Archive for April, 2009

Somerset Digital Studio Magazine

Somerset Digital Studio Magazine, published by Somerset, price 14.99 US dollars from www.stampington.com
Learn how to layout a web page, how to manipulate art and photos and discover a trick or two in Photoshop. This innovative magazine showcases digitally creative artists. It’s full of interesting work, all produced digitally. 
As with all Stampington magazines, the production is [...]

Somerset Studio Magazine

Somerset Studio Magazine, published by Somerset Studio, price 7.99 US dollars, available from www.stampington.com
If you love playing with paper and mixed media (is there anyone who does not?), this is the magazine for you. You cannot open a Stampington magazine and fail to be inspired. Like all their wondrous magazines, this one is full of [...]

Artful Blogging Journal

Artful Blogging Journal, published by Somerset Studio, price 14.99 US dollars from www.stampington.com
Why am I so in love with Stampinton’s publications? To me they are the very best of their kind. It’s the attention to detail, the production, the print quality, the content – everything about these magazines is one hundred per cent. Even those publications that [...]

Golden Artist Colors Paints

Golden Artist Colors Paints by Golden, USA. Available from www.goldenpaints.com 
Here is the first of my reviews for Golden Paints. I have been using fluid acrylics and I think they are so easy to use. I tried the Select Professional Fluid Acrylics set of eight half ounce (15 ml) cylinders that come in colours that enable [...]

Applique for Little Ones by Sylvie Blondeau

Applique for Little Ones by Sylvie Blondeau, softback published by D&C. ISBN 978-0-7153-3209-2, price 14.99 from www.davidandcharles.co.uk
This super book is a big hit with me. It contains forty projects designed for children. Learn how to customize clothes and give personal gifts. Detailed instructions are included for machine and hand applique and this book is aimed [...]