Jennifer Penick
Super Simple Mixed Media Bird Tutorial
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Jennifer Penick
Jul 302 min read
Sketchbook Doodles Go on Vacation
I'm about to head off on vacation and I am sharing one of the prompts that I created for myself and that I'll be working on while away....
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Jennifer Penick
Jan 131 min read
2024 Free Scrap Collage Paper Download
I've made free collage papers available in the past. They are wildly colorful original pages of my favorite collage bits grouped together...
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Jennifer Penick
Dec 31, 20232 min read
A story, a confession, a gift.
THE STORY Almost 10 years ago, I was contacted by someone who wanted to give me a collection of antique paper. I confess that at first I...
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Jennifer Penick
Nov 27, 20231 min read
Thanks for joining my first ever collage challenge
Earlier this fall, I shared a download of a vintage Italian page of leaf illustrations that I bought years ago at the Sunday flea market...
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Jennifer Penick
Oct 31, 20231 min read
Jennifer's Fall Collage Challenge
I've always wanted to launch my own little on-line collage art challenge and I am finally doing it! Consider yourself challenged to use...
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Jennifer Penick
Sep 18, 20233 min read
Collaging in (Altered) Books
During my recent long month away I wanted a collage or mixed media project that was easy to take traveling, that would help keep me...
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Jennifer Penick
May 6, 20233 min read
Art for a Cause: exciting update
This is an update on "Art for a Cause", the amazingly successful call for art that I have organized for the Arts and Humanities Program...
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Jennifer Penick
Apr 24, 20231 min read
FREE "scrap collage paper" download
Happy Spring, friends, Some days I just feel like organizing more than working on actual projects or artworks. I was looking through my...
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Jennifer Penick
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Happy New Year: Paper Birds (with templates)
This isn't the first year that I have used "paper birds" as a creative prompt in my classes, but it proved to be so popular this year...
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Jennifer Penick
Sep 13, 20221 min read
Summer sale on in my shop
Some of you followed by Index-Card-a-Day (ICAD) project this spring, I made two little works of art each day (they are designed to go...
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Jennifer Penick
Sep 13, 20221 min read
sharing vintage Italian paper
Do you ever have paper so cool that it's hard to use it? I know that images that printed out from an ink jet printer are not as textured...
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Jennifer Penick
Jun 18, 20224 min read
more about making custom (embellished) collage paper
A while back I took I wrote a blog post here about making "custom collage paper" and a while even further back I took a great class...
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Jennifer Penick
Apr 18, 20222 min read
More art made by Creativity Jumpstart class participants
If you have read my previous blog ("news") post about my work with Georgetown Hospital's Arts & Humanities Program (AHP), or if you are...
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Jennifer Penick
Apr 8, 20222 min read
art made by participants in my Creativity Jumpstart classes
If you have read my previous blog ("news") post about my work with Georgetown Hospital's Arts & Humanities Program (AHP), or if you are...
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Jennifer Penick
Apr 4, 20222 min read
being an Artist-in-Residence (also: free classes open for registration)
[buttons here below for more info and class registration] Being an Artist in Residence with Georgetown University Hospital's Arts &...
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Jennifer Penick
Apr 1, 20222 min read
making custom collage paper
A while back I took a great class (Thumbnail Sketching) with @palimpsestparade and she got me hooked on one of my most favorite, most...
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Jennifer Penick
Mar 21, 20221 min read
More collage inspiration from the road
Here's a follow-up to my last post. I had given some examples of how I take inspiration for my paper collage quilts (my current art...
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Jennifer Penick
Mar 12, 20222 min read
Collage inspiration on the road
Here's a bit of insight into how I am working while traveling and how our travels are influencing my work. WORKING ON THE ROAD I have...
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Jennifer Penick
Feb 24, 20221 min read
ROAD TRIP!
We're getting ready to leave on a 10-week road trip and I'm gathering materials and inspiration before we depart. While on the road I'll...
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