Looking forward to another year! Excellent organization on the first post!
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Last night, New Yearās Eve, I painted another page from our zoom time on Saturday and today, January 1st, I finished so I think it belongs in this yearās craftalong.
It might not look like it now, when itās finished, but I still donāt really get how to use water paints properly. Without the line work, each spot looks like a hot mess, unless thatās how naked paint looks. Iām so used to precision in my doodles that maybe anything messy looks wrong now 
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They look great!
I learned in Fodder School as well as some of the Alisa Burke classes that what I thought were āblobsā and messy paint can turn into beautiful things with a bit of line work! I love the randomness of how watercolors workā¦but it does take getting used to!
I love your doodles inside!
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@geekgirl - Should we reinvigorate the monthly prompts?
Working on my Alisa Burke Leftover lesson - painting and collage-ing pages.
Water color
Collage
Working in a composition book with about one quarter of pages removed and a Canson media book - 5.5ā by 8.5ā.
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Prompts are fun!
I can start us off for January.
January Prompts:
This could be done in a journal page, on a tag, ATC, etc. Anything papery/mixed media
Use 3 of the 5 items listed below:
- the color gray
- a number
- mark making
- a crown
- security envelope
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The orange one is a great combo of watercolor plus your doodles! I also like the wavy lines you used.
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Thanks, I like that one too. I wanted the doodles to show up but not overwhelm the orange colour, so why not use an orange pen.
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Good start! I signed up for the leftovers class too but after doing about 19 hours of the Artsy Meetup Marathon I took a break from my art supplies the rest of the day. Hoping to catch up tomorrow or Tuesday.
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I couldnāt stay connected due to the storm so Iāll watch it as replay over the next week. Any classes/ teachers that you loved/liked?
I am seriously considering this class from Willa Wanders. Itās a little more than I typically spend on a class, but I might call it an early bday presentā¦
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Iāve been watching her IG stories on this one and going back and forth on registering. It would be more fun if youāre doing it too so Iāll probably sign up if you do.
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I actually really liked all of the classes this year. There were a couple I didnāt do, one if the teachers made a pocket, Kristin Peterson maybe? I also didnāt do Kristen Radden --Layered Landscapes (A Collage Project) since I didnāt have any magazines with landscapes in them. I needed to carve and print my stamp for #carvedecember so I used the time during those sessions, if I didnāt need to do the stamp I would have done them.
I did Kialaās intro lesson on a sheet of 12x18ā watercolor paper which I used for my covers for Liz Constableā Matryoshka Books. Catherine Rains ā Gratitude Collage Grid Was fun but I wish I would have used pencil instead of pen for the journaling because it distracts too much from the collages. I only saw part of Kellee Wynneāa grid journaling lesson before I needed to get some sleep, so Iāll catch that on the replay. I think DeeDee was out with the flu so Iām not sure who covered her slot. I plan to catch up on the ones I missed while I was sleeping once theyāre posted.
Overall I really enjoyed all of the lessons even though there was a lot more journaling than I usually incorporate into my art. It actually made me think I want to incorporate more for 2023.
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I only managed 10 hours. I really liked the little scrappy books but I canāt remember who did the class. you glued lots of paper scraps onto muslin (I used cheesecloth) and made a little book out of it. I did do the pockets and liked the junky look and they will go nicely in some of my junk journals. I wasnāt crazy about the collaged landscapes. But people did seem to really like them. I really liked my page I did early on with Tiffany.
It turns out my craft room chair is super uncomfortable after a few hours.
Looking forward to watching the rest of the videos on replay.
@Abbeeroad i got the email about that class this morning. I did think about it briefly and then decided not to.
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I think that was Roben-Marie Smith, I really liked that one too. I used muslin and matte medium and my book is surprisingly still flexible.
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I love Wendyās classes - I like her style. But yes, itās a lot of money and I donāt really need another thing this month/year. And Iām crap at taking time to practice anything.
But you know, early bird pricing always tempts me. Ugh.
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lolā¦I havenāt signed up for anything yet this year and I havenāt done one of Wendyās classes before. I can feel myself cavingā¦ 
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Also, Instagram suggested Catherine Rains to me so I did sign up for a free 5-day collage class. Itās a teaser for a longer class but Iāll just try the freebie.
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Abbee, that does look good & my lettering needs help, BUT, there are so mant free classes out there for lettering. I have to at least try a couple of those before spending any money. I havenāt touched any of the classes I paid for last year, lol.
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ughāneither have I! I have to decide to keep paying for the Handmade Book Club access or cut my lossesā¦I did the free classes and then never did another oneā¦
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