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Digital Junk Journals

DIY collage & mixed media art-- on your computer!

AZ Finch

What to do when you hate your collage

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Sometimes a piece just isn’t coming together. You’ve been working on something for hours and it still doesn’t look right. What do you do? Delete the file in shame? Turn to oil painting instead of…
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Going digital – why I’m dumping my paper ephemera collection

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Being stuck indoors for the last three months has changed my thinking on hoarding art supplies. Pre-pandemic, it was totally fine to have stacks and stacks of books, papers, and ephemera– because I (basically) had…
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The 6 frugal habits of a penny-pinching mixed media artist

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Having recently decided to become more penny-pinching than in previous years, and wanting to get OUT of the habit of just buying everything I see, I found myself developing some new, frugal habits. Specifically, 6…
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Save big money on art supplies with this one secret tip

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The struggle between wanting to buy ALL THE THINGS and also, y’know, actually saving money is real tough. So many pretty paints, stamps, inks, and brushes! Not to mention washi tape, scrapbook paper, stickers, notebooks,…
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Don’t be a mixed media art hoarder

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If I let myself, I’d buy ALL the mixed media supplies. Every paint, every type of gesso, every stamp and stamp pad and brush that I could find. But I’m not made of money, so…
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Mod Podge Rescue Project (A Big Fat Failure)

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The situation: a bottle of Antique Matte color tinted Mod Podge sat unused for years. By the time I opened it again, it had separated. There was a layer of oily stuff on the top,…
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3 ways to upcycle an Amazon padded envelope (for art!)

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If you’ve ever ordered anything from Amazon, ever, you probably have a surplus of leftover boxes and envelopes. Now, you COULD just throw all those envelopes away…but why not upcycle them and use them for…
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I'm Anastasia "AZ" Finch, an artist living in Southern California. I make digital mixed media collages using public domain images, hand-drawn elements, and things I find around my house. Wanna know more?

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― David Bayles, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

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