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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Clean, Crisp Stenciling

Happy Tuesday! Are you frustrated with your stencils? This week I wanted to share the tool that has been the biggest game changer for me when it comes to achieving clean, crisp stencil designs: my mini kabuki brush! I hope this helps you out if you haven’t tried this tool before! Feel free to share your own tips and tricks for clean stencil designs in the comments! Thanks for watching!

  • STENCILS – Topaz Mommy & Me Samantha
    STENCILS – Topaz Mommy & Me Samantha
    $9.00
  • STENCILS – Topaz Drea
    STENCILS – Topaz Drea
    $6.00
  • Short Kabuki Stencil Brush
    Short Kabuki Stencil Brush
    $4.99
  • Foam Lollipop Blenders
    Foam Lollipop Blenders
    $0.49
  • Finger Daubers 3pc
    Finger Daubers 3pc
    $2.50
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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Painting Feathers

Happy Tuesday! Since my team and I will be painting some fun feather designs to complement our owl bling this week at the MN State Fairgrounds, I thought I’d do a little tutorial on painting feathers! How do you use feathers in your designs? Please feel free to comment and share your own feather related designs and tips! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Tuesday Tips at Ten: How to Paint a Perfect Yin & Yang!

It’s Tuesday! Today I am frantically prepping to run my Glitter Glamper booth at the Kickoff to Summer event at the MN State Fairgrounds, so I decided to resurrect an old video! Check out this video for my tips to create a perfect Yin and Yang…they are much harder than they look and people often ask me how I paint them. Watch to see what I do!

Last week my website host was malfunctioning and I was not able to share my tip here on my blog, so below is last week’s tip. Unfortunately WordPress seems to let me down often, so if you check my blog again and find nothing on Tuesday at 10, be sure to check out my Facebook page as I’ve had the best luck so far getting my scheduled posts to show there! Thanks so much for watching!

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Shading the Death Star (or a Sphere with a Dimple)

Happy Tuesday! Since Star Wars Day is just a couple days away, this week I decided to incorporate a Death Star design into my tip! The death star is a perfect example to show how lighting and shadows change on a convex sphere, vs a concave dimple. Check out today’s video for a mini lighting & shadows lesson and a fun design to use this Thursday!

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Tuesday Tips @10: How to Magnetize your Kit!

Happy Tuesday! Yes, I may be down in St.Louis teaching at MAX today, but I have not forgotten about my Tuesday Tips fans! I have a great tip for those of you who are like me, obsessed with making and re-making your kits! I like to line all of my kits with steel, so everything can move around easily and stay in place with super strong neodymium magnets. I will share with you the tools I use to magnetize my kits, and where I find the cheapest sheets of super thin steel!

Here are some Amazon links to the things I use:

E6000 glue (big tube): https://amzn.to/3UxsBh8

E6000 glue (with precision tips): https://amzn.to/3KBNK4Z

Neodymium magnets I put on my paint cakes: https://amzn.to/3UzmhFO

Smaller Neodymium magnets I also use: https://amzn.to/417Qnmn

Tin snips: https://amzn.to/43pFIFb

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Double Dip Petals

Happy Tuesday! Today I’m going to share a technique that may already be familiar to some of you, but many new painters struggle with: double dip flower petals! Got some additional tips of your own for creating awesome double dip petals? Please share in the comments!!

  • KingArt Floral Petal Brush
    KingArt Floral Petal Brush
    $17.99$18.99
  • BRUSHES – Bolt Blooming Petal Brush
    BRUSHES – Bolt Blooming Petal Brush
    $7.00
  • Cameleon Large Petal Brush
    Cameleon Large Petal Brush
    $13.00
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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Trimming your Photos!

Happy Tuesday! Today’s tip is for iPhone users who find the need to trim their photos from the background, whether it’s to create design menus, banners, business cards or other graphics for your business. I’m very proficient at Photoshop so I’ve always trimmed photos myself on my computer, however, my son showed me this awesome trick that’ll instantly trim photos for you! Check it out!

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Loading a One Stroke Brush

Happy Tuesday! This week’s tip might be more for beginners, but could still be worth a watch if you’re an experienced artist who sometimes has trouble with one strokes…today I’ll show you how I load up my flat brushes with a one stroke split cake!

  • TAG #12 Flat Brush
    TAG #12 Flat Brush
    $7.00
  • TAG One Stroke Split Cakes
    TAG One Stroke Split Cakes
    $12.00$15.00
  • SillyFarm Arty Cakes
    SillyFarm Arty Cakes
    $12.50
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FREE Balloon Tutorial: “Head Huggers!”

This week I came up with a fun idea for some headband balloons that I have been calling “head huggers!” These are SUPER easy and fast to make, and there are SO many possibilities to mix them up with different characters! I put together a little tutorial, and I can’t wait to see what YOU do to take this idea to the next level! Be sure to share your own creations…we love to see your work!

Since the standard heart shaped cat prints that so many twisters love to use have been hard to come by lately, I thought I’d try something different! The cat heads I used on my kitty head hugger I purchased on Amazon. They come with cardboard ears and a roll of glue dots. So for parties, what I did was cut apart pieces of the glue dot roll so I had short pieces with two dots each, stuck them in place on the ears, and then when I need to attach them at a gig, I can just peel off the backing and stick them on. I think they look pretty cute, and a great alternative to the heart shaped cats!

  • Headbands 1″ Clear – 10 pack
    Headbands 1″ Clear – 10 pack
    $5.50
  • Betallatex 260B Pastel Matte Nozzle-Up – 50ct
    Betallatex 260B Pastel Matte Nozzle-Up – 50ct
    $9.99
  • Betallatex 260B Nozzle-Up Individual Colors, 50ct
    Betallatex 260B Nozzle-Up Individual Colors, 50ct
    $8.50$9.99

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Tuesday Tips @ 10: Brush Care!

Happy Tuesday! This week I’ll share with you my brush care best practices…this is how I have kept my brushes working their best for many years!

  • Brush Bath 4oz Refill Bottle
    Brush Bath 4oz Refill Bottle
    $13.00
  • Brush Bath Set of two 4 oz Spray and Refill Bottle
    Brush Bath Set of two 4 oz Spray and Refill Bottle
    Product on sale
    $25.00
  • Loew-Cornell Brush Tub II
    Loew-Cornell Brush Tub II
    $13.99
  • Heart Shaped Brush Cleaning Pad
    Heart Shaped Brush Cleaning Pad
    $3.99
  • Cameleon Brush Soap
    Cameleon Brush Soap
    $12.00
  • Ultimate Face Painting Brush Wallet by JestPaint
    Ultimate Face Painting Brush Wallet by JestPaint
    $44.99