Gansai Tambi Watercolor & Stamping On The Margin – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Week 35

Sep 1, 2015 / 15 Comments

Hello Everyone! Welcome to week 35 of the Bible Art Journaling Challenge! This week I am staying On The Margin, while I invite you in to my private time of art journaling in my Bible. I spent some private time in the Word this past week, with the camera on, and my Gansai Tambi watercolors and acrylic stamps to create with. I shared a photo on my social media and in response, I’m letting you in to this personal time.

This week, my husband and I were unexpectedly blessed with [click to continue…]

Neocolor II Watercolor Crayons On The Margin – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Week 33

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Aug 18, 2015 / 12 Comments

Hello Everyone! It is week 33 of the Bible Art Journaling Challenge! This week I finally felt it was time to share about the topic of rest. It came at a great time personally but I know many of you have requested I share about rest, which was why I chose the topic for this week…. and will stay on the topic next week! If you’re in need of refreshing, stick around.

I fell in love with watercolor through the use of watercolor pencils and when I discovered the Caran d’Ache Neocolor II watercolor crayons… well… let’s just say, I had some months of personal artistic bliss. In my restraint, I’ve tried to [click to continue…]

Watercolor Salt Technique on Thin Paper – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Week 31

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Aug 4, 2015 / 13 Comments

Hello Everyone! It is week 31 of the Bible Art Journaling Challenge! I’ll be honest, I wasn’t one who excelled in my science and chemistry type classes in school. Art and English were more my cup of tea. I’m sure that is no surprise to you. But today, let’s get a little scientific and have some fun.

So, I love the technique of laying down a wash of watercolor and then sprinkling it with salt crystals while it is still wet. If you leave it to dry like that, the salt crystals actually soak up some of the watercolor pigment in the area where they sit. Something rather stunning and scientific happens right under your nose as it dries. When it is totally dry, you can simply brush off the salt and you’ll be left with a really amazing texture. See that white texture in the top area of that page where the red is? That is an example of what the watercolor salt technique can do. Very fun, very beautiful.

The watercolor salt technique is definitely not new, but when I went to try out this age old technique on my Bible pages, I felt like I was learning to re-invent the wheel again. It seems to be the case with SO many art techniques that have been around for decades and centuries. As soon as we apply them to Bible pages, its a total game changer and we need to start from the ground up. I’m not saying this is bad. I love a good challenge. I just discovered some coolness [click to continue…]

Twinkling H2O’s and Pearlescent Watercolor – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Week 25

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Jun 23, 2015 / 9 Comments

Hello Everyone! Welcome to week 25 of my Bible Art Journaling Challenge! This week I pulled out a beautiful old Bible I found at a charity shop here in England. It says it was published in M.DCCC.LV. That’s the roman numeral for the year 1855!

This Bible was appointed to be read in churches. It was a real treasure to find and I really enjoy using it for creative purposes to give it use again and enjoy it rather than allowing it to sit and collect dust somewhere.

For this challenge, I used Twinkling H2O’s and Yasutomo Pearlescent Watercolor. Both are stunning in person and hard to catch on camera. I admittedly thought I’d find the shimmery effect to look tacky when I first used them. Quite the opposite occurred. I got left with [click to continue…]

Gansai Tambi Watercolor + Faber-Castell Pitt Pens – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Week 24

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Jun 16, 2015 / 3 Comments

Hello Everyone! Welcome to week 24 of my Bible Art Journaling Challenge! This week I have created something which feels closer to “my style” than many things I teach on. I can do all sorts of styles and love creating and teaching a variety of things. Sometimes its fun to just let your hair down and get engrossed in the creative process. For today I just gathered the supplies I wanted to show you, found some scripture I really wanted to hear God speak to me more about, and let myself get lost in the process. Such beauty in all this.

I LOVE mixed media. I LOVE creating with no rules. I LOVE getting lost in God’s presence while creating. I LOVE God’s Word. This was even more fun for me than usual, if that is even possible. 🙂 The creativity today expresses “me” and my relationship with God quite well. Today I used Gansai Tambi watercolor, Faber-Castell Pitt Pens and also [click to continue…]

Distress Ink Smooshing – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Lesson 22

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Jun 2, 2015 / 10 Comments

(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

UPDATED: September 9, 2017 *Since this Distress Ink Smooshing post was originally published, I have fully developed the official technique for page prep, which will help you achieve the creativity of this fun lesson, with ease and no bleed through on your Bible pages. Info on this post has been updated where possible.

Hello Everyone! Welcome to week 22 of my Bible Art Journaling Challenge! I want to show you how to do a little ink smooshing in your Bible with Distress Ink! This is so fun!

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The greatest benefit of signing up, is a self-paced experience to keep you on track, in this beautiful journey of encountering Jesus through creativity, with myself and our supportive growing community. There are [click to continue…]

Watercolor Pencil – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Lesson 21

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May 26, 2015 / 10 Comments

(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)

UPDATED: September 11, 2017 *Since this watercolor pencil post was originally published, two things have happened. The Derwent Aquatone watercolor product (essentially watercolor pencil), has been retired. I have also fully developed the official technique for page prep, which will help you achieve the creativity of this fun lesson, with ease and no bleed through on your Bible pages. Info on this post has been updated where possible.

Hello Everyone! Welcome to week 21 of my Bible Art Journaling Challenge! I’ve got a very practical and interesting tutorial for you today using watercolor pencil.

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Peerless Watercolor Palette Tutorial

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May 23, 2015 / 6 Comments

I’ve got a Peerless watercolor palette tutorial for you today! No idea what I’m talking about? Do you like watercolor? I promise you’re going to love this. I’ve already shared a recent video of the Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors which I just LOVE. But I’ve been itching to share another totally different, favorite of mine which is the Peerless watercolor. More specifically, a tutorial on how to create a beautiful storage palette for them, which you can take anywhere with you easily.

You may have noticed [click to continue…]

Gansai Tambi Watercolor Review, Set Up & How To

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May 1, 2015 / 36 Comments

(10 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)

UPDATED September 13, 2017

Hello Everyone! I’ve been excited to share this quick video post with you! I’ve finally gotten my 36 color set of Kuretake Gansai Tambi Japanese watercolors, all the way from Japan. It is a brand and product by Zig who so many of us own loved products by. I bought this set because I could not be left out of the fun any longer. Zig have no idea who I am and have not compensated me in any way to share about these. I am in love and just cannot allow myself to not share their amazing qualities with you guys. Have you heard of, or tried them? Let’s all talk in the comments about them!

I cannot say enough exciting things about them. They took several weeks to arrive but are WELL worth the investment and patience to receive them. The Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors are artist grade and [click to continue…]

Inktense Pencils Tutorial – Bible Art Journaling Challenge Week 17

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Apr 28, 2015 / 21 Comments

(4 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)

Hello Everyone! Welcome to week 17 of my Bible Art Journaling Challenge! I can say with certainty that, of the 16 previous challenges I have released, this one is by far, my very favorite. I’ve used Inktense Pencils to do a self portrait and provided you a longer video tutorial with more teaching too. Yay!

A self portrait in a Bible?!? Have I lost the plot here? Wait until you find out what I’m teaching about today. And before you run off thinking I’ve just set an [click to continue…]