Dina Wakley Media Line with Ranger

I'm so delighted to be able to share my friend Dina's new paints and brushes with you!

These are acrylic paints that come in convenient little tubes.  They come in a wide range of colors, and the line includes white and black gesso, and gel medium.  The brushes are long handled synthetic bristle brushes.

I took the paints and brushes for a spin and put together this little stenciled art journal...

...that is very much in progress and waiting for the next layers to be added.

Playing with the paints was lots of fun.  They dry very matte and chalky, which is great for art journaling (pages won't stick together).  They have a very long open time (I left some out on my palette, went to dinner, and when I came back they were still wet and usable).  They work great for stenciling.  They're a little on the translucent side, which can be good and bad, depending on what the effect is y0u're going for.  The brushes are nice and stiff, which is great for brushing paint through stencils with large openings.  All in all, I'm very pleased to add them to my creative stash!

If you'd like to add them to your creative stash, Dina is giving away TWO full sets of her paints and brushes on her blog!  Be sure to visit her blog as well as hop around to all the other fabulous artists:

• Dina Wakley 
• Dyan Reaveley 
• Roben-Marie Smith
  
• Mystele Kirkeeng
  
• Dawn Sokol
• Julie Fei-Fan Balzer (that's me)
  
• Nathalie Kalbach 
  
• Kirsten Varga
  
• Traci Bautista 
  

SUPPLIES USED:

Dina Wakley Brushes Ranger Heat Gun Dina Wakley - Turquoise Dina Wakley - Blackberry Violet Dina Wakley - Umber Dina Wakley - Tangerine Dina Wakley - Ruby Dina Wakley - Magenta Dina Wakley - Lime Dina Wakley - Night Dina Wakley - Lemon Dina Wakley - Sky Dina Wakley - Lapis Palette Paper Cosmetic Sponges Dina Wakley Gesso Art Deco Leaves 12x12 12x12 Triangle Stencil 12x12 Layered Butterflies Lotus Blossom Stencil 12x12 6x6 Layered Stars Stencil 12x12 Layered Stars Stencil Onion Skin Stencil 12x12 Funky Tags Stencil 12x12 Indian Leaves Stencil 12x12 Peacock Feathers Stencil 12x12 12x12 Cityscape stencil 12x12 Corn Flower Stencil 6x6 Corn Flower Stencil 6x6 Pattern Leaves Stick Flowers Stencil 6x6 12x12 Silhouette Script Stencil Stones Divided Stencil 12x12 Stones Divided Stencil 6x6 12x12 4 Feathers Stencil Crossed Stencil 6x6 Stripes Explosion 12x12 Mod Checkerboard Stencil 6x6 Web Doily Stencil 12x12 Petals Stencil 12x12 Palms Stencil 12x12 Balzer Bits: Doodle Leaf

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Thanks for stopping by!

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P.S. If you like the look of this journal, I'm teaching it as an in-person class in Masonville, Colorado on June 1 and in Somerset, New Jersey on July 11.  It's called "The Stenciled Art Journal."