Old Sitemap
IMPORTANT: This is the OLD sitemap, and all of the links at the top of this page are o-l-d. Some will still work, but some won't.
This OLD sitemap has been replaced by the new sitemap.
Art Journaling -
The how-to journaling pages are at Artists Journals (ArtistsJournals.com)
- Examples: My own illustrated journals
- Excerpts of my art journals, plus two completed art journals online for you to read.
- Single page: 9 Aug 2000 - An August day in York, Maine (from a swap)
- Single page: Handmade mixed media journal cover: RenFaire Journal
Related (and probably staying at this website): Aisling's LJ notes, odds & ends about my life, posted via LiveJournal.
Art instruction - Free, how-to art lessons online
- Collage
- Homage to Dr. John, step-by-step creation of an art collage
- How to create a batragon, step-by-step instructions including digital image design
- Examples: AJ2 Tarot Exchange, my full Major Arcana
- Example: Section of an altered Ouija board, in progress
- Example: A Harry Potter collage, made for a friend's birthday
- Dada experiments - life as art
- Dolls - Moved to WildArtDolls.com
- Family history (genealogy) - see Journaling Your Past, below.
- Image transfer techniques
- Jewelry
- Word Necklaces - before they made similar beads
- The Bugpin - and how to make one
- Painting - acrylics & oils
- How to paint an apple
- Paintbrushes: Art and Science
- Paintbrushes: Choosing the right sizes
- Paintbrushes: Care and cleaning
- Buying paints: A Palette of Colors for Acrylic Painting
- FAQs: Painting for People Who Can't Paint
- Class handout: Painting for People Who Can't Draw, 12 pages of after-class tips.
- Shrines
The shrine how-to pages are now at Art-Shrines.com
- Zines (Moving to Mailartists.com)
- Examples: My zines, online - Musing, Issue 0 - Issue 1
Business of art - These pages have moved to Arts-Careers.com.
Collage
Paper & mixed media collage - see Art Instruction
Digital collage - see Photography for Artists
Dolls & figures - These pages have moved to Wild Art Dolls
Fabric art - These pages have moved to Fabric-Artist.com.
Family history (autobiographies, memory journals, and genealogy)
- Free ebooks: Journaling Your Past and A Family History Shrine.
- Journaling Your Past (notes from Aisling's family & personal history workshops)
- An overview of "Journaling Your Past"
- Where did you grow up?
- Childhood memories
- Ouch! Those teen years!
- Big events - sometimes the toughest to write about
- Remember When - a few notes to jog those memories
- Vintage postcards & paper items - print from the screen
- Paper dolls: Two jolly playmates in the park
- Paper dolls: Mrs. McCall and little Betty
- Postcard: Mr. Butter-Inn (humor)
- Postcard: Faithful (romantic)
- Postcards: Four vintage postcards
- Vintage handwriting
- Assorted paper
- Clipart 1 - GIF (asst'd vintage pix)
- Clipart 2 - GIF (asst'd vintage pix)
- Right-click to download and print: Dreams Come True, a full-color TIF of one of Aisling's most popular collages
- Cloth doll patterns (at WildArtDolls.com)
- And, see Art Instruction, above, for free workshop handouts
Gallery - Aisling's own art
- Handmade books
- Art cards (at Mailartists.com)
- Wild Art Dolls (WildArtDolls.com)
- Oil paintings
- Photographs
- Shrines (Art-Shrines.com)
- Some of Ais' journals for you to see, online (2000 - present)
Mailart & artistamps - These pages are now at Mailartists.com.
Photography for Artists
- Photography & Lomography
- What's a Lomo?
- Nail polish photos
- Stock photos & "instant ancestors" (by subscription)
- Zenit-E manual (scanned, page by page)
Shop
- My Cafe Press shop: Santa Flamingo with copyright-free images for collage artists, on CDs... and a lot more.
- Sometimes you can buy my art at eBay. Click this button to see if anything is available; I regularly
start auctions at $1 with no reserve.
Travel
- Examples (illustrations only) - thumbnails
- Leprechauns - part of title page
- Generations - painted and masked page with gel medium transfers
- Gold front - front & back cover of an altered board book
- Grow - embellished felt spine for book
- Nevermore - two-page Poe shrine/altered book
- Faerie necklaces
- Handpainted cloth makes rolled cloth beads (photos only)
- Aisling's Art Doll Gallery: Thumbnails - includes pin dolls
For travel journaling info, see Travel Journaling at ArtistsJournals.com.
Zines - see Art Instruction
Miscellaneous - everything elseAltered books
Jewelry
Archives - Past Events (for free workshop handouts, see Art Instruction)
- Art & Soul - My diary/summary of Art & Soul 2004
- Artfest
- 2001 - a wonderful, golden year
- Some scans of Artfest 2001 journal pages
- Excerpts from Aisling Artfest 2001 journal pages and more Artfest 2001 journal pages
- 2002 - tremendous fun
- 2003 - The ghosthunt, including real "ghost photos."
- 2004 - my final year at Artfest -
- Some Artfest 2004 Notes & Photos
- Polar bear swim - six wild women braved the icy waters.
- Ghosts at Fort Worden - the Schoolhouse, castle, and dorm 201 were the "hot" spots for pictures.
- Ais' other photos from Artfest 2004, in no particular order - landscapes, sunrises, and the Kickoff Party.