by polyarts | Feb 5, 2017 | adobe, masks, polymer clay, tutorials
I have been taking lots of pictures lately to use in selling through my etsy store, my pages and through Facebook user groups like Handmade Component Bazaar. I use my Ott lights for controlled full spectrum lighting, and Adobe Photoshop allows me to easily tweak...
by polyarts | Nov 29, 2016 | adobe, dover pictorial archive, how-to, Illustrator, what's new, wood
In addition to the jewelry studio, I’ve been having a great time at TinkerMill in Longmont learning how to use new tools like the laser cutter. I’ve never had the tools available to me to work with wood before, so I’m having fun learning more about a...
by polyarts | Sep 16, 2015 | adobe, art, classes, creativity, dolls, faces, polymer clay, projects, tutorials, video
The Polymer Clay Adventure is a fabulous year-long online retreat with 22 instructors created and hosted by Ilysa Ginsburg & Kira Slye. I’m happy to be on board, and my tutorial debuts this weekend. In 10 half hour video segments, I show start to finish...
by polyarts | Mar 29, 2015 | adobe, art, classes, creativity
I thought I’d lost the files from my Illustrator classes that I took at Front Range Community College, but I found quite a few and that includes the one with the brushes I created that allow me to “draw” lace onto lines. It may sound simple, but they...
by polyarts | Apr 5, 2011 | adobe, art, classes, crafts, dolls, polymer clay
I’ve put together the lineup of classes that I will be offering through Front Range Community College’s Continuing Education department. Located at the Boulder County Campus in Longmont, Colorado, these personal enrichment classes are fun, fast and...
by polyarts | Aug 9, 2010 | adobe, faces
School starts up again for me at Front Range Community College in just two weeks, so I am pushing hard to get photographs taken and edited for my upcoming book “A Collection Of Polymer Clay Masks”. I expect there will be somewhere between 400 and 500 mask...