A place to encourage the creativity of artistic minds of all ages. Offering Ideas, Inspiration and Instruction and sharing the work of others who inspire me!
Hi guys. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. Did any of you discover anything new during the world wide covid quarantine? We definitely now use some new terms like "Before Covid," Covid belly, Covid hair and such. Well, we discovered Covid cutlery. Well more like this, I was shopping online at Amazon, (imagine how much money thy made during our time indoors), and discovered very affordable fun colouful cutlery. I thought hey, why not make eating more creative by using rainbow utensils in cool shapes and colours? Must admit, got a bit addicted and my husband thankfully held back some of his favourite silver tone cutlery or I would have gave it all away. These are lots of fun to eat with but you do get what you pay for. Which means I discovered the tines of the forks are not as long as good cutlery, making spaghetti twirling a tad frustrating.
So If You Are Interested in checking out affordable coloured cutlery, watch the new short video I just posted featuring ours. The Amazon links to the specific places we bought our's from will be listed below.
Been really enjoying those paint pens. I just received a clear silicone cell phone case for three dollars Canadian and decided it too needed to be beautified. So I got out my assorted brands of Acrylic paint pens, Toole-Art, Ohuhu, Artistro, and Aroic. So not only do you see how these pens work on yet another surface, you can see how easy it is to create a one of a kind cell phone case. It has an original work of art on it. You could decorate it however you want to. It would make a great gift. You can draw words or a name, whatever you desire.
If you are seeking free shipping inexpensive cell cases, just do a search on Ebay - I select Free Shipping and the Buy Now tabs.
Happy Tuesday fellow artists. Here is the Grand Finale of my new DIY welcome sign, all screwed into our outside wall. IIt was a fun project. Watch and see Below
Alright, here is the second part of my three part video series on brightening up your neighbourhood with fun images on outdoor signs and or other decorative elements or....just
wait and see what I decorated recently -hint, it is big and plastic. Stay tuned to find out. To see part one click here.
This is just one project that I will be sharing with you, I have already posted the projects on Instagram @a_bergie_creation and at my Heartfully Creating group page if you want a sneak peek. Below is part one of my video about the project....
Watch Part Two Right Down Below
Materials required: A pencil Paint Pens (I used Aroic, Toole-Art, Artistro and Ohuhu pens -mostly .07mm and a few 3mm) Gesso or white paint or acrylic paint pens Polyurethane or some such finish to protect from outdoor elements
Hope you enjoy the second part, I will be editing part three very soon!
Has the whole world wide, life altering pandemic have you locked down or at least feeling down? It is hard to believe that an unseen virus can control so much. Awesome thing is, in spite of what we have all been experiencing, Corona is not in control, God is! And that means we can choose to give in to the temptation to let it all weigh down our hearts (I get tempted to do that) or we can embrace what we have, wherever we ave it. What's that old saying. "Bloom where you're planted."
After seeing so much disrepair, unkempt lawns and weedy gardens (not just ours), it seemed like a fun idea to start brightening things up around our home's exterior. This is just one project that I will be sharing with you, I have already posted the projects on Instagram @a_bergie_creation and at my Heartfully Creating group page if you want a sneak peek. Below is part one of my video about the project.... Watch Part One Right Down Below
Think about how much colour and happy characters or images can make you smile. In fact after all of these projects I want to make something else cheery to hang where I can see it through our window during the bleak winter days that we tend to have. (sorry, I know white is pretty but not fun for me to wander out in.)
As you will see I have been enjoying colourful acrylic paint pens (sorry, still not done all the paint pen reviews). And after my husband Craig sanded up some pieces of old wood, originally to be used in my paint pen reviews, I spontaneously started a Welcome sign for the front of our home. So, here is part one of the process creating this very fun and colourful sign, My hope is to not only show you how well affordable (Not
Posca) paint pens work on wood surfaces.
Watch Part One Right Down Below
Materials required:
A pencil
Paint Pens (I used Aroic, Toole-Art, Artistro and Ohuhu pens -mostly .07mm and a few 3mm)
Gesso or white paint or acrylic paint pens
Polyurethane or some such finish to protect from outdoor elements
I did coat the slightly sanded reclaimed wood with white acrylic paint or gesso. And then lightly penciled in some letters that I turned into characters. But I did not pre-plan it all. This took a long time because I really enjoyed tweaking the characters and layering and changing colours.
If it is going outside, apparently oil paint pens are more durable but, I didn't have any until today so I coated the surface with Polycrylic -polyurethane.
Hope you enjoy the first part, I will be editing part two very soon! Connect More
Thanks to our neighbourhood finally being updated with fibre optics wifi, it will no longer take two hours to upload a ten minute video. That definitely kept me from posting videos like I wanted to. So excited! For instance, This half our video took about 30 minutes compared to hours!! To inspire me even more, watch and have fun with us as I learn and explore our brand new Cannon M100, I will be able to create more videos and Vlogs and Tutorials along with just plain stuff! To add to my new and improved ability to make more videos, tutorials and vlogs, we just received our new Cannon M100 camera. Today it was gorgeous outside so I got to go on a walk and talk, whilst I try out different camera/video settings! For today's second day of exploring our camera and our neighbourhood take a Watch Below!!
Hope everyone is having a great week so far. Been dabbling in a new, yet old art supply. Years ago I was blessed with taking calligraphy class in my hometown with my dear Grandma. Calligraphy is basically a fancy way of writing. This new experience is different for me because Idiscovered from watching a fun YouTube channel "Peter Draws." Where he teaches about and uses these new kind of fountain pens. When I used the Schaeffer kind for calligraphy, you had to replace the ink cartridges, which seemed annoying and not easy to get. As well the pen tips for calligraphy that I used had a bit of a wide flat tip. As well, I tried dip pens and India ink with a variety of speedball exchangeable tips. However, I found dip pens too messy. They always blobbed black ink and you had to keep dipping. Which is what fountain pen/quill pens started out as. In fact, you can still get tat kind. I tried drawing with the fine tip and it was always too scratchy as well.
But now....I was impressed watching Peter draw and explain that you now can buy pens that have a piston type reservoir and something called a converter that allows you too....well, take a watch and see below!
Remember to have fun. Be spontaneous with your design or plan it all out, it's up to you!
Hi guys! How are you all doing during this most abnormal season? I am guessing for many of you, making more art or trying various art making techniques for the first time is something you have been
doing lately. Considering the world has been under siege by an unknown virus, unable to carry out life as usual- makes sense that we'd all be trying new things whilst locked down. Well acrylic paint pens have been a new tool in my art making supply stash. Are you like me, hooked on art supply collecting? It is even worse since shopping online with Amazon, is way to easy.
Might as well make the most of it and create. How will we know if we like a certain art supply if we don't try it. If you've been around here you will know that Acrylic paint pens are my new supply to try and use. Wanting to see online reviews of affordable paint pens has been difficult, so I decided to try an array of pens so I can create a bunch of video reviews on each brand so others may benefit from them. Posca pens seem to be the only paint pens used over and over on YouTube, Well click here to see my only (so far) Posca experience.
Below is part one of my first part of a generalized review video covering five brands of Acrylic paint pens. In this video I tried the four out on a rock since these pens all say they work on all surfaces like rock, glass, plastic, fabric, basically anything non-porous. I use them on paper and card stock more than anything. I love them.
Watch Part 1 of Affordable Acrylic Paint Pens Here
Amazon Links to All the Paint Pens I featured. (No, nothing is sponsored - just where bought these)
Happy Monday! Hard to believe July is half over already and still many of us are under self quarantine life. Yes, we know many have been trying to find their new normal among this unknown nemesis, but many of us are vulnerable and must be over protective, trying to avoid all respiratory illnesses. Thankfully, God is in charge and that means I get to make art and try out new art supplies instead of worrying about illnesses possibilities. Okay, no more Covid talk. It's just part of our new reality. So let's learn what we can do to enjoy time within our 4 walls. Well, hopefully you get outside to inhale some fresh air too. Now, I sound like my dear mom. 'Get some fresher Anita!!"
I have been promising some paint pen reviews and finally after swatching out and photographing and filming, then editing and waiting an hour to upload the short video below, voila! My first review is of the most expensive paint pens I have seen, POSCA. Click here to see the exact link I used to buy these. Which I do not recommend. Watch to see why not. The rest of the reviews to come, will be of affordable paint pens. You won't be disappointed. For now, drumroll please...
Watch POSCA Acrylic Paint Pen Review
Remember to have fun. Be spontaneous with your design or plan it all out, it's up to you!
Hi fellow creatives And Artists! Yes, I am working on my up coming Acrylic Paint Pen Reviews. Since my first paint pen review, I have acquired from Amazon, about 8 brands in total. All are affordable except the POSCA pens that are all over YouTube. It made me feel a tad queasy spending $113 Canadian for 24 of their fine tipped pens. But I thought since finding reviews on all the other brads I have are fairly scarce, but plenty on POSCA, I thought I'd better have a higher end pen to compare with. Apparently Posca pens are even used by wall mural painters! All I know is so far the set I received had a negative first, then second impression. Find out soon what on earth I mean!
Watch Decorate A Frame Video BELOW!
Today, I wanted to share bits and bobs of a few clips I took while decorating the wooden fram of a mini chalk board. You can decorate a lot of things with paint pens, so come and be inspired to try. If you don't want or have pain pens, you can totally use a paint brush, a dotting tool and paint, acrylic or oil. Remember Acrylic always dries very fast!!
Remember to have fun. Be spontaneous with your design or plan it all out, it's up to you!
Hi guys! Happy, almost Spring time! Recently, I just purchased a few brands of acrylic paint markers from Amazon Canada. For decades I painted using acrylic paint from the tube. Stevenson was my choice brand. If you are new here, I am a visual artist who loves sharing all things creative and encouraging folks of all ages to create. In the past few years I have been focused mostly on creating with polymer clay, in 3-D. Due to my weak hands, the clay has been a challenge. That means I have to branch out or should I say, return to my original art making method, drawing and painting. Years ago I tried the Sharpie brand of oil paint pens. When they worked, they were great. But, they clogged or dried up too easily. That is the extra fine tips. So I gave up. Working on an easel on canvas with a palette and paint from tubes and jars is not a method I can return to. So to at least come close, I thought I would try the acrylic paint pens.
Which Ones To Use?
Well, there are so many brands on Amazon, I can't say. So I thought I would share what I discover here incase anyone else is interested in my discoveries. So far I am loving these great drawing instruments. Watch below to see my first review/discussion about the AROIC brand (click here to see them on Amazon). Watch Anita's Video Review On AROIC Paint Pens
Thanks for stopping by. Happy Creating!
Soon I will be reviewing a different brand.
