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I am happy to share with you some experimentations I did for my ColourArte video project, using fabric hardener (from the brand Paverpol) to create these colourful bowls. They are easy to make and require really few supplies.

I decided to cut it into two projects, to make it easier for you to see the differences.

Here are the videos:

In the first version, I decided to mold the bowl first and then paint it. Clear gesso was a good helper to make it able for the canvas to take on the paint.

I kept it simple but fun and used vivid colors of Silks glaze paint for it.

For the second version, I painted the canvas first and then created the bowl. I can’t say which way I prefer because they eventually end up creating two different vibes. I guess, however, that this one is “easier” to achieve. We just have to remember that the ColourArte products will more or less react to the Paverpol (that dries clear, by the way, even though it is white when wet).

I hope you enjoyed and that you leave inspired to try it out !

For this project I created for ColourArte, I really wanted to see how the Primary Elements, these amazing pigments powders from ColourArte, would work on a different surface. And I really wanted to make something with Paperclay.

My heart was pretty thick so I had to wait a couple of days before going on with the project, but it was worth the wait ! I absolutely fell in love with the Primary Elements pigments, they are highly pigmented and come in more than 100 of colours. (stay tuned for a video about them coming this month).

I really hope you will give it a try, if so please don’t be shy to share the result with me 🙂

List of the supplies I used:

Paperclay	Princeton Catalyst Polytip Bristle Brushes	Liquitex Acrylic Gesso	Blue Grass Twinkling H2O	Pink Grapefruit Primary Elements
Carmen Primary Elements	Cedar Wood Primary Elements

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This week’s video has been on my mind for a while…. I need to confess: this is the third time I actually do this project. The first two jewelry hangers are in our walk-in closet and hold my dearest necklaces. But I needed a third one (because you know… I love 3 and stuff) and decided “why not making it a video with ColourArte instead of keeping it to myself ?”. So there we go !

Have fun with creating the texture base. You don’t need anything fancy, as you’ve seen in the video. The only important thing to remember is that it will be hung on your wall and that nails will have to go through it. Other than that ? go for it !

Here is the supplies I used:

Liquitex Acrylic Gesso	Princeton Catalyst Polytip Bristle Brushes	Navajo Pearl Primary Elements	Bashful Blue Primary Elements	Beachouse Blue Primary Element
Snapdragon Primary Elements	3D Gel Gloss- Finnabair	Boysenberry Primary Elements	Catalyst Mini-Blade 04	Halftone Borders stencil

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I am so so pleased to release today the first episode of this new video collaboration with my friend and co-member of the ColourArte’s Design Team, Cindy Brown.

Every month, we will bring you two videos (one for each of us) projects based on a them we picked (and if you have ideas of themes we could play around, feel free to make your suggestions in the comments, we would love to hear your ideas).

This month, suiting January and all its possibilities, we picked the theme of new beginnings.

We have very different styles, Cindy is a scrapbooker and does mixed media as I don’t scrapbook much. I am very excited to see how this collaboration will lead us.

Here are our projects:

And our videos. Mine:

Cindy’s:

Here is the list of the supplies I have used:

Dylusions Creative Journal	Liquitex Acrylic Gesso	Princeton Catalyst Polytip Bristle Brushes	Stabilo Graphite Pencil	Blick Matte Acrylics
Neocolor II	Carmen Silk Glaze	Douglas Fir Twinkling H2O	Solar Gold Silk Glaze

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So happy to take you with me in my art journal for this first creative project created for ColourArte in 2016.

I wanted to make a page with a lots of meaning into it, intending to let go of what is now behind and welcoming what is yet to come, but reminding myself that the present is what is truly golden.
I guess we all need that kind of hint once in a while, that we can’t do nothing anymore about what belongs to our past, but that our future is actually guided by our choices in the present moment, so this is what we should decide to focus on. Scheming, dreaming but acting on it.

What symbols can you use to symbolize the letting go of the past and looking forward tomorrow, but staying grounded ? I would love to see what you would come up with following that theme.

Here is the list of the supplies I used for this project:

Dylusions Creative Journal	Soft Gel	Halftone Borders stencil	Clear gesso	Dragonfly Wing Primary Elements
Sea Foam Radiant Rain	Honey Dew Radiant Rain	Shattered Triangles stencil	Silhouette Trio Stencil	Catalyst Mini-Blade #02
Stargazer Radiant Gel	Emperor’s Gold Radiant Gel	Snap Dragon Radiant Gel	Stabilo All pencil Black	Scarab Beetle-Primary Elements
Autumn Butternut PEAutumn Butternut PE

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