desk too.  So I made a free printable. You can download a full size image for printing, right here on my store for absolutely nothing. If you make one, please let me know :-)
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Attempting the Glow Effect

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Have you seen those reels where artists do a simple drawing in white paint pen, then outline it and make it look like a really cool neon effect? Like this one by NashVibes Art   View this post on Instagram A post shared by NashVibes Art (@nashvibes_art) Or this one, by Gaspi Mendoza   View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gaspi Mendoza | Artist Oh My God (@artistomgofficial) The process looks fairly simple: white drawing on black paper, outline with a light version of a colour, then again with a darker version of that colour.  So that's what I did.               Except it didn't look quite right.  It's okay I guess, but I wanted to do better.  Maybe the white wasn't thick or consistent enough?  Maybe the blues weren't contrasting enough?  So I got out some more paint pens.                     Even if I accepted the neon bi...
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Blog Archive

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  Access my blog archive by clicking here , or click through any of the links below: My First Artists Alley May is a Busy Month New Markers! Making My Own Washi Tape Another Lost Twitter Challenge
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