Art products and overview
Creativity in the Midst of Chaos I’ve known we would be moving for some time now. As I mentioned before, my husband had/has long COVID and cannot deal with the cold weather. This Winter/Spring/Summer has been an especially cold and damp one in the Pacific Northwest driving the message home that we need to look…
Five ideas to stimulate creativity
Start the new year with these 3 creative prompts
This week I taught a class at our Evergreen Arts monthly meeting. The topic was collage, specifically SoulCollage® although I did introduce and share many of my collage practices. What is SoulCollage®? SoulCollage® is a unique blend of spiritual practice and the fun of collage. It is an intuitive collage process created by Seena Frost that is easy for anyone…
Last week I managed to complete four of the “taster” lessons from Tamara LaPorte’s Kaleidoscope session. T tried to choose lessons that used a medium I wasn’t comfortable using or a subject that I don’t typically draw/paint. Two of the subjects were portraits and those I tend to lean towards, but the medium was different…
Here’s a confession – I have mixed feelings about this. I love the concept of repurposing and reusing but find it difficult to paint over or tear up an old book. I try to find ones that are in bad shape or maybe a topic I don’t care for, but part of it seems like sacrilege! …
Today I want to share some of my different techniques to create handmade journals. Paper Cloth Journal A journal cover is made from a type of “paper cloth” using muslin for a base material and then applying thin papers on top using thinned down Mod Podge or a matte medium. Paper napkins (decorative part separated) or…
Today I want to share with you the Art Journals I use and techniques for filling them up. Art journals are those I use to draw, paint, or sketch in. These are typically purchased but sometimes I use altered ledger books, record books, desk calendars, etc. The purchased books I use are Canson Mixed-Media pad or…
Types of journals I use in my daily creative practices to unblock creativity.
After writing the Morning Pages and finishing my coffee (yum!), I typically allot some time to review new emails and clean up my inbox. If anything requires immediate attention, I get it out of the way to free up the rest of the day. Then I decide where I’ll spend some time being creative. I…
