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Arrtx Colored Pencils Review
If you are a colored pencil artist (hobbyist or professional, it doesn’t matter), chances are you are familiar with the “big three”, namely Faber-Castell Polychromos, Prismacolor Premier and Caran D’Ache Luminance colored pencils. These are the top three brands that dominate the market. (I’ve reviewed extensively all of them in ...
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Moleskin Watercolor Pencils Review
My husband went on a business trip to Italy and I stayed home with my kids. He brought me a deluxe moleskin set. I decided I might talk to him again, after all! I am generally a Mega moleskin fan, I’ve used up countless sketchbooks over the years. Sometimes I ...
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Faber-Castell Pitt Graphite Matt Review-The perfect black pencil?
According to my social media log it’s been almost 3 years since I last used graphite pencils, and about 1.5 years since I used traditional media in general. Still… pencils are my favorite toys, when I see something new, I MUST have it! Naturally, my pencil collection, which I’ve built ...
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Baby Box Paper Craft (+free template)
I’ve told many times before that being an artsy mum isn’t easy. Kids can have high expectations. I’ve gone to great lengths to satisfy my little ones, crafts, coloring pages, even recipes and whatever else you can think of. This time, however, I really outdid myself. I spent so much ...
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Tutorial: Coil in Nomad Sculpt
I’m still quite new to 3D art, but throughout my whole journey I am particularly awed by one thing: (This is a lie, I am not awed by just ONE thing, but I hope you get my point!) Seemingly easy structures are sooo hard to sculpt. The other day I ...
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Tutorial: Paper Dragon with Flapping Wings
As I have mentioned before, my kids and I love everything crafty. Lately we’ve been obsessed with dragons and craft pins. So today I’ll show how we made our Toothless-inspired, flapping-wings paper dragons. You can scroll down to download the ready-to-print template, or you can draw your own dragon. The ...
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Tutorial: Om Nom Folding Surprise (+free template)
Another easy craft for kids. Or for adults, who am I to judge?! 😉 It’s summer holidays at the moment and we spend a lot of time with my kids. Like A LOT. Little ones have been vandalizing my office for a while, but on the other hand they keep ...
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Do you need an Art Glove
A rant today, did you miss those already?? I lost my art glove the other day. Good news, I found it after a few days, but in the meantime I was forced to work glove-less. And even though I panicked at first, it was an interesting experience. What is an ...
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Tutorial: Paper Ladybug + free template
Check out here the rest of my kids crafts and coloring pages. To download this template, scroll down. I don’t exactly remember how it started, but recently my kids and I are very much into pins. We use them as pivot points, so that the baby animal (up until now, ...
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Ioanna Ladopoulou
I am a designer and illustrator and I love everthing creative!
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