Spread 222 - "Always Watching" April 7, 2018 Vintage and personal and handmade papers, fabric, stitching, black and white gesso, PaperArtsy paints. This spread was started in a recent class with Orly Avineri. Recently Orly and I had our annual trip up to a dear friends cabin in Lake Arrowhead and I finished this there. It [...]
Spread 203 - Summer Fun 12 July 2015 Vintage and personal images, matte medium, Nova Color paints, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, matte varnish, Seth Apter rubber stamps Ink Spots Set -"Triple Drip", "Spin Cycle" and "Solar Eclipse". Click on the image for a larger view. Seth Apter has partnered with Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps to [...]
PCJ 1-1-15 PCJ - 1-4-15 PCJ 1-11-15Â PCJ 1-18-15 PCJ 1-25-15 These are my playing card journal entries for the month of January 2015. They are actually a standard deck of regulation playing cards. I do one card per week. I have really enjoyed working on these. These are from the 52 Card Pick-up class [...]
52 Card Journal 52 Card Journal Back 52 Card Journal - Front Cover 52 Card Journal - Back Cover 52 Card Journal - Inside Front Cover 52 cards in process Happy New Year!!!! Today I spent the day creating with some wonderful folk, lead by Seth Apter of The Altered Page. We were hosted by the wonderful Barbara [...]
I am taking part in my friend Seth Apter's Studio Table blog hop. My studio table 17 September 2014 Here is my table today 17 September 2014 as it is. While this is my designated art "space" I rarely work up here, currently we are in a heat spell and it is about 100+ degree's [...]
It is time for Seth Apter's Buried Treasure! I chose one of my favorite posts from one of my favorite events of the past year. I chose it because it involves some of my dearest friends Orly, Seth, Terry, John, Irene, and many more from my wonderful art family. Art Family from February 16, 2014 [...]
Miss My Tribe 11 to 21 February 2014 Nova Color acrylic paint, vintage, found & personal images, matt medium, black gesso, Sharpie china marker, graphite pencil, Signao white gel pen. tracing paper images, paint peelings. It is still amazing to me two weeks later I am still under the effects of my artist tribe. So [...]
Seth, Orly & I Seth & I at in my back yard. Brian, John and Terry My two handmade journals created in "If Walls Could Talk". Our journal stack in my home. Our journal stack in Orly's home I had a wonderful vacation a week ago spending 6 days with Terry Garrett from Minnesota and [...]
Spread 158 - Brotherhood 8 February to 10 February 2014 Vintage, found & personal papers, matt medium, Nova color acrylic paint, playing card, tracing paper image, tape, sharpie chalk pencil, pencil, Sigano white gel pen, Sigano red pen, sharpie marker, black gesso. This past week I had the vacation of a lifetime sharing time with [...]
I was very excited to be asked by my friend Seth Apter to create a piece and be a one of 14 Gallery Artists for his latest book "The Mixed-Media Artist: Art Tips, Tricks, Secrets and Dreams from Over 40 Amazing Artists." "Moochie" August 19, 2012 11" X 14" Canvas, Nova Color acrylic paints, personal, found and handmade [...]
I am happy to participate in Seth Apter's Buried Treasure, where blogger's re-post some of their favorite blog posts: Spread 106 – Scavneger Hunt September 9, 2012 Posted by apaperbear in Uncategorized. Tags: "art journal", Acrylic paint, Art Journaling, Arts, Brian Kasstle, Gel pen,Journals, layers, men's art journals, Mixed media, Orly Avineri, Orly Avnieri's Art Journal class, paint, Paper, Personal Maps, Scavenger hunt, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Visual Arts, visual journal 9 comments , edit post Spread 106 [...]
The Mixed-Media Artist:Art Tips, Tricks, Secrets and Dreams From Over 40 Amazing Artists By Seth Apter Some months ago my friend Seth Apter asked me to send in some artwork to be in his new book. I thought I would try something different and worked for the first time on canvas. Here and there Seth [...]
14 Artist Journals by Orly Avineri My intro pages from 14 Artist Journals. "Freedom of the Bird"Â one of my spread's from the book. Over at Orly's Blog her drawing ends today, so I decided to host a drawing of my own! Yes, another opportunity for you to win an inscribed copy from Orly and [...]
Front Cover Back Cover My intro pages from 14 Artist Journals I am proud and excited to support my wonderful friend Orly Avineri to announce her newest book "14 Artist Journals" is out and ready for purchase. I am honored to be a part of Orly's book with 13 other amazing artists. "14 Artist Journals" is an art book [...]
I am thrilled to be featured in Seth Apter's "It's Still Life" this week. Thank you Seth! "Two Happy Journals" I took the photo a last week of my two completed sister journals sitting in the sun in my garden. Have a happy creative weekend!
Hello and welcome to A Paperbear, my art blog. If this is your first time welcome! Look please take the time and look around at past posts! This is my repost for Seth Apter's "Buried Treasure", where artists repost a favorite blog post. I am currently at the end of a summer cold and I [...]
My Stack My stack of art journals, moleskines and handmade journals in their natural habitat, my backyard, my favorite journaling spot for Seth Apter's Paper Stacks collaboration.  Eighty plus artists are participating.
