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Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Go Hog Wild!

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Go Hog Wild!

May 27, 2018

This weekend is the national holiday commemorating Memorial Day. First...

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Spring & Summer 2018

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop: Spring & Summer 2018

May 25, 2018

I love coffee...I love tea...enough said! Honey Bee Stamps is...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Tickled Pink

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Tickled Pink

May 20, 2018

I’m not much of a frilly kind of gal. I...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Love My Tribe

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Love My Tribe

May 13, 2018

Everybody wants to belong. It is in our nature. Many...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: For The Record

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: For The Record

May 6, 2018

This past week has been a flurry of activity here...

Honey Bee Stamps: Spring Release Blog Hop

Honey Bee Stamps: Spring Release Blog Hop

May 1, 2018

Today I am part of the Honey Bee Stamp Blog...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Five: Eat The Donut

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Five: Eat The Donut

Apr 30, 2018

It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Four: Small Gang

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Four: Small Gang

Apr 29, 2018

It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Three: Feeling Sheepish

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Three: Feeling Sheepish

Apr 28, 2018

It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Two: Lady Bug Birthday

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Two: Lady Bug Birthday

Apr 27, 2018

It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day...

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day One: Mr. & Mrs.

Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day One: Mr. & Mrs.

Apr 26, 2018

It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Flower Power Fox

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Flower Power Fox

Apr 22, 2018

Ah, misty watercolored memories! Today I am traveling back to...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Honeycombs & Hexagons

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Honeycombs & Hexagons

Apr 15, 2018

Hi friends...it’s another Creative Sunday. Before I get started I...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Suncatcher Bouquet

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Suncatcher Bouquet

Apr 8, 2018

I am so very ready for spring to arrive! I...

Stamping for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Stamping for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Apr 2, 2018

April is World Autism Awareness Month and Honey Bee Stamps...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Celebration Bunny

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Celebration Bunny

Mar 25, 2018

I save bits and pieces of wrapping paper. I am...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Whimsical Garden Placemat

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Whimsical Garden Placemat

Mar 18, 2018

We are a family who uses placemats, with matching cloth...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Kiss Me…I’m Irish

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Kiss Me…I’m Irish

Mar 11, 2018

We are Painting Instagram Green over at Honey Bee Stamps. Join in...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bunny Tryouts Today

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bunny Tryouts Today

Mar 4, 2018

Easter will soon be here, and along with it comes...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Coffee, Coffee, And More Coffee

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Coffee, Coffee, And More Coffee

Feb 18, 2018

I love coffee. That is all! LOL I actually didn’t...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Unique

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Unique

Feb 11, 2018

Something about bees fascinates me. They apparently like me as...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Strong!

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Bee Strong!

Feb 4, 2018

I love the old “skeps,” or domed straw baskets, that...

The World Needs More Kindness…and A Giveaway!

The World Needs More Kindness…and A Giveaway!

Feb 1, 2018

Several months ago I was sent a Kindness Stamp and...

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Sending You My Love

Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Sending You My Love

Jan 28, 2018

As I sat here working on my last Valentine’s Card...

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Hello......I'm Jo Ann

Christian, wife, and proud mother and grandma. I love to create art, cook, read a good book, take photos, and travel. -Enjoy life now...this is not a rehearsal!

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A study in two different mediums… Tim Holtz WC D A study in two different mediums… Tim Holtz WC Distress Pencils -v- Windsor & Newton Cotman WC Paints. 👩‍🎨🎨 ————— 1. On the right is my original painting using W & N paints. I mixed equal parts Intense Blue and Cadmium Red Pale Hue to make black. I added additional water and thinned down washes to the bird to make the blooms and drips. As the paint thins out it creates lovely bluish tints. 2. On the left I used Tim’s WC Pencils. Distress Black Soot Ink has the unique property of maintaining its true black color as it’s thinned with water. The pencils do as well. Hmmm 🤔 To remedy this I quickly made a thin wash with Prize Ribbon while the painting was still wet. I alternated adding thinned blobs of the black and blue wash until I got the desired results. ————— The more I study it…the more I prefer the raven on the left! Do you have a favorite? ————— @tim_holtz @ranger_ink #timholtz #distress #distressinks #distresspencils
When you still have your new pencils out…but hav When you still have your new pencils out…but have no idea what to do with yourself. Cleaning your mess is not the answer. 😜 Then out of the corner of your eye you see Tim’s new “Unraveled” stamp set from Stamper’s Anonymous and some leftover scraps of watercolor paper. You just start to paint. Not sure what it will become when I fussy cut it. Mum(my)’s the word! 🤫 ————— (Swipe left for process pics) 1. Stamped with Antique Linen Distress ink for no line painting. 2. Antique Linen says it all. It’s in the name! But it was too dark so I made a wash and added some Picket Fence to lighten it. The brown is a mix of Walnut Stain and Black Soot. ————— @tim_holtz @stampersanonymous @ranger_ink #timholtz #stampersanonymous #distress #distressinks #distresspencils
Still testing out the new Tim Holtz Distress Penci Still testing out the new Tim Holtz Distress Pencils. And how much fun is Tim’s new “The Scarecrow” stamp set from Stamper’s Anonymous? 🧡 ————— (Swipe right for process pics) 1. I stamped the scene using Antique Linen Distress Ink for no line painting with the watercolor pencils. 2. I realized that I put the sun on the right but the shadows on the scarecrow are also on the right. 🤔 Simple fix. I wet the shadow lines and lifted them with a paper towel. The crow and the plaid shirt are my favorite parts!! 3. I wanted to create some color blends so I made some heavily pigmented washes. 4. I wasn’t sure how to add a background at this point without a lot of masking. I carefully flooded the paper with water, avoiding the painted areas, and floated in several different light color washes. ————— @tim_holtz @stampersanonymous @ranger_ink #timholtz #stampersanonymous #distressink #distress #distresspencils
I know…I know…no posts for 2+ years and now he I know…I know…no posts for 2+ years and now here I am posting again! 😜 I would have made this a reel, but after an hour of trying to figure it out I gave up. 🫤 ————— After painting the cat, crow, and bats yesterday I immediately thought of Tim Holtz’s new “Gothic Tapestry” skull from Stamper’s Anonymous. And I wanted to play with my new Distress Pencils some more…of course I did! ————— I stamped a partial picture using Hickory Smoke Oxide ink. The watercolor paper (140lb cold press) was very textured so the impression is sketchy at best, but I didn’t need a lot of details. ————— I love it! (Hubby thinks that it looks like Chewbacca!! 😂) We are going to need open stock on the black pencil!! @ranger_ink @tim_holtz @stampersanonymous #timholtz #stampersanonymous #distress #distresspencils #watercolopencils
Part Two I tested several of my favorite watercolo Part Two I tested several of my favorite watercolor pencil methods still using the Windsor & Newton professional cold press 140 lb watercolor paper. High quality paper is oftentimes more important than the quality of paint in getting good results. 1. The first swatch is pencil scribbled directly onto the paper and activated with a water brush. The Seedless Preserves is highly pigmented but a little harder to break down and dissolve. Darker reds and purples sometimes behave this way. 2. The second swatch is dipping the tip of the pencil in the water and smoothing with a wet brush. This delivers a large pigment load. You can also run a wet brush over the tip of the pencil and then paint. These offer very smooth results. 3. The third swatch is a wash. I like to create a controlled wash. Yes…you can do this easily with pencils. Add a few drops of water to a porcelain well. Run your water brush over the tip of the pencil and swirl it into the water. Repeat multiple times until you get the paint to water ratio that you want. With a wash you can add many layers to your painting. 4. The top picture shows how well the colors lift. This is useful info for adding highlights and shading or if you accidentally drop color in an unwanted area. Being Distress Inks, they don’t appear to react quite the same to water droplets as regular Distress Inks. They do lift when dry, but some colors stain more than others. (continued in comments) timholtz @ranger_ink #timholtz #distress #distresspencils #watercolorpencils
Part One I have been watching for the UPS driver a Part One I have been watching for the UPS driver all week. When my package of Distress Pencils arrived yesterday afternoon I nearly snatched it from their hands! 😂 I work a lot with different watercolor paints, pencils, and crayons so I was eager to play with them. I used Windsor & Newton professional cold press 140 lb watercolor paper to test them. It’s bumpy so you get a lot of white space when you scribble on the pigment. 1. As I tend to layer colors I immediately put them into color families. I know that you like to dig for them Tim but I need them in color order and don’t have your patience. You are a “hunter” and I am a “gatherer.” 😜 2. I swatched them out…not only to have a chart but to check on several properties. It shows me how easily the different colors dissolve on the paper but also how they “water down” into a wash near the bottom of the swatch. The black line shows their transparency. Most colors are highly pigmented, yet transparent, and easy to dissolve. So far I am loving them!!! (More in next post.) @tim_holtz @ranger_ink #timholtz #distress #distresspencils #watercolorpencils
I have been doing a lot of watercoloring this summ I have been doing a lot of watercoloring this summer and thought that I might start posting again. (I haven’t shared my art work socially in over 2 years.) I painted these three Halloween Decoration Cards this morning using Windsor & Newton paints. They are from an older Michael’s class (free) taught by Mandy Peltier. They were a hoot to paint! @mandypeltierartist @michaelsstores @winsorandnewton #winsorandnewton #makeitwithmichaels #michaelsclasses
Sometimes it is hard to step back, reevaluate, and Sometimes it is hard to step back, reevaluate, and admit that you need to see things differently!! These are powerful phrases that I intend to learn and to use gracefully. ————— Thanks my friend for allowing me to share your wise words! ❤️@turnertr03
I am learning. I am listening. #blackouttuesday #a I am learning. I am listening. #blackouttuesday #amplifymelanatedvoices
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