Learn how to create easy backgrounds for your art journals, altered books, and mixed-media projects. This book will take you through the basic materials and simple painting techniques, which you can combine in infinite ways to create your own unique backgrounds. You'll learn about glazing, drybrushing, sponging, ragging, stamping, stenciling, creating backgrounds with paint and tape, and how to use gesso with and without paint. Each technique comes with step-by-step photos and instructions. This book was created from the information contained on the Basic Acrylic Backgrounds how-to CD that was previously available from Ten Two Studios.

Bad Influence is a randomly issued print 'zine published by Ten Two Studios. Issues are created whenever time, participating artists, and interest allow. In this issue: Day of the Dead artwork by SL Scheibe, Carolyn Brady, Peace Schuyler, Corinne Stubson, Cindy Couling, Patti, Mark & Connor Mohrenweiser; playing card designs by Chris Ovdiyenko; photography by Keecia Buster; jewelry by Barbe Saint John; an interview with painter Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon about her Day of the Dead series; matchbox shrines and mixed media Day of the Dead portraits by Lisa Vollrath.

In July 2010, Ten Two Studios celebrated its fifth anniversary. To mark this happy milestone, owner Bad Influence is a randomly issued print 'zine published by Ten Two Studios. Issues are created whenever time, participating artists, and interest allow. In 2010, Lisa Vollrath hosted an artist trading card swap with a twist: all participants had to use at least one image from the free Fifth Anniversary collage sheet in the creation of each card. This issue of Bad Influence showcases the cards of dozens of swap participants from around the world.

Bad Influence is a randomly issued print 'zine published by Ten Two Studios. Issues are created whenever time, participating artists, and interest allow. In October 2010, artist Lisa Vollrath celebrated her 50th birthday. To mark this milestone, she hosted an artist trading card swap at Ten Two Studios, with a twist: all participants had to use at least one image from the Big Five Oh collage sheet in the creation of each card. This issue of Bad Influence showcases the cards of dozens of swap participants from around the world.

Bad Influence is a randomly issued print 'zine published by Ten Two Studios. Issues are created whenever time, participating artists, and interest allow. In this issue: artwork by Corinne Stubson, Carolyn Brady, Jen Worden, Scout Granier, and Diane Ferguson; an interview with artist Lynn Dewart; articles on stick figures, stick dolls, and ossuaries.

Bad Influence is a randomly issued print 'zine published by Ten Two Studios. Issues are created whenever time, participating artists, and interest allow. This issue of Bad Influence includes articles about cemetery photography, Victorian post-mortem photography, mourning dress in Victorian photography, The Woodmen's Circle Home, and spirit photography. It includes artwork and photography from Marian Savill, Diane Ferguson, Jennifer Minnis and Lisa Vollrath.

Bad Influence is a randomly issued print 'zine published by Ten Two Studios. Issues are created whenever time, participating artists, and interest allow. This issue contains artwork by Deirdre Abbotts, Cyndali, Debe Friedhoff, Roberta Schmidt, Tara Ross, Hanna Andersson and Lisa Vollrath; an interview with Corinne Stubson; and an article on Monet's garden.

Bad Influence is a randomly issued print 'zine published by Ten Two Studios. Issues are created whenever time, participating artists, and interest allow. This issue of Bad Influence includes articles about self-portrait photography, Red Bull's Art of the Can, manhole covers, and my dog Weevil. It includes artwork and photography from Diane Ferguson, Tamelyn Feinstein, Jen Worden, Annie Yu, and Lisa Vollrath.

Metal Mania explores a variety of techniques for mixed-media artist. You'll learn about soldering, gold leaf, how to work with tins and tin cans, using bake ware, pop tabs, metal tape and metal flashing. Includes lots of step-by-step instructions and finished examples of metals in mixed-media projects.