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What pigments are in Gamblin oil paints?
One of the things I like about Gamblin paints is that their website provides a lot of information: there’s the “Color Temperature and Value List“, which is a very helpful table listing the Munsell color values for all their paints; …
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How do I make a sharp edge with oil paint?
Last year I started painting with oil paints again, after almost a decade of only using acrylic and gouache. I had gotten used to making solid, crisp blocks of color with gouache, and I found myself wondering how I could …
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Process blog: Attachment (illuminated journal entry)
Over the past couple months, I’ve been teaching myself how to do art in the style of illuminated manuscripts from medieval Europe. (That’s actually a huge category, which covers hundreds of years and many cultures and therefore many many different …
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Chalk Doodles fabric now available!
Look! Look look look! I designed a fabric and got it printed for a project, and if you like it YOU can order it too!
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Interlocking Granny Stitch
This is a tutorial for a crochet stitch I’ve been calling the interlocking granny stitch. It’s a pretty dense stitch that produces interesting textures on both sides, and its honeycomb-like pattern is a fun base for color work.
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Toddler Backpack How-To
I recently designed and sewed a backpack for my toddler. It was fun and not too hard. In this blog post, I will walk you through all the steps from design to construction, explaining my thought process at each step. …
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Non-paper towels
A couple months ago, I visited a friend and discovered that she had mostly switched from using paper towels to cloth towels. Staying with her and using her towels convinced me this was an easier switch than I had thought, …
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Kate’s Gluten Free Anadama Bread Recipe
After a several years of gluten free baking and making variations on several other recipes, I’ve developed a really good gluten free bread recipe. This is a gluten free version of anadama bread, a type of bread made with molasses …
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Painted post
The other week I participated in a fun community art project! The art center in my town supplied blank wooden posts. We had a couple weeks to decorate them and return them, and then they were put on display by …
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Bookshelf covers
If you have both bookshelves and a child of a certain age in your home, then you have experienced the child pulling the books off the shelf and throwing them all over the floor.
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Book binding experiment
I saw a thread on twitter about how to make your own sketchbook and thought, “Hey, I have all the supplies needed for that! Let’s try making a book!”
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All done with Ubuntu blanket!
Finally finished my Ubuntu blanket! I’m so happy with how it looks!
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Wall hanging
After watching a lot of The Great Interior Design Challenge I was inspired to make something to hang on my living room wall that coordinated with my couch. (Unfortunately, neither the couch nor the wall hanging particularly coordinates with the …
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My first crochet-along!
I have way too many unfinished creative projects, but I couldn’t resist starting the Ubuntu crochet-along, designed by Dedri Uys and organized by Scheepjes. The other blankets I’ve made using Dedri’s patterns have turned out really good, and I really …