Art journal page: Dragon's chivalry

Created on my altered journal, this page spread took a couple of days, just because I only had the girl sketched but did not know what else to do. Suddenly the other day I got the inspiration, and this lovely dragon came to life; my second dragon ever. 

For the dragon scales I used Distress crackle paint; then used soft pastels to color it. The girls was color with prismacolor pencils, spectrum noir alcohol markers, and Faber-Castell Pitt artist pens. For the suggested flower forest, I used Distress ink, acrylic paint and soft pastels.

Dragon's chivalry, as I have called this art journal  page, has given life to the idea of making a challenge for the month of July, based on fantasy creatures. I want to try to create a fantasy creature every day. Right now I'm off by one, but it is okay; I can't wait to see what other magical creatures will come to life.

Deals on art and crafts supplies

Some of the supplies I bought

This is a quick post about some good deals on crafts and art supplies. A.C. Moore has all the paper pads with 40% off, plus the new Spectrum Noir alcohol markers for $7.99 (set of 6). I just re-stocked on mixed media and pastel papers and added a few more colors to my new collection of alcohol markers. Stickers, open source papers, clear and wood stamps also have 40% off. Sharpie markers for 88 cents and some Cricut cartridges on sale too; so this is a great time to go and stock your art supplies.

 If you go to their website you can get a 40% and 50% coupons for one article at regular price. The 50% is only good for this upcoming Saturday (May 5,2012). They also have other great deals of stuff at 40% off. I'm not affiliated to A.C. Moore or anything; I just thought it was good to let everyone knows.

Michaels also have a 40% off coupon for one article at regular price; they also have had, for a while though, the distress crackle paint on clearance.