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This week I’m highlighting designs that celebrate friends. Details below to get entered into a giveaway!! Friendship themes crop up in some of my work. International Friendship Day (July 30) and National Girlfriend Day (August 1) seem like a good time to showcase a few of my fav designs highlighting friendship and community:  Let’s hear it for those grade school friends, boozy friends, friends we found through our kids, neighbor friends (drinks on porches), creative entrepreneur friends, friends who’ve seen us at our best and at our worst, friends to whom we do not have to explain our history, friends who build us up & hold us up, friends near and far, new and old, in person and online, and in the mirror. Giveaway Rules:
1) Sign up for my newsletter 2) Shout out about your friends in the comments below this post. 3) Giveaway runs til noon AKST Monday August 1 4) Winner will be notified by email or private message 5) Giveaway not sponsored by FB or Instagram, blah, blah, blah, just little ol' me! And remember, every day is a good day to send a card!
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A series of posts on products I love to use. Enjoy! I have tried a lot of pens–all of which will remain nameless–before returning again and again to a super common, easy to find, affordable pen! I’ve had people ask me which pen I use in my pen and watercolors, believing that I use something fancy. I’ve followed people on social media and taken multiple mini courses hoping to find the next, best pen. To no avail.  I needed a pen to do four things for me:
 So I’ve settled on the lowly, but quite heroic sharpie ultra fine point! Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Permanent Marker Two Pack There are pens with a variety of purposes, widths, and degrees of “water safe”-ness, but this particular one is a workhorse for me! Please note–I am an Amazon Associate and I earn from qualifying purchases. Use any of these links to go directly to the products.
A series of posts on products I love to use. Enjoy! We have so many blues-water, sky, flowers, but today I'm concentrating on my garden. Blue poppy blue–which paint to use?! I ended up combining my old and new favorite light blue watercolors in my latest poppy painting.  Here's what I used for Himalayan Blue Poppies: Cerulean Blue Chromium by Daniel Smith Watercolors is my old standby. It’s that "water" blue, works well on wet paper, and has some depth to it. Iridescent Electric Blue is my new fav from Daniel Smith–it’s shiny! It’s electric! It’s sparkly! It’s a bit lighter than the cerulean blue, feels like summer sky or water, adds zing to the page, and bleeds well on wet paper. Together, they give my blue poppies the variety of shades I was hoping for.  there's a quick little video of this painting coming together on instagram @tashpristas Color Swatch Note: Permanent Green Light and Hansa Yellow Medium are also on this palette. If you're curious about getting that Kodiak green, look for my previous review of these paint colors. Cobalt blue violet, another lovely shade in this palette, will have its day soon! Please note–I am an Amazon Associate and I earn from qualifying purchases. Use any of these links to go directly to the products. Questions for you! Are you a gardener or an artist or both? What’s your poppy situation? Do you have poppies in your garden?! Blues? Oranges? Pinks? Comment below!  |
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