All Things Photography

I woke up this morning to a new milestone… hitting 1,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel. I know many of you here have also followed me there, and I truly thank you for your support! I take my time putting classes and tutorials out so that they can be worth YOUR time and to see this whole thing grow exponentially over the last year, and the amazing creations coming from the tutorials and classes, has made the time so very worth it!

Spent the day doing half digital and half studio. I used some of the assets I created in my Build a Bouquet set for Affinity Designer and created cosmos and other paper flowers to cut on my Cricut. From there, I hand rolled them, embossed and curled petals where needed and with a little glue I have the start of a full bouquet. The SVG designs are going to be hitting the new Art for the Home section of the @otterlyhome shop soon!

Spending Saturday morning putting together a collage card for my wonderful mama. Next up, final ink and paint details. (Shhh don’t tell her, she’s on Insta but has no idea how to use it, so this will be a nice surprise. ;))

The studio smells quite lovely this morning… bringing creations from the garden in to the studio today.

The preliminary result of yesterday’s analog time in the studio. This is about 1/4 of the stack of paper I came away with and I got to use up most of my shredded junk mail and paper! They are all now being pressed but I was happy with how the handmade paper turned out even before that. Looking forward to using these in collage work and trying different colors and inclusions in the next batch! (As a side note… at some point I relinquished a 1/3 of my workspace to three furry things who seem to enjoy lazing around a lot!)

One guess what I am doing in the studio today… and no it is not paint smoothies.

I have decided to spend each morning away from my computer and iPad and down in the studio using real life, analog materials. Creating classes and digital illustrations and photographs are a great deal of fun but they can also be completely draining creatively. So, today, Sadie and I (see previous post) decided to create a floral collage because… well… flowers. Created with my own gel plate collage papers, gel matte medium and a healthy dose of cat hair…

In case anyone is wondering, cats don’t limit themselves to keyboards and iPads 😒 #workingwithcats #studiocat #cathaireverywhere #cathairasafoodgroup

“I’m just not getting it…” It’s something I hear a lot as a teacher, just as recently as this morning. Here’s the thing… the creative process is a marathon and not a sprint. There are things that will click immediately and things that will take time but it does come with time… and practice… and trial and error. You will create things you like and things you don’t and THAT’S OKAY!!

Does anything scream Saturday night party more than breaking out the glue stick? I dare say not. Experiment in progress bridging analog with digital.

When I ❤️ my vectors but want them a little less “vectory.” Faux felties in Affinity Designer for iPad using my own high res real felt textures and embroidery brushes. My final project for the new Skillshare class I’m pulling together and all of the textures, brushes and shapes will be provided with the class. Stay tuned! Check out the rest of my Affinity Designer classes on my @skillshare channel at the link in my bio! Happy creating!

Sneak peek… next Skillshare class… Created in #AffinityDesigner iPad.

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