Hey hey GOOD PEOPLE!!  It's Tamiko!!

To BELIEVE

Is to have .. a faith.. almost a knowledge, with or without any real proof.. that something is true.  I believe in fairies.  (smile)  I believe in their magical essence.  I think they are around us all the time, specifically, when I create.  When I play, I think fairies sit with me and push me to practice, practice, practice!  Who cares if you use the minimal supplies, as long as you use them?  Nothing beats a failure but a try, can we agree?

Any who.. let's get to what I want to show you today!!  It's from page twenty-five of your book, if you are following along with us!  This page was a little bit more difficult to do.. Of course my picture does not look like the page, because I drew it.  I am not the artist of the book.  ::giggles::   I took a lot of the same characteristics and the steps and from the page.

Oh and  I totally enjoyed using the FUDE BALL pen by Ranger that comes in the kit.  Although thicker that many roller ball pens, not nearly as fragile as I thought it might be!  It practically glided over the Dylusion inks and then layers of acrylic paints I used from the Deco Art Mixed Media Fluid line.  Here's my page..  and a few additional close ups...

The word *Believe* I did with a paint pen then I outlined with my Fude Ball pen, something I picked up reading the The Art of Whimsical Lettering, by Joanne Sharpe.  You can find that at Frosted Designs!  This allowed me to branch out and believing not only in my own ability to learn to draw fairies, but also my own handwriting. (smile)  Also added some accent white gel pen markings with my favorite gel pen, the Unibal Signo.  Note:  This has to be used on a completely dry page or you could possibly ruin your pen.  If you accidentally use it on a damp page, wipe off the pen nib immediately!

Again.. if you have the kit/book.. I would love to see what you are doing with the fairy pages!  If you don't want to share publicly.. Feel free to private message me a sneaky peek on Facebook!

 Oh, and thank you if you have purchased the kit or plan to soon!!  Sandee Setliff and I (Tamiko McCurry) are both available to you for any questions you may have about the kit. (smile)

Thank you for stopping by!!

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Hi EVERYONE, my name is Tamiko!!  So excited to post here today!!  Before I begin my tutorial.. and I use that loosely.. ::giggles:: Let me tell you a little bit about myself.  (smiles)  I like to play with art supplies! I love to watch youtube videos, streams and anything and everything I can find on the net, that's arts and craft related!  That being said, this is my first post, as a member of the Frosted Designs design team.. ::insert big gulp here:: lol!!  Ok.. Shall we begin?

It starts with this..

The first, strictly mixed media kit that you can find here and FROSTED DESIGNS.

I am always looking for ways to practice improving my drawing.  I am by no means an expert in the field, but I do my best.  I read once, don't ask me where (HA!), that it takes thousands of hours of practice, before you will honestly be able to do the images you have in your head, exactly the way you want them on paper.  All it takes is practice and dedication.. (smile) Don't be afraid.. The ONLY one who needs to like your work.. is YOU.. Having a just ONE/GROUP of family/friends who cheer you on, even when you make a incomplete stick figure helps too!! (ok enough!)  Let's begin..

Every body image begins with basic shapes.. YOU decide which ones are the easiest, then knock those out! then you can take your time and focus on areas you need the most help with.  Remember.. just practice.. keep practicing...  Here, the circles represent jointed areas on the upper body..   My diagram won't look like the book.. Well, because I didn't write the book (smile).    Draw loosely, make mistakes.. it erases!!

Picture explains it .. (haha)  I wanted YOU and ME to know, I wanted BIGGER wings on my big body fairy!  I added  a kinda donut shape to the waist and some legs.  My next image will give you a slightly better picture of the lower half.

I started adding details to my image, but I did it with my Sakura Sensei 03 (thin lines but not too fine) I also retraced over my image.  I took my time.  These will be my final lines on my image and I would like then as neat as my hand will allow.  I'm not looking for perfect.  I am looking for recognizable.. (smile)

This is my semi-complete image with my Sakura write-over.  I apologize for not knowing certain *terminology*, but I hope you are following along with me well :)  Make sure you let the ink dry!  (just a few seconds)

Everyone who wants to draw.. needs good eraser.. I mean a SEPARATE eraser from your pencil.  They tend to work well and take up little to no space!  There is a great one that came with my Sakura Sensei pens and/pencil set!  I love it!  Ok.. this is where you ERASE ALL the PENCIL lines!!  OMGosh, why didn't I do this when I was a kid?  do you know how many times I drew.. with a pen.. because I was suppose to, when I made comics?  How many times I would have drawn MORE had I thought.. or someone shared.. do it it pencil.. then do a write over and erase?

one more full image.. anyone notice.. I didn't do the hands? (laughs out loudly.. even as I type this) I hate hands.. It's my least favorite part.. plus I am not sure exactly how I want the hands.. Didn't want it to deter me from the idea I had come with for my post.. So I am going to keep going.. (smiles)

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Happy Friday everyone! I had a few quite hours where I had the house completely to myself so I took advantage of that and started to play with some of the messy products sitting on my desk! I added in some of the items from Frosted Designs Kits and this is what I created!

Last May my daughter graduated from Evangel University and we couldn't be more proud! Even though the weather wasn't very Spring-like that day, I decided to make a Spring-Like layout!  :)

I had a lot of fun getting a little messy on this one! I started by spraying a little Dylusions Ink (Lemon Zest) on the background paper (which was in the Love is in the Air  kit). I then used my Koi Water Brush along with the Watercolor Crayons to add a little orange to the background. I love the water color look! Finally, I used the stencil (from the November Mixed Media Kit) and some Gelatos to create the blue circles!


The patterned papers I layered behind the photo were from the Shades of Spring Kit. I outlined the edges of the patterned paper and scalloped frame on the photo with the Black Gelly Roll Pen! It is perfect for this! I LOVE the black chevron Trendy Tape from Queen & Co so I added that in a few places! Do you like the Studio Calico polaroid die cut? It is from the Sea Breeze Kit! Don't you love it when you have bits and pieces left from kits that you can use like this?!  :)

Finally I added a few extras down in the corner of the layout! I can't get enough of the Maya Road Vintage Metal Trinkets!


Tomorrow is National Scrapbooking Day! I hope you get some time to play and create! If you need supplies, you might want to check out the Sale going on in the Frosted Designs Store!

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