I am old enough that I am of the "Captain Kangaroo Generation." Almost everyday, he was doing something crafty with a cylindrical "Quaker Oats" container. I was always begging...ok, ok I was always whining to my mother that she should buy Quaker Oats so that I could make a cute piggy bank (the ones made from Clorox plastic bottles were spoil tacky😉). Poor woman, she pointed out that I did not like oatmeal, but logic is lost on a 5 year old. To dive down the rabbit hole of pop psychology, I think this early frustration was a seed that, along with other frustrations in the creative area, led to a lifelong interest in art and craft; funny how little bit incidents can set the course of a life.

So true.

Thank you

Thank you

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Wonderful!

Thank you so much!

You are so welcome!

Thank you

Thank you! You too!

Thank you 🤗

You are so welcome!

I'm glad you liked it, Paulla

I was, yes Mr Rogers, thank you Linda.

I think so too, fingers crossed it will happen one day.

Fabulous, thank you

You are so welcome!

Thank you

You are so welcome!

Thank you

Thank you and I think you’re right the brown ones would be good for a fall project.

I do find it fun.

I agree Robin.

Thank you! Cheers!

Janice as long as you approach it as play and understand that at least half your prints aren’t going to be great then you’ll enjoy the process. The more you play the better you’ll become. P.s. the prints that don’t work can always be worked on further in future sessions.

Thank you Faye

Have fun!

You are so welcome!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much!

Fantastic

Thank you so much Sue

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much

Thank you

Thank you, I’m not meeting Gayle this year but at some point we both want to meet.

Sandy do you think you’d enjoy a small square plate instead.

Have fun

Thank you.

I can see that.

Me too, thank you Darcy.

I just keep going.

Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much! 😊

Lol

Great idea Donna

Wonderful, have fun.

You are so welcome!

Thank you so much

To me the paint smells like rotten vegetable or sometimes sour.

Have fun!

Thank you and thank you for the support.

Wonderful

Thanks so much 😊

Lol

Yes you’re right, thank you.

You're welcome

That’s what I do for mixed media pieces.

Always try to be aware of it, thank you

Great to hear. Thank you

Yup, thank you

Tammy it’s a plexiglass panel I use to move my plates around on when I’m videoing.

@@CeriGriffiths thanks so much.

I normally use 250gsm card stock for most things, I buy it in 12x12 size and cut it down to my requirements.

Hi Carol, I normally clean my foam stamps under running water rubbing the surface with my finger tips, I then blot them dry with kitchen towel (kitchen paper) and let them dry naturally before storing them. As for black bits coming off I think it would be best to email Mariah at P.M. Artist Studio because mine don’t do that and as they manufacture them she may have the answer.

@@CeriGriffiths Thank you for taking the time to send a reply.🤩

It’s in his archives, search there, I’ve watched it. 😊

@@elayned6147watch @ArtWhisperer88 he’s got a few videos how to condition the plate

Lilly this video will help. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fp2Fq7J6y6fWn40.html

Each color informs the next color. The basic color wheel with primary, secondary and tertiary colors should help when you are looking to compliment or accent colors. You can take your paints and put the pure of each color on one side of your paper in little “block” shapes, then put another color on the opposite side of the paper in the same size shape. Then, gradually mixing a little bit of each into the pure, and work your way toward the middle where you have a “half and half” mix of both colors. By half and half, I mean visually half and half, not quantity of paint because darks take very little to color something. Best thing to do is just try anything. If you don’t like the results, you can simply “keep going” until you do, or cut it up and use smaller pieces as accents in something else. One more tip. If you mix colors and get “muddy” colors that look like they have a grey ish cast to them, the quality of paint you are using is probably not good enough. Some companies cheat and put white in colors to make them look more “vibrant.” This causes problems when you go to mix colors together that you know should make secondary or tertiary colors. Good luck! Happy color mixing! ❤

@@JennCadyFiddlyBits what a great detailed response

@@2011nschmidt I am by no means an expert, but my mother has been a fine artist my whole life and I learn so much from her regarding how to research and understand the tools and products we use to make art. (For example, a big myth is that acrylics are “safe” when they might not be. Some of the same toxic minerals go into acrylic paint as oil paint, and acrylics are water based, which allows your skin to absorb more readily than oil when on the skin.) It takes a lifetime to truly understand color theory, but her explanations have helped me with troubleshooting, as well as some of the experimentation I learned in my own art education. Happy to share my experiences with others. (Always growing and refining too, because I’ve learned that there’s no “secret formula,” just pushing the boundary using a basic technique “toolbox” and trying until I find something that I like!)

No real system I just follow my instincts which have been built up by looking at art and creative things over the years. I believe the more you do the more you’ll be able to do.

Jenn definitely gave a great answer.

Not sure yet

They are not connected to the glass plates, the gel plates are just normal gel plates I just lay them onto a sheet of plexiglass for filming ease.

Suzy here’s my video on it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fp2Fq7J6y6fWn40.html

Yup thats him.

Yup thats him.

Yup thats him.