Alex and Ricky welcome back Katie Fowler to discuss what she has been up to since her last visit (Show 1807). Katie has fallen in love with the Mandala designs and taken that love of coloring that so many find enjoyable to a whole new level…coloring on fabric. She also discusses how as an artist, it is so important to be true to yourself and to embrace who you are.
Katie’s easy to use color wheel tool is a handy way to audition color combinations for any of your artwork. She shares examples of completed colored drawings that feature various color combinations. Then it’s on to the fun of using pre-printed Mandala color fabric sheets. The quilt block based designs allow you to color, heat set, and use as any other printed fabric. Katie shares tips for achieving the best results.
Katie shares a program for creating your own Mandala designs. Don’t like to bind your work? Katie has three fast finishing techniques that you will just love. Options for what you can do with a finished colored Mandala coloring sheet are also shared.
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The program I know about for PC is call Kaleidoscope
Kreator. I have not used this program so all I can share is the name.
The Inktense Pencils are permanent after they dry from the aloe. The moisture causes the pigment to be ink. I always heat set everything as a general rule BUT!! BE SURE TO REMOVE THE PAPER BEFORE YOU HEAT SET, otherwise you'll be removing paper with tweezers (ask me how I know that).
To load your own image onto Scopeworks: 1) open the program 2) click on FILE 3) choose OPEN or LOAD NEW IMAGE FOR KALEIDOSCOPE 4) choose an image from your computer. Doodles and line drawings work great! I scan them and use them all the time.
Thank you for the great feedback! Create ON!!
katie
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