MAKE IT ARTSY

#901 Your Environment
Shake up your art by finding ideas around your house. To start the show host Julie Fei Fan Balzer looks around her kitchen as a resource for collage papers to use for her project. Then Joe Rotella shares a new look at bats – making a bat house for your yard. The last segment features the first of this season’s color studies- the color red, with host Julie Fei Fan Balzer.

#902 Your Outdoor Space
There is no better place to find inspiration than outdoors – a walk outside can change your whole outlook. Host Julie Fei Fan Balzer opens the show creating leaf luminaires inspired by the outside and great to use outdoors. Then, Erin Gerlach creates a bee or butterfly basin to attract these creatures to your garden. The show closes with a color study – green.

#903 Your Workspace
Shake up your workspace. Host Julie Fei Fan Balzer, known for her colorful aprons, shares how to make your own to reflect your mood and art style. Then, meet Kristin Gambaccini to create a simple but unique plant stand to bring a living plant into your studio. Finally, Micah Goguen shows how to make heirloom light catchers. Last is a color study – purple.

#904 Your Techniques
Add a different tool, a new surface, or just make a subtle change to shape up your techniques. First, host Julie Fei Fan Balzer creates a handmade journal cover using watercolor powders. Next, Micah Goguen shares a technique for creating frosted vintage botanicals. Then, Sandy McTier has a few tricks for decorative painting with her festive pumpkins project. Last is a color study – grey.

#905 Your Home
You may be spending a little more time at home lately. Shape up your rooms with some new looks. First, host Julie Fei Fan Balzer creates quilt block pillow covers – change them up for an instant update. Then, it’s movie night with Lynn Lilly from her home studio - make a personalized party right at home. Last is a color study – blue.

#906 Your Stuff
Take a second look at your “stuff” and figure out new ways to use it. First, host Julie Fei Fan Balzer shows ways to reinvent using washi tape in card making. Then, Sandy McTier demonstrates a decorative painting technique featuring a poinsettia motif. Finally, Joe Rotella reinvents his use of foil paper as a mosaic. The show closes with a color study – teal.

#907 Your Mediums
Shake up the use of mediums. First, see a new concept with “framed paper” to make jewelry using stencils, ribbons and beads with host Julie Fei Fan Balzer. Then, Joe Rotella brings fire to the show with a wood burning technique using stencils. Finally, Micah Goguen creates a self- portrait demonstrating a special technique using markers and paint. The show closes with a color study – orange.

#908 Your World
Find inspiration in this episode to shake, rock and rattle your world. First make a personal map with host Julie Fei Fan Balzer. Then Joe Rotella creates a wooden wonderland inspired by the magical fairy world of the forest. Last is a color study – yellow.

#909 Your Practices
Practice makes perfect, or if perfection is not your goal, your practices can open up a new avenue to explore. Host Julie Fei Fan Balzer starts the show with a pastel transfer inspired by the painter Degas. Then, Erin Gerlach demonstrates a new way to enhance your canvas for unexpected texture. Last is a color study – white.

#910 Your Schedule
Never get bored in your artistic pursuits when you shake up your schedule. Make an accordion fold book highlighting just one day in your life with host Julie Fei Fan Balzer. Then, your daily journal gets a fierce make over with Joe Rotella and a dragon scale cover. Last is a color study – pink.

#911 Your Studio
Shake up your studio. See your creativity expand with a studio redo. Host Julie Fei Fan Balzer begins with some inspirations and personal wall designs. Then, Kristin Gambaccini demonstrates a framed map – she has a different take on using maps for décor. Finally, Micah Goguen has three journal vignettes to share. Last is a color study – brown.

#912 Your Daily Life
Take a break from your daily routine and shake things up. Host Julie Fei Fan Balzer creates playful zines from daily life. Then, Erin Gerlach shows how to repair clay pots. Last is a color study – black.

#913 Your Materials
The final episode takes a different approach to materials and how we use them. First, create sparkly watercolor ornaments with host Julie Fei Fan Balzer. Then join Lynn Lilly in her home studio for three variations of embroidery hoop art to use for wall décor. Last is a color study – gold.