Cotton Candy Girl...

Rad u tijeku...Nataša je izvrsna učiteljica :)
Work in progress...Natasha is awesome teacher :)

Cotton Candy Girls on line workshop

Iako sam već zatrpana lekcijama Tamare Laporte (Life Book), Suzi Blu (A lovely Dream), Marthe Lever (Pear-ology) i Jane Davenport (I love drawing; Supplies me), a imam nedovršenih i u nekim ranije kupljenim tečajevima...nisam odoljela znatiželji, pa sam upisala i Cotton Candy Girls Natashe May :) Zato što mi je najbliže u geografskom smislu (živi u susjednoj Sloveniji), pa nekako mislim da će mi biti lakše nabaviti i boje i ostalo što ona koristi u svom radu (mada većinu ionako naručujemo online, ali, opet, dobar dio kupujem i u Ljubljani), zato što pratim njezin blog i njezine radove...i - jako sam ugodno iznenađena prvom lekcijom. Ne može fotka na blogu dati pravi uvid u to kako slika izgleda, kamera joj je očito jako dobra :) njezina CC Girl izgleda puno ljepše, instrukcije u pdf-u su detaljne, precizne i lako se slijede, video je prikaz "korak po korak"...toplo preporučujem i to svima: početnicima, onima koji nikad još nisu naslikali lice, kao i iskusnijima - uvijek je zabavno i poučno gledati druge kako slikaju, osobito kad to rade dobro kao Nataša.

Although I have already a lot of work with lessons from many workshops of different teachers: Tamara Laporte (Life Book), Suzi Blu (A Lovely Dream), Martha Lever (Pear-ology) and Jane Davenport (I love drawing; Supplies me) and some unfinished works from previously purchased courses ... I did not resist (my curiosity is big), so I enrolled and Cotton Candy Girls from Natasha May :) In the first place because she lives in Slovenia where I often go to buy art supplies, and because I follow her blog and her work ... and - I am very pleasantly surprised by the first lesson. Photos of paints on her blog are nice, but girl in lesson 1 looks better in workshop, her camera is obviously very good :); instructions in pdf are detailed, precise and easy to follow, the video display drawing and painting "step by step "... I will recommend it to everyone: tobeginners,those who have not yet painted face, and  to people with more experience - it is always fun and instructive to watch someone to paint, especially when they do it well as Natasha.

Dion Dior nova online radionica i dar/ new workshop - giveaway

Dion Dior ima novu online radionicu A Taste of Silks koja košta 40 dolara (dva tjedna traje, a počinje 28. svibnja 2012.). Nudi na dar jednom sretniku besplatno mjesto u "razredu" i kupon od 40 dolara za kupovinu od firme Luminarte

Dion Dior launch new online workshop  A Taste of Silks for $40.00 (2-week class begins May 18th, 2012.)  and she offer giveaway--you could win a place in this fabulous class, along with a $40 coupon card from Luminarte. How cool is that?

Stigla je! Moja nova knjiga! /Yeey - new book on my desk!

Suzi Blu is awesome mixed media artist and teacher :) She offers online art classes and I love her style. I buy her Portraits class (contains 3 separate workshops: The Goddess and the Poet, Piety & Passion and Angels) for only 35 USD (and I  was really surprised by the quality and quantity of materials...awesome workshops, go and see :))

Today I got Suzi's new book (beautifully illustrated and full of tutorials) and just thinking which Suzi's course to enter: art journaling  A lovely Dream or Fairies...I can not decide...so...maybe both :)))

NatashaMay

Nataša  poklanja jednom sretniku/sretnici besplatno učešće u svom prvom online tečaju Cotton Candy Girls 
Ako ne budete izabrani na darivanju, nemojte to propustiti - izdvojite 25 dolara za ovu radionicu  :)

Go to NatashaMay Art World - you can register for Cotton candy Girls workshop for only 25 $ or win a free spot (she offer giveaway:))

Prva stranica buduće knjige...My first page for Life book (Tamara Laporte workshop)

Nastavljam s online učenjem (slikanje, crtanje, kaligrafija i sl.), ovo je prva stranica koja će na kraju 2012. biti dio knjige.
I continue with the online workshops (mixed media art, lettering), this is my first page for Tamara Laporte epic workshop Life book:

ManonPopjes Live class

upravo ide uživo na http://www.linqto.com/rooms/amymcdonaldlive
go now :)

free mixed media workshops

Otkrila sam nekoliko jako dobrih i besplatnih "učionica".
Go to the free mixed media workshops:
Lafiorevida/Brenda Figueroa - JOURNALING EXPERIENCE http://lafiorevida.ning.com/ or http://www.youtube.com/user/lafiorevida
Margot - POPIES FREE CLASS
Connie Hozvicka - Total alignment
Julie Prichard - Mini workshop

On the willowing.ning, besides the known and awesome ART,HEART&HEALING Tamare Laporte, you can find Whimsical Workspaces with Rhomany  and Guadalupe's The mandala 

Ja sam na kreativnom putovanju....I am on my art journey

Ok, već dugo nema novih postova na blogu (mhm, kao da sam ikada bila uzoran bloger...:))...i ne znam hoće li ubuduće biti bolje...nije to stoga što se ničim ne bavim...dapače...vrijedno gledam, slušam, učim, kao da sam ponovo krenula na fakultet...:)

Zahvaljujući online razredima i blogovima učim sat za satom od Tamare Laporte, Suzi Blu, Julie Prichard i Chris Cozen, Marthe Lever, Pam Carriker, Zorane, Christy Tomlinson, Marry Ann Moss, Dawn Meisch, Monice Zunige, Mystele, Jane Davenport, Wyanne, Adriane Almanza, Juliette Crane, NatasheMay, Sonje i mnogih drugih divnih umjetnica (sve žene??)....isprobavam razne tehnike i materijale, boje i uzorke...oponašam svoje učiteljice radi vježbe i tražim svoj put do originalnosti...sad mi je jasno zašto govore da je to „umjetničko putovanje“, proces koji traje...i traži vrijeme i napor i ulaganja (postala sam ovisnik o „art supplies“ i online workshops...), ali toliko daje...ispunjava srce i dušu...

Dakle, nema me na blogu...jer sam na svom kreativnom putovanju..."putujem" (virtualnim svijetom) na satove od Amerike, do Meksika, pa u Kanadu, Njemačku, Sloveniju i Australiju...gdje žive i rade moje online profesorice umjetnosti:)

Ok, for a long time no new blog posts on Creativecraftsandart (mhm, as if I've ever been serious blogger...:))... and I do not know whether the future will be better ... it's not because i don’t do anything... indeed ... Every day I watching, listening, learning... as I went back to college ...:)

Thanks to online classes and blogs I learn all day from Tamara Laporte, Suzi Blu, Julie Prichard and Chris Cozen, Martha Lever, Pam Carriker, Zorana, Christy Tomlinson, Mary Ann Moss, Dawn Meisch, Monica Zuniga, Mystele, Jane Davenport, Wyanne, Adriana Almanza, Juliette Crane, NatashaMay, Sonja and many other wonderful artists (all women ??).... I test various techniques and materials, colors and patterns ... imitate my teachers work for practice and I am looking for originality ... now I understand why all say it is "artistic journey", a process that lasts ... and requires time and effort and investment (i became addicted to the art supplies and online workshops...), but gives so much... fills my heart and my soul ...

I am on my art journey...I fly (in virtual world of course) to America, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Slovenia and Australia...where my teachers painting and recording video for their art workshops :)

The Big Massive Give Away on www. willowing.ning.com Woooooohoooo!

Moj prvi online tečaj i prozor u  svijet art journalinga i mixed medije bila je besplatna radionica Art, Heart and Healing koju je vodila Tamara Laporte na http://willowing.ning.com/ Potom sam kupila njene Fabolous Faces i Magical Mythical Makings, a samo je pitanje vremena kad ću kupiti i ostale :)) Tamara je moja omiljena učiteljica :)) jako dobro podučava i još bolje slika...
Njezin ning sada ima 5000 članova (5000!!!!) i zato Tam nudi vrijedne nagrade....




My first online course and a window into the world of art journaling and mixed media was free workshops Art, Heart and Healing led by Tamara Laporte on http://willowing.ning.com/ I then bought other two workshops: Fabolous Faces and Magical Mythical makings, and i'll buy all - it's only a matter of time :)) Tamara is my favorite teacher :)) she is very well trained, and even better artist...
Her Ning now has 5000 members (5000 !!!!) and Tam offers valuable prizes .... Go to ning or to her blog and see http://www.willowinglove.blogspot.com/

Artful Gathering

Ljeto je vrijeme godišnjih odmora - prava prilika za čitanje i slikanje :) Iskoristila sam priliku i prijavila se na Artful Gathering - online festival umjetničkih radionica. Upisala sam dvije: Enchanted Bluebird Class Elizabeth Johnson i Visual Journalism 101 Pam Carriker.

Summer time - time for reading and painting :) And....for Artful Gathering 2011 Online Art Retreat
I am in 2 classes: Elizabeth Johnson's Enchanted Bluebird Class and Pam Carriker's Visual Journalism 101 .

My homework for Enchanted Bluebird Class

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Faber Castell Polychromos bojica, Pitt pen marker, bijeli no name marker, na drugoj strani - koja nije nikako išla...prvi pokušaj prekriven gessom, pa pozadina obojana Neocolors II vodotopivim krejonima, potom šablona, olovka...

Faber Castell Polychromos colour pencil, Pitt pen and white pen (no name brand), and - on the second page (which could not manage the first): gesso (covering 1.st attempt...), Neocolors II in background and stencils, pencil...

kolaž, grafitne olovke, pit pen marker
collage, pencils and pit pen marker

Neuspješan pokušaj dobivanja tamnije boje kože Prismacolors bojicama, kolaž, pečati...
Unsuccessful attempt with Prismacolors (dark skin tones), collage, stamps...

:) čista zabava - gesso, Neocolors II, pečati, akrilne boje, sprejanje, kolaž...Tekst: It's OK to be photo model. I would look like photo model but I wont to be Leonardo da Vinci.

Fun, fun, fun :) Gesso, Neocolors II, stamps, acrylic colors, stenciling, collage...

..i još pokušaja s bojom u spreju (prvi put)...prema savjetima Marry Ann Moss koja nudi radionicu Stencilry (i kojoj ja, naravno, nisam odolila), no, ovo je tek 1. lekcija i ja još nemam dovoljno šablona, pa je ovo samo isprobavanje tehnike...
attempt to sprey stenciling with Marry Ann Moss  in workshop Pure Experimentation: Stencilry - 1.st lesson (I am beginner and I must to make or buy more stencils...so that is just attempt to technique)


Ne želim nikome reći, ali...I do not want to say anyone, but ..:))

Najvelikodušniji dar kojeg sam vidjela (i meni itekako potreban) - besplatni art tečaji  Julie Prichard i Chris  Cozen i to bivši i budući; SVI - ne mogu vjerovati...zato bih rado za to znala samo ja, pa da budem sretna dobitnica :) , ali, eto, javljam svima...:))

OMG...most generous gift that I ever saw (and I would really need that...) - Julie Prichard and Chris Cozen offering up the opportunity for one lucky (really lucky) person to win every class on The land of lost lunggage  for a lifetime - for a lifetime!!! Yay! - I can not believe ...so,  I do not want to tell others about that (nobody knows - so -   I will be the lucky winner xoxo), but, however - it appears to everyone:

Nova slika...new: a lot of Tamara Laporte and a little bit of Klimt

1. week "Magical Mythical Makings"
Goddess - dress and background ala Klimt
A lot of joy - thank you, Tam, you are awesome!

I još jedan zanimljiv video - što se može s mojim novonabavljenim Zig markerima :)

And another interesting video about ZIG art &graphic markers:

Vježba: lutka...Exercise:doll

face shape, eyes, nose and mouth are better at this, the second attempt ... but the eyelashes are still a problem:

My homework from my new art workshop Doll dreams with amazing Adriana Almanza:



First but not last...



Monica Zúñiga workshops

Tako sam sretna što sam odabrala Monikine tečajeve! Ona je divna učiteljica i nesebično dijeli znanje sa nama. Ovo su moji novi uratci:

I'm so happy that I chose Monica's workshops! She is a wonderful teacher and unselfishly shared knowledge with us.

ovo je moja nova stranica u Art journalu - s Monikom je crtanje i slikanje kao pjesma :)

this is my new page in Art journal - drawing and painting with Monica is like a sing a song :)

Vježba: prvo muško lice :) Puno pogrešaka, ali zabavno :)

Exercise: first male face...a lot of mistakes, but fun :)

O bojama i priboru...about colors and art supplies

Bez alata, nema zanata. Ili - od kuda krenuti ako želiš kročiti u svijet art journalinga i mixed media...
No tools, no arts. Or - something about colors and supplies for art journaling and mixed media ...

Autor: Paula Phillips, Canada

Drawing, painting...exercise

Idem u školu...online...:) uče me darovite umjetnice iz Velike Britanije, Amerike i Meksika (Tamara Laporte, Julie Pritchard i Mónica Zúñiga - sve na Ningu imaju svoje umjetničke radionice/škole). Gledam, učim, vježbam...crtam oči, noseve, usta, lica, isprobavam različite boje, gelove, kombiniram tehnike...imam puno posla :)

I go to school ... online ...:) I learn from gifted artist from Great Britain, America and Mexico (Tamara Laporte, Julie Pritchard i Mónica Zúñiga - all on Ning have their own art workshops). Watching, learning, practicing ... I draw eyes, noses, mouths, faces, try out different color gels, new techniques ... I have a lot of work:)

skice, olovka, lica

pencil drawing exercise, faces from Mónica Zúñiga workshop:

transfer image with gel medium

2. tjedan: slikovnica...2nd week: little book

Nisam zadovoljna, drugi put će valjda biti bolje.
I am not satisfied...I guess the second time will be better...

Prva stranica (ime sam prekrila)...first page (the name I have covered):


Dear ... Let you never miss love, health, friends, money, laughter, patience, kindness, time for the things that makes you happy...
Druga stranica...next page:


friendship is the greatest gift.

1. vježba...1. exercise

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