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getting ready for Portobello West next weekend at Rocky Mountain Train Station!

This annual fashion+art market Christmas / Holiday gift giving show is a two-day affair on Saturday and Sunday November 28 and 29, from 12-6pm each day.Admission is cheap cheap at $2 and if you purchase something from me and mention this blog, I’ll refund [...]

new artwork using my photography!

I was lucky enough to have a great art workshop with Karen Michel this past week and below is some of the fruit from my class experience. Altered Photos! Love them… what a great way to art up my botanical photography and take them to a NEW artistic level.

These new botanical collage art pieces will [...]

Portobello West today!

I’m just packing up the truck and will be heading off to Portobello West for the day.

This great Fashion+Art market is a fantastic place to find trend-setting fashion, incredible hand-made jewelry and to purchase one of a kind [or limited edition] art works [including ME!] from Vancouver artisans and happens the LAST SUNDAY of every [...]

Portobello West

Hey all, just a reminder that I will be at the September Portbello West show next Sunday September 27, from 12-6pm.

This month at Portobello West I’ll have…

NEW and current 8×8 original artworks
a selection of 18×18, 24×24 and 18×36  mixed media collage portrait and botanical limited edition canvasses
8×8 and 8×10 limited edition Art Journal and [...]

oodles of doodles…

Here is my latest hand drawn and Copic /Sharpie coloured doodle.

I layered my completed and scanned doodle onto a previously scanned background to create this cool doodled graphic. I love the possibilities! Hybrid paper arts at their most useful. Hand illustration in combination with digitally scanned, altered and enhanced collage background – yum! I hope [...]

new doodle art…

While waiting in the airport for my 4+hr flights to and from Toronto this past week, I thought I would indulge in some distraction therapy. I selected a sturdy ziplock bag and packed up my growing collection of Copics, along with my doodle journal for the trip to visit my friend Carmi. It was a [...]

how to deal with a migraine…

I’ve suffered with migraines for most of my life and for the most part my migraines are pretty much under control these days. Between twice annual Botox injections, vastly improved health, diet and controlled sugar intake I have had only a few migraines in the last 6 months; considerably less that I would have had [...]

art journal in the last 3 weeks…

1. AJ001, 2. AJ002a, 3. AJ002b, 4. AJ003a, 5. AJ003b, 6. AJ004a, 7. AJ004b, 8. AJ005a, 9. AJ005b, 10. AJ006a, 11. AJ006b, 12. AJ007a, 13. AJ007b, 14. AJ008a, 15. AJ008b, 16. AJ009a, 17. AJ009b, 18. AJ010a, 19. AJ010b, 20. AJ011a, 21. AJ011b, 22. AJ01—page7, 23. TimeLapse 2-poster, 24. AJ01—page6, 25. AJ01—page5, 26. AJ01—page2, 27. AJ01—page1, [...]

art journal backgrounds…

Art Journal Backgrounds from Christina Lazar-Schuler on Vimeo.

These pages form the base for a new and first attempt at working in a BOUND art journal and not just individual loose pages.

I coil bound the book using solid core black, acid-free backer board and inexpensive, 90lb watercolour paper. Then, using a workflow similar to Teesha Moore, [...]

doodling in 5.3 minutes…

My Doodling Obsession… from Christina Lazar-Schuler on Vimeo.

I’ve become addicted to doodling, particularly mehndi style designs and patterns. Here is a video of me building a mehndi design of lotus flowers, paisleys and leaves from start to finish. I hope it inspires you to use some of your own illustration and doodling in your artwork.

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