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Tutorial | Using Transfers as Masks

This tutorial by AnnaTeamer, Fiona Kinnear a.k.a Applechick, deconstructs one of her layouts and shows you how to use a transfer as a mask for use with the clipping mask function in Photoshop and Elements.

Think of transfers as mulit-color masks that can be re-purposed fo use as clipping masks.  ArtPlay Palettes are very versatile.  Not only can you mix and match seamlessly between palettes but the included are often also interchangeable.  

The possibilities are endless.

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1. Select the transfer.  Open the transfer of your choice into your software program.  I selected a transfer from ArtPlay Palette Sophistica, The soft faded edges of this particular transfer in ArtPlay Palette Sophistica are ideal for blending. Drag the transfer onto the background paper of your choice using the Move tool from the Tools palette.  The background paper shown is from ArtPlay Palette Friends.

Note. Don’t worry if the transfer isn’t exactly the shape or size you are looking for.  You can make adjustments to customize the mask, for example duplicate, rotate and resize the transfer layer. I duplicated the transfer, moved it to create a bigger shape and merged the 2 layers to create one transfer.

2.  Place the photo.   Drag your chosen photo onto your layout and place over the transfer.  Clip the photo to the transfer as you would a mask using the clipping mask function in Photoshop and Elements. Instructions for using the clipping mask function can be found in the free Instuctions for Use eBooklet available as a free download from the store. 

At this point both the mask and/or the photograph can be moved or resized as desired.

3.  Merge the layers.  Merge the photo and transfer layers before using the Eraser tool from the Tools Palette to fine-tune the transfer mask.  Select a soft round brush set to the airbrush mode to erase around the edge of the mask removing all  faint evidence of polka dots.  

Note. There are no hard and fast rules to this process.  It's a matter of experimentation and personal preference in what looks good to you.

4.  Repetition.  Add some color to the page by clipping a colored paper to a duplicate copy of the same transfer. 

5. Create a mood. Brushes, transfers and overlays can all help create a specific mood in a layout.  I wanted to create a festive appearance of snow and accentuate the white iphone that my daughter was using to take a photograph of her grandmother. This look was attained through the addition of white paint splatters from MultiMedia Snowmen No.1, to which I clipped a white paper to remove the black strokes and create texture.

6.  Add text.  The ScriptTease BrushSets are a great way to add meaning to your pages.  I used ScriptTease Friends No. 1, enlarging one of the included brush images to emphasize the ‘touches your heart’ words. 

7.  Add Embellishments. Add a small selection of embellishments to your layout.  I added a frame, the leaves, a flower and brad from ArtPlay Palette Friends; a candy cane from ArtPlay Palette Santa’s Elf;  more paint splatters from MultiMedia Elves No. 1 and beads from Magic Sprinklez No 2. WordART is from Ali Edwards.

8.  Page feels unfinished?  Try a different background.   I selected a darker colored paper which provided greater contrats and better highlighted the paint splatters. I also created a curved border which complements the curve on the edge of the frame.  The stitching provides the impression of festive paper party streamers and completes the layout.

ArtPlay Palettes | Conclusion

This post concludes the ArtPlay Palette series, a collection of posts designed to help you understand and use the various components of the ArtPlay Palette in your digital scrapbook pages regardless of your digital scrapbooking experience level and style.

There were no questions from last week so I'm going to lean towards a positive assumption that I achieved my goal in demystifying ArtPlay Palettes and showing you that they are much easier to use that you perhaps originally thought.

ArtPlay Palettes, in a nutshell, allow you to create digital scrapbook pages in a playful and fun manner simply by dragging the components onto a blank canvas and creating something with artsy flair using your own photos and words.  This process takes very little experience or effort and is a unique and super-fun way to document your memories regardless of your usual scrapbooking style.

ArtPlay Palettes provide the opportunity for anyone and everyone to be artsy.

I create the art, so that you can pursue the all-important task of celebrating your memories.

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Thank you for reading and should you ever have any questions regarding ArtPlay Palettes, or any of my other digital products, please do not hesitate to email me.

I'm always happy to help.

ArtPlay Palette | Alphas and Elements

This series of posts aims to demystify ArtPlay Palettes.  Last week I talked about the BrushSets. This week I want to tackle the Alphas and ElementSets included with each ArtPlay Palette.

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The AlphaSets

I consider Alphas or AlphaSets to fall into Element category which makes it fitting for me talk about them in the same post. The only reason they are divided into sub-categories or folders within the ArtPlay Palette, is to assist you in organizing and managing all the different ArtPlay Palette components.

AlphaSets are not included with all ArtPlay Palettes.  When present, this folder includes the letters of the alphabet, either in smal (a-z) or capital letters (A-Z)  In some cases you may find the AlphaSet delivered in both formats.  There may also be a NumberSet (0-9 or one to ten) and or some punctuation.

 

From ArtPlay Palette Seafoam

From ArtPlay Palette Find My Way No. 2

If I am going to be real and honest, I would have to admit that AlphaSets are my least favorite digital component to use in digital layouts.  Most of the time, I find it quicker and easier to use fonts to fulfill all my text requirements.  That said, I do enjoy the challenge of incorporating alphas into my style.

You will notice that most of my Alphas are circular in shape and/or are in brad format.  This is just how I roll.

Here a few pages and ideas for using ArtPlay Palette Alphas.

1.  My favorite application is to use a single letter as an element on my page, usually in the form of a monogram.  The letters E (Eric and Ella), L (Luke) and A (Anna, Aspnes) get the biggest workout on my layouts.  

Notice the *AA* stamped using DistressedLetters No. 1 BrushSet on a background paper from ArtPlay Palette No. 3.

And the small *e* nestled with the photo turn, both from ArtPlay Palette Mist.

2.  You can use the NumberSets in a similar fashion.

Luke's age at this time was *5*.  Number from ArtPlay Palette Science.

And there are *two* of them on this Halloween page using ArtPlay Palette Monster Treats.

3.   Use them to create a title, replace one word or even one letter in a title. 

ArtPlay Palette Blooming Marvelous

ArtPlay Palette Special One

ArtPlay Palette Find My Way

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The Elements

The elements folder includes a variety of embellishements which vary from one ArtPlay to another. It is probably of no surprise to you, that I create the elements that I like to use, which include, but are not limited to staples, photo turns, knitted/crocheted elements, clocks and clock hands, flowers, paper elements, buttons and brads.  I really like anything round or circular and anything with texture.

I have also started including cast/warped drop shadow elements to co-ordinates with one or more of the elements in each ArtPlay Palette.  A screencast for using these elements can be found here.

 

From ArtPlay Palette Mist

From ArtPlay Palette Strawberry Preserve, due for release next week, 4 June 2011.

Given the choice, I tend to lean more towards using BrushSets to embellish my pages.  Again, this is just my personal style and preference.  The appeal of digital scrapbooking to me lies in the ability to achieve something that cannot be done with paper alone.   I also find brushes much easier and quicker to use than finding and placing elements, which somehow need to be placed with more precision than their less dimensional counterparts.  

I consider Elements as being the icing on the cake, with a little going a long way.  Less can often be more.  

 Try supplementing your layout with just 1-3 small elements.  

ArtsyBlendz Origins Paperie and Elements

If you like loadsa icing on your cake and you prefer a more embellishment-rich page, make sure you select a plain or solid muted background, so that it does not compete with your choice of elements.  For example, notice the following white background, which allows the MultiMedia Flowers, to take center stage.

Also note that the entire background does not have to be solid.  Just the areas on which you want to place your grouping of elements.  The element placement can also support imagery or brushwork in your background papers as shown below.

ArtPlay Palette Barren Sunrise

Other ways to use Elements:

1.  Place over brushes to draw the eye to your handy-work or to frame a photo as is the case with the brushes and these ShearedBlooms.  I use brushes and elements together a LOT.

2.  Think out-side-the-box in terms of how you use and perhaps re-purpose an element.  I like to use clock hands as photo-turns or as a way to draw the eye to a particular area or detail on a layout.

ArtPlay Palette Sting and Bite

3.  Use your elements in a more graphic and unconventional form by applying blending modes to your elements to blend them into your backgrounds.

4.  Incorporate elements into creating a design on your page.  For example, flower in the following layout becomes a bow tie for the bunny, the Alpha becomes a nose, while the FlutterBy rests upon his tail.

Buttons become eyes and nose, a star anise becomes a button, and the acrylic S follows the curve of the LoopDaLoop

 

ArtsyBlendz Snow

In a nutshell, to use elements or not to use them is a matter of choice and style.  As a rule of thumb, the more elements you want to use, the less busy your background needs to be.  In other words, stick to solid or muted backgrounds.

My friend Kayleigh Wiles uses lots of elements in her pages and has a more traditional style.  She recently did a great blog post on how she uses the ArtPlay Palette.  It gives great insight in how the ArtPlay can be used in a more conventional fashion.

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Next Week:  I'll be wrapping up this series with a Q&A on ArtPlay Palettes.  Is there anything else you'd like to know about ArtPlay Palettes, that I haven't covered, other than blending?  I'll post my answers to any questions and some closing thoughts next Friday.

On the topic of blending, notably AnnaBlendz, I'm half way through the class. but it has come to a grinding halt.  I am just not certain what you want to learn and how you would prefer to learn it.  I am wondering... Do you like longer classes than span a few weeks or bite-sized tutorials?  Layout or technique-based classes? Do you want to have finished a project at the end of the class?  Do you like videos, e-books or both? Perhaps you'd be willing to send your feedback to anna_aspnes@yahoo.com.

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ArtPlay Palettes | The BrushSets

This series of posts aims to demystify ArtPlay Palettes.  Last week I talked about Transfers and Overlays. This week I'm talking about the BrushSets (or brushes) included with each ArtPlay Palette.

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BrushSets/ Brushes are a digital version of rubber stamps used with ink in traditional scrapbooking, only they are better.  Their  amazing versatality makes them one of my favorite tools to use in creating digital scrapbooking pages.

All ArtPlay Palettes have a BrushSet folder with anywhere from 8 to 12 (sometimes more) brushes delivered in both .abr brush file format and individual .png format.  This folder also typically includes a small preview of the BrushSet, as demonstrated below:

I include the .png file format versions of the brushes alongside the .abr for several reasons:

• For additional preview purposes.  The .abr file does not yield a thumb image in most programs and the .png files provide a comprehensive visual reference as to what brushes are included in the .abr file i.e. The abr. file includes all the .png format images in oone file.
• You can create your own .abr file from the included .png images, if the .abr file becomes corrupt, overwritten or just does not work in your version of Photoshop or Elements.  The .abr file created in newer versions of Photoshop or Elements may not work in older versions of the program, and vice verser.  To define a .png file as a brush, open the first .png file into your program and then go to Edit> Define Brush Preset (Photoshop) or Edit> Define Brush (Elements).  Repeat for the remaining .png files.  To save your newly defined brushes as a set, go to Edit > Preset Manager, select Brushes from the Preset Type drop-down menu.  Click on the first defined brush in the palette, hold down the SHIFT button on your keyboard and click on the last defined brush to select all the brushes inbetween. Click on Save Set in palette and type in a File Name for your BrushSet before you click Save.
• You can open the .png files into your program and use them as overlays on your layout, resizing and recoloring them to preference.  Using the .png files instead of the .abr files is a lot less daunting way for many digital scrapbookers to use brushes on their pages, but the are also a LOT less versatile.

In the following screencast, I show you how to load and use a BrushSet in Photoshop Elements:

The following layouts demonstrate the varied usage of brushes:

1.  Place brushes behind one or more elements (SprayPaint brush behind a grouping of elements in the bottom left corner of the layout).

Digital Supplies:  ArtPlay Palette Sports

2.  Apply a blending mode to a brush layer over the top of a photo or paper to add interest and texture to a digital scrapbook layout.Digital Supplies:  Magic Sparkles, Cosmic ArtPrints Paperie

3.  Use brushes with the Eraser or Paint Brush + Layer Mask tool to create artsy edges to your photos.

Digital Supplies:  ArtPlay Palette Heart, Heart LoopDaLoop ArtStrokes

4.  Adjust the spacing of a brush and hold down the SHIFT button on your keyboard to paint a line of duplicate images (line of horizontal hearts).

Digital Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Crush

5.  Clip papers and other digital images to brushes using the clipping mask function in Photoshop (CTRL + ALT + G) or Elements (CTRL + G).

Digital Supplies: AsianART Print Paperie

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Coming Next Week:  ArtPlay Palettes | AlphaSets and Elements.

ArtPlay Palettes | Transfers and Overlays

This series of posts aims to demystify ArtPlay Palettes.  Last week I talked about The Paperie.  This week I'm talking about the Transfer and Overlays (or Transparencies) included with each ArtPlay Palette and I intend on showing you some of the different ways you can use them through a screen cast split into parts A and B.

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Part A:

Part B:

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And the finished layout:

In addition to using ArtPlay Palette Mist, I added some elements and brushes from ArtsyBlendz Snow to complete this layout created during the screen cast above.

ArtPlay Palettes | The Paperie

This series of posts aims to demystify ArtPlay Palettes.  Last week I talked about the where to start in terms of ArtPlay Palettes.  This week I'm going to talk about the digital papers included with each ArtPlay Palette and the different ways you can use them.

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Paperie is the term I use to describe the collection of digital papers included in each ArtPlay Palette.  

The earlier ArtPlay Palettes included 4 artsy papers but as the series has evolved, so has the Paperie. ArtPlay Palettes now include up to 10 digital papers depending on the set, to include both artsy, patterned and solid papers.

The artsy papers are perhaps the most mysterious of the 3 types because they are slightly different to traditional scrapbooking paper.  I like to think of them as pre-made background papers to be used as a foundation for your layouts.  The basic idea is that I create the artsy backgrounds using papers and brushes, so that you can focus on selecting photos and telling your stories.   Simply add one or more photos, a title and some journaling and you have a really quick layout that is worthy of the title of Art. 

A few suggestions on how I envisage the artsy paper to be used:

1.  Add a single photo | The photo may be added in it's original format, with or without a drop shadow layer style added.  In this particular layout, I created a frame with a WordART title.  Make a selection using the Rectangular Marquee tool located in the Tools palette and go to Edit> Stroke to select the color and width of the keyline.  Create a new selction, selecting the area of the keyline that interferes with the title, and press the Delete button on your keyboard.

Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Magic; Blessings WordART No. 1

2.  Add Multiple Photos |  Add one or more photos to a layout in linear grid format, or in randomly and overlapping fashion, to create a quick digital collage. Frames and borders around multiple photos creates visual *white* space to prevent the photos from competing with busy patterned and colorful backgrounds.  I use the term *white space* to refer to any element or object, in any solid color, that breaks up two competing patterns.

In this layout I used the Urban FrameTransfers over a solid white background and used the artsy paper as a mat for the photo collage.  

Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Monster Treats

Less traditional types of frames work well with artsy papers such as LoopDaLoop Layered Masks:

Supplies: ArtsyBlendz Snow

3.  Use a FotoBlendz Clipping Mask |  Clip one or more photos to FotoBlend Clipping Mask(s) and arrange them on the artsy paper.  As I am designing the papers, I am always thinking about photo placement. The frame in the following paper is an obvious invitation for a focal photo or significant piece of journaling.  I could also have blended a photo into the solid black background area if I had felt so inclined. Always look for opportunistic solid areas of color in these backgrounds on which to place or blend your photos.

Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Celebrate

Two photos were added to the following artsy background by clipping them to two masks from Abstract FotoBlendz Clipping Masks No. 3.

Similarly, painted circles, included in the BrushSet from the same ArtPlay Palette Autumn Crisp, made perfect clipping masks for my photos and papers.  I used the circle pattern on the background paper as a guide as to where to place my clipped photos and elements.

Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Autumn Crisp

4.  Create Custom Blends |  Apply a layer mask to your photo layer and use blending brushes with the Paint Brush tool to blend harsh edges into your background and create a custom blended photo collage.

Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Smooch

5.  Clip and Crop |  Use the artsy papers as you would solid or patterned scrapbook papers.

They can be:

a)  Recolored by adjusting the sliders in the Hue and Saturation dialogue box.  Image> Adjustments> Hue and Saturation (Photoshop) or Enhance> Adjust Color> Adjust Hue/Saturation (Elements).

 

  

Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Science

b)  Cropped into strips or paper pieces, using the Marquee tools from the Tools palette and the Edit> Copy/ Paste functions, and then placed against a solid or neutral background.

Supplies: ArtsyBlendz Origins

c)  Clipped to more linear or shaped clipping masks in more traditional or graphic/clean-lined scrapbook layouts. 

Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Easter Bunny

 Supplies: ArtPlay Palette Smooch 

Supplies:  ArtPlay Palette Blooming Marvelous

The artsy papers are delivered with solid and patterned papers, where applicable, to provide increased versality and flexibility to each ArtPlay Palette.  A solid paper is just a solid paper, as is a patterned paper, but the artsy paper, has multiple personalities and applications.  Parts of the paper can be used to substitute for a solid paper, others for an intersting non-uniform patterned paper, or use the paper as it stands, as the foundation for your next layout.  No need to get fancy with brushes and blending modes and lots of elements, because it's all done for you.  Simply add a photo or two, a title, your own words, and call it GOOD.  

Artsy papers are not nearly as daunting as they might first appear.

Try it and let me know what you think.

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 Coming Next Friday:  The Transfers and Overlays.

ArtPlay Palettes | Where to Start

This series of posts aims to demystify ArtPlay Palettes.  Last week I talked about the origins and background of ArtPlay Palettes.  This week I'm going to talk about how to go about about choosing an ArtPlay Palettes and exactly where to start with them.

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I always start at the very beginning.

Let's get back to the very basics of scrapbooking, which is essentially documenting your life and telling your stories through words and photos, with a LOT of fun with art along the way.

[ArtPlay Palette No. 3]

Enter the ArtPlay Palette.

The first task is selecting the Palette you want to use, and how you select a Palette will fall in line with how you select any other digital scrapbooking kit.  It will depend on the layout(s) you want to create as well as your personal preference and style.  

I tend to choose kits based on color regardless of theme, but this is not aways the case.  While my choices for selecting papers and elements are strongly influenced by the colors in my photos, the power of Photoshop allows you to change the color of either by using the Hue and Saturation function.  Image> Adjustments> Hue/Saturation (Photoshop) or Enhance> Adjust Color> Adjust Hue/Saturation (Elements).  Similarly,  you can usually make any themed kit work for the photos and story I have on hand, simply by careful selection of kit components and colors.  You can read more about this here.

[ArtPlay Palette Easter Bunny]

Basically,  it doesn't really matter which ArtPlay you choose.  You can usually make a few simple adjustments using very basic techniques in Photoshop/Elements to make any ArtPlay Palette work for you.

You just have to let go of all the pre-conceived notions of how you think you should be using the Palettes and give yourself the opportunity of just being able to play with the art.  

I find my creativity flows much better, and I often produce my best work, when there is no pressure to perform and I allow myself to just play.  Remember that there are no rules to how you scrapbook and you are only limited by your own fears.

Fears often arise out of the unknown.

ArtPlay Palettes are different and anything different can instill intimidation and fear.  If you're like me, you're a creature of habit and a little resistant to change, but if you actually break one of these Palettes down, you will see that it's components are not all that dissimilar to any other digital scrapbooking kit.  A standard ArtPlay Palette includes a number of digital papers and elements to include brushes (digital stamps or rub-ons), dimensional elements, transfers, overlays and sometimes an Alpha/NumberSet or WordART.

[ArtPlay Palette Find My Way]

The only difference between an ArtPlay Palette, and some of the other kits that you're used to, is the style. The papers might be a bit artsier with a less uniform pattern, and many of the elements are not what you would typically find in traditional scrapbooking, but they are still digital scrapbooking components. The masks, transfers and overlays, for example, have a more blended appearance making them unique to the digital arena. It would be very difficult to reproduce this digital type of element as a traditional scrapbooking product, which is among the reasons why I am a digital scrapbooker.

[Transfers, overlays and FotoBlendz included in ArtPlay Palette Ex Libris]

The uniqueness of these elements does not mean that they cannot be used in the same way as the more traditional scrapbooking elements.  You can open them up in your program, drag and drop them onto your layout in the same way you would any other digital element.  The beauty of these blended elements, however, is that you can quickly build an artsy digital collage simply by overlapping the elements with your photos.

[ArtPlay Palette Mermaids]

[ArtPlay Palette MiniKit No. 10]

Add the use of Layer Styles and/or Blending Modes to these kit components, and you can quickly create something that looks a LOT more complicated than it actually is.

[ArtPlay Palette Fall No. 2]

The biggest realization I want you to walk away with today is that the ArtPlay Palette is really no different than other digital kit.  They function with the same drag and drop technique, and just look a lot more complicated than they actually are.

In the coming weeks, I intend to walk you through each of the ArtPlay Palette components and show you the different ways for using them.

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Next Friday:  The Paperie

ArtPlay Palettes | Origins and Background

This is the first of a collection of posts that I'll be writing over the coming weeks, with the aim of demystifying ArtPlay Palettes.  These posts will be published on Fridays and will include written and/or video content showing you the different components of an ArtPlay Palette with instruction and suggestions on how to use them.

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I'm kicking off this series with a little bit of background on the ArtPlay Palette.  In order to begin to understand how to use the ArtPlay Palette, you need to know it's origins.

ArtPlay Palettes were borne from a love for celebrating my life, and the lives of those close to me, through photography, with art.  In particular, abstract and mixed media art.

I saw this painting several years ago which combined a single photograph with abstract art.  For some reason, it became lodged in my mind.  The image kept coming back to me, and it was a few years later that the concept of combining photos and art in digital scrapbooking dawned on me.  FotoArt was borne.

I wanted everyone to be able to create FotoArt and so I came up with the idea for a new type of digital kit that would make it as easy as possible for anyone to be able to create FotoArt.  These kits were designed to provide a palette of digital papers, elements, brushes, transfers, masks and overlays, which could inspire even the most novice of digital scrapbookers to play within their preferred sofware program, and create some pretty cool art.  Hence, the name, ArtPlay Palette.

I create the art.  You play with it.

I tested the concept by creating a free mini-sampler for a DesignerDigitals Quarterly Sale chat and the first ArtPlay Palette was released into the store in May 2009.

The first 10 ArtPlay Palettes were color-inspired MiniKits and included 4 artsy backgrounds with a selection of co-ordinating embellishments.  

There are 12 numbered ArtPlay Palettes in total and I think my favorite is No. 5:

Over the past 2 years the series has evolved to include theme-based kits.  The numbers have been replaced by unique names and the kits are much larger.  

A few of my favorites include:

At the beginning of this year, I introduced a sister series, ArtsyBlendz, an updated version of the MonoBlendz paperies, some of which were recently retired.  ArtsyBlendz is also color-inspired but differs from the MonoBlendz in that each Paperie has a co-ordinating ElementSet.

ArtPlay Palettes have evolved but the basic concept has remained the same.  I create the art so you don't have to.  It is simple in theory, but I'm just now realizing, not necessarily the case in practice.  In a recent post, I asked what you would like to know about ArtPlay Palettes, and not knowing where to start was a recurring theme.

I understand that you might be intimidated by ArtPlay Palettes.  You might be frustrated at not being about to work with them the way you want to.  On the other hand, you might already have figured them out but want to learn a bit more.  Whatever your experience level, this series is intended to increase you confort level and diversify you knowledge in working with ArtPlay Palettes.  

Over the coming weeks I aim to walk you through the kit components and show you many different ways you can creatively use ArtPlay Palettes in a style that works for you.

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Coming Next Week:  ArtPlay Palettes | Where to Start?