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I redid the link in yesterday’s post and it worked, but it’s also in the “Other Books” playlist… Only thing is that it’s just me trying to sew it for the first time lol! So it’s not really a tutorial - but making a little practice book this weekend so I can rock a tutorial on Greek sewing. We have a 3 day weekend coming up and that’s the game plan 🙌 Glad you are finding them helpful! Really wanting to do some of the lesser seen bindings since most of those I’ve only seen explained in diagrams 🤔

Most welcome! Planning to do a two color one in upcoming weeks 🙌

Glad it helped! 🙌

I usually repurpose materials and this works like a charm! 🙌

Thank you for taking the time to hang out and watch along! Needs to be finished up lol!

Thanks! ☺️

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Looks harder than it is I promise! It’s just loops over and over 🙌

Thank you! It’s been fun to use

It got a little big 😂

Thank you! It was strange working on a round book at the start, now really enjoy it 😄

LOL! I’ve never played one 😂

@artwithchristine The data sides of the discs are black as opposed to silver.

@johntrevy1 Thank you! I wasn’t sure what you meant - I’m an Atari nerd 😂

Very welcome! Had to pass it on 😄

Muchas gracias! 🙌

@@artwithchristine De nada☺️

Intentaré responder en español pero puede ser como hablar con un niño pequeño. Lol! lo siento!

@artwithchristine Lo bueno que estudie Child Development, y voy a trabajar con preescolares; asi que sera muy facil 🥰😛 I am just kidding. Creo que su español; estara mejor que mi poco ingles. Asi que adelante! Yay, a practicarlo. 👏👏👏

Gracias por ayudarme!

So glad you enjoyed seeing it!

It’s just a random doodle. Kind of worked like a puzzle to see if I can connect one shape on one side to the other. That’s it. I like texture- A LOT lol! So was trying different ways of layering and adding paint.

Thanks! 😄

Thank you! ☺️

Thanks! 😊

Thank you! Was playing around with ideas of surfaces to use and we had all this posterboard scrap left over. The back of it or if you peel the top layer off is pretty fantastic

So glad you enjoyed seeing it! Is one of my warm ups for teaching art classes oil paint… but honestly my fave way to paint 🙌

Most welcome! Hey and I promise K haven’t forgotten lol! I’ve not sat down to my email yet but soon!

Your little birds and frogs are ADORABLE!

@artwithchristine please no worries at all. No rush...take your time. I know life is busy. Takw your time. Take care. Thank you

@@artwithchristine thank you🥰

You are wonderful! Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Thank you! But usually they really are! Lol! This one is a brain dump of lines and shapes that were shaded. Like a zentangle with charcoal and paint - art therapy 😄🙌

Thank you so much! Have fallen in love with using blue greens. Complementary colors of red orange in the shadows instead of black

Thank you! Very much enjoying layering oil paint over charcoal 🙌

Agreed! Was a good practice

Thank you so much! Finally figured out my fave way to oil paint - on upcycled thick paper and cardboard lol! The related video shows how to prep it with mod podge before you paint. Not sure how archival it is - probably not since it’s on upcycled scrap posterboard, but it accomplished the goal. Worth a shot if you’d like to try it!

Thank you! It’s my escape 🙌

Thank you! 🙏

I’m very honored! The connections and layers are my happy place - it’s therapy for anxiety and feels like working a puzzle- so easy to get lost in it. Planning on continuing to post so what if I just teach you how to work those ideas into your creations. Feel free to adopt any and all ideas! 😄🙌🙌

Thank you so much for letting me know you tried it!!! I’m about to dye some earring and button cards that way. Just an idea for the next time you give it a go if you toss in some nails or metal that will rust it will turn it a lovely cool brown color. So glad you’re enjoying the books!

They would LOVE it!!! Or most would lol! It doesn’t matter whether CD, CD-ROM, DVD, or any of those. It’s just that smooth plastic material that works so good. Akua intaglio ink is the way to go and clean up is a snap. Tempera paint is a must so it can wash off. But!!! I’ve had some paint acrylic before and it becomes like scratch art since that paint will want to stay put. Some have just carved them and washed them off and hung up as sun catchers. Easy to drill holes in them. Works AMAZING for a zentangle project. Done this project with both beginning students and an advanced 2D design class where I had them pick a type of balance (symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial) and create their. Then used extra prints in the next project where they cut them up and repurposed them as collage elements. Would love to know how it goes! All levels thought it was magic. And it seemed to make more sense to them than the relief bc the lines print vs what you carve doesn’t print. I’ve had kids come back from previous years and ask if they could make more. Bet if you put an announcement out to your school you’ll have tons of donated CD-Roms come in 🙌🙌. Record store had also been willing to donate CDs they couldn’t sell.

I just bought a cheap pack of scratch art tools on Amazon. They preferred the ones with the rounded pointed tips vs the ones that are more shaped like a spear.

HOLY COW!!! You are AMAZING! This was definitely not the easiest binding to do for the first one ever and YOU DID IT!!! We’ve never met, but I am so proud and happy for you! Congratulations!!! It’s so powerful to know that you can create your own sketchbook and journal out of ANYTHING. Have fun!!! Be blessed!!! And Happy Arting 🙌🙌

@artwithchristine Thank you 😍 Your tutorial really is excellent ☺️

Thank you so much!

I don’t mind at all. 3am right now- I don’t change with Daylight Savings so in a few months it will be 4am but then I’ll feel crunched for time. 😂 But!!! It’s not just getting up and - BAM! Arting. It’s more of getting up and sitting and then I read the Bible, pray, let things sit a bit (guess that could be meditating) and just listen. Drink coffee. Practice Spanish via Duolingo - 3 years and counting. And then! I art lol! It’s become more of a morning ritual. Like I got to get the mind and heart right to let go and focus. Towards the afternoon and end of the day have made so many decisions the mental fatigue sets in. Days I’m off school it’s easier to art later, but it’s been so helpful for sanity and just overall happiness to do the most important stuff in the morning. I get super cranky if I don’t have that time by accidentally oversleeping 😂. Parrotlets are adorable!!! They are so tiny and cute! But bet they have big personalities. Jay’s a Timneh, the smaller of the African Grey species, but he thinks he is a big dude lol! That’s him crunching in the background later on. He lets you know he’s getting hungry by chewing lol! Everything I own has “bird bites” taken out of it 😂

​​@artwithchristine I am sure I responded to your comment somehow, I can't find it😮 well. Thank you very much for your answer, you were beyond my expectations with all details, WOW! You encouraged me to try it too. I also get up early, by 4-5am. Next time, I will also read the description 😝🫣🤭🤦‍♀️answer it was already there, sorry. Enjoy those bites, they are priceless memories. Thank you! 🙏 😊

All good! Hey, I began to “copy the my comments after typing them out before hitting the arrow since some of mine have disappeared, too! No clue what’s up with that 🤔. Best of luck with the early mornings! It’s precious time! I have to remember that it’s ok if that early doesn’t happen every morning. Was tough to get in the habit but easier to maintain it. So excited to get to arting some mornings I pop out of bed and others well LOL!

Thank you for the advice about comments. And Yay.🎉 you are right, it's good to know that you're not alone. I was looking for an email or contact of yours on your page, but I couldn't find any. I would love to write sometime if that's fine. Thank you!

I guess I should put it! Lol!!! Hcguenard@gmail.com is my personal one. Would love to see your art!

So glad you found this helpful! This is how I have my students tape their papers in class and it makes a HUGE difference! I use this method for my own work, too. Just make sure to “de-stickify” the tape you put on the back of your artwork 🙌

You are most welcome! Hope it’s easy to follow! Feel free to ask questions if you need to!

Thank you so much! I was very therapeutic to create 😄

Thank you! 😄

Thank you for all the encouragement! I appreciate you a ton!

This color to me represents hope and possibility 🙌 Thank you! Was a gift for my mom

Thank you for the beautiful and extremely kind words! I’ve arted all my life, but I’m finally feeling the most FREE and childlike in how much joy the process brings now that I’m older. Be encouraged! Best advice I was ever given by an art teacher was to create something daily even if just for 5 minutes. Passing that on to you! And be free to make UGLY art! It’s like a puzzle. - No, it’s more like navigating LIFE. You just roll with it. Enjoy the journey of discovery that art is! Be blessed! Every process is a new adventure! 🙌🙌