Feeling Guilty About Not Blogging

I've been feeling guilty about not blogging so much lately. About not having new inspiring photos to share...feeling guilty about blogging in bursts rather than being consistent like I feel I should. I look at some folks blogs like Alisa Burke who I admire, and she's always got some cute project idea or beautiful recipe to share. Her photos look like magazine ads. I don't know how she, and many others like her do it.

I know that the more time I spend online updating my website, store and blog the better I will do in the long run but it's so hard. All I wanta do is make art. Sitting alone with my music, painty fingers, instead of the click of the keyboard.

I actually saw that the cherries I bought the other day have a Facebook and Twitter account. WHAT!? I really wonder what our life is going to be like 10 years from now. Maybe I should feel guilty about not keeping up with the rest of the world. Maybe every moment should be tweeted, documented. Maybe that's just how things are now. Maybe I am getting old. ha

Summer Heat. Ugg.

Hey guys,

I've been hiding from the heat working inside and feeling lazy. Summer always seems to do that too me. It's so humid here in Florida. Ugg. I haven't had a chance to journal in about a month. WHAT!?? Crazy right? Instead I've been working on paintings. I'm excited about teaching a few classes in Sandford FL this fall and am hard at work on my demo pieces and writing the classes. I am also excited because my good friend Tessa McSorley (http://www.howtomakeart.com/) and I have been working on a new online journaling class. It's going to be awesome. We will be binding our own journals, playing with plaster and lots more! It's still in the early stages so I'm not sure when it will be out but I'm so excited to be working on it with her. :)


What projects have you been working on this summer?

XO

Sarah

Fun with Kuretake pens!

I was recently sent a bunch of fun pens by Kuretake, well-known for their awesome Zig pens. I had an afternoon to play and wanted to show you all my results! :)



Here are a few of my favorites of the lot:

The waterbrush. I take this with me everywhere! It has a reservoir you can fill with water and combined with watercolor media is perfect for journaling on the go.


A fabulous double sided metallic Painty marker. One side is silver and the other is gold. A great fine tip too!


Love the Woodcraft markers! A chunky tip with a nice opaque, slightly chalky paint that is easy to write over. Great for journaling!


This Real brush pen is fabulous! It leaves great brush strokes and is watersoluable for watercolor effects. LOVE.





The Scroll and Brush marker. I'm loving the double tip side.


The Painty FX! A great all around paint pen. Not quite as nice a tip as the Sharpie Poster paints for fine work but still a great pen to add to your arsenal. Slightly chalky and writes over well when dry.

Here are a few shots of my journal playing with these pens. The background is acrylic paint and all of the pen work is the Kuretake pens.

Here I tried to do a complete page with only the pens. The background was done mostly with the Woodcraft markers and made for a nice background. The other pens wrote and stamped nicely over top.

A big thank you to Kuretake for sending me these great goodies!!!

Here is their website if you want to check out their products: http://www.kuretake.co.uk/