Over—Printing Felt Surfaces

By Kathyanne White

Felting is a beautiful form of fiber art. The surface is intriguing and textural in so many ways so it always interested me. For years I've wanted to pursue felted surfaces for digital printing. Getting the felt thin enough for printers however, can be somewhat of a challenge. That was until I met felt artist   Suzanne Morgan. Suzanne's felting and nuno felting are suitably thin enough to print. Recently Suzanne shared some of her felt pieces with me for experimenting. You can see and read about some of results on a blog post on my  Digital Alternative Surfaces site. 

For this video workshop I take one of Suzanne's felt pieces and show you how to create the image and work the print process. Photoshop CS6 is used to manipulate the image for the overprint. Once the image is ready, again using Photoshop CS6 we will go through printing the image.

The process of overprinting can be used in many ways. An overprint is used on a surface that has some type of design, color, pattern something that can be seen already on the surface. This technique can be used on any surface you want to print—felt or not. If you love felt, this is awesome and an entire new alternative surface for digital printing. 

Purchase this workshop at this link and you will receive the pdf file with information to access the workshop by email within 24 hours. $9.95

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iPad Play with Paper 53

by Kathyanne White


This video workshop will take you through the basics of Paper 53. Paper 53 is an app for iPad. You can visit their site at www.fiftythree.com/paper

From their site you will be able to find all the information on the tools. From this workshop you will see me create a simple sketch. You receive the a booklet in app to go through on what the app can do. Plus there are complete instructions to scroll through inside the app. 

For free you receive the pen tool and a basic color palette. Everything else is an in-app purchase. 

This is truly one of my favorite apps. It’s where I go first to play on my iPad. The video included in this workshop shows you some of the tools in action. I will page through one of my journals, show you how to load a personal cover and play with a few of the tools.A part real time and timed lapse video will guide you through drawing in my loose style on this app.

Members of KathyAnne Art download the workshop for free after log in—here—

Non-Members you can join KathyAnne Art here for $35.00 a year. With your membership you receive 12 months of member workshops and have access to over 60 other workshops that have already been workshops of the month. 

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You can purchase this workshop at this link and you will receive the pdf file to access the workshop by email within 24 hours.  $9.95

Simple Gel Medium Skins

March Workshop of the Month for KathyAnne Art

This video workshop will take you through my process of creating a basic gel medium skin to use for digital printing. This is the simplest form of a skin for printing. You will see the way skins are created and attached to a carrier sheet.

Digitally printed skins can stand alone and are also wonderful additions to all types of mixed media artwork. Try a few and see where this process takes you. Get creative with uses for your printed skins. 

Members log into the KathyAnne Art site and go to this url to access the workshop.

Non members you can purchase this workshop for $9.95 by clicking here.  Your workshop will be emailed to you within 24 hours.

Variations on Digital Printing Dyed Fabric

Last month the workshop of the month for KathyAnne Art members 

was about digital printing on colored paper. This

 month we will look 

at digital printing on dyed fabric.  

This workshop is free to members.  Member log into the site and then go to this url for the workshop.

Non members if you would like to purchase this workshop for $9.95 click here.

Digital Printing Alternative Surfaces: Colored Papers

Digital Printing Alternative Surfaces: Colored Paper Workshop

by Kathyanne White

Digital printing on colored paper is a magnificent way to develop 

fascinating printed images.  Some papers such as lace are 

fragile to print and many custom hand made papers could

 fall apart when they get wet.  If you coat your fragile paper 

with single strokes and lift the paper quickly and gently to place on flat

 plastic to dry, you shouldn’t have any problems.   This workshop will 

focus on two types of colored paper one fragile and one sturdy. 

Both papers have appealing surface texture before adding the precoat.

Members of KathyAnne Art Log in to the site and then go to this page to download the workshop

Non member click here to buy the workshop for $9.95.

Digital Prints and Encaustic Workshop

By Kathyanne White

When working with hot wax and digital prints I loosely call it encaustic since it isn't quite what we think of when we say encaustic.  My set up uses Purified Beeswax and Damar Resin-Encaustic Medium.  Usually for encaustic this medium would be mixed with pigment.  

"By definition- Encaustic (which goes by hot wax painting) is an ancient technique.  The artist heats beeswax to the liquid stage, then mixes in pigmentation.  The resulting medium is applied to a surface."

For encaustic a base like clapboard, wood, ceramics, stretched canvas and other rigid types of surfaces are used.  These rigid surfaces protect the wax from cracking after it cools.  My take on encaustic for this workshop is different than my precious encaustic tutorials and articles.  One of my previous encaustic workshops "Mixing Digital Prints and Encaustic"  used hot wax to combine digital prints on a rigid surface in different configurations.  In this current workshop is a straight forward simple way to combine wax with a non rigid surface..............

Members of KathyAnne Art this workshop is free to you.  Log in and go to this url for the workshop.
Non members you can purchase this workshop for $9.95 by clicking here.

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