As I stood in front of a plain and boring wall, my inner teenager hijacked my thoughts. Total rebellion against the gray cement. This wall needed some color and did it ever get some color! That first round of color was empowering. The second and third were exhilarating. I couldn’t have stopped if I [...]
Carolyn Dube’s Stencils
While art journaling, this scar wasn’t a mistake, it was an Oops (Outstanding Opportunity Presenting Suddenly). And it had a very strong message for me. Scars aren’t always seen but every person has them. Maybe they shouldn’t be hidden but shared instead. Maybe they aren’t something “ugly” but a reminder of the journey. Random stenciling [...]
Downton Abbey has me under its spell. I have avoided it until recently and now am an addict devouring seasons as quickly as life will allow. While listening to the video of Downton Funk- okay, watching the video while pretending to straighten up the studio- I ended up with an art journal page instead of a clean studio. So [...]
Today, I share with you a very personal art journal page that came about because of the loss of my oldest and dearest friend recently. I share this with the hope that others will be able to use art to heal their wounds. The only way my soul can begin to process this is through [...]
I went too far. I was just playing around on cardboard and was really becoming very very happy with what was developing. So I kept going…and then I went too far. Does that ever happen to you? Was that a mistake? Nope, not at all. It was an Oops, an Outstanding Opportunity that Presented Suddenly. The [...]
It’s not always easy to play but it is always soul nourishing when I do! What makes it hard to play some days? My inner critic. That critical voice in my head. I stood in my studio, stuck. Totally unable to decide what to do. Then Funky Town, the Pseudo Echo version from the Awesome 80’s, [...]
During a recent conversation there was a word a friend kept using to describe PanPastels. Intimidating. She had seen some amazing fine art created with them and felt incredibly intimidated because she was not a fine artist. Well, I am not a fine artist. I am an Oops artist. That means I can just grab things and see [...]
Sometimes out of chaos comes something good. And there was plenty of chaos happening in this art journal from the very beginning. It was a mess. I had no plan which was very clear as visual overload hit in the middle! But out of that chaos emerged a story. http://youtu.be/gaAhU_r-QXE Watch Creative Chaos in My [...]
There is one important thing to remember when Gelli printing with words. It’s a biggie. And I forget it all the time. How could I forget something so important? I get into a Gelli printing zone and my brain turns off and lets me create from the heart. What’s the important thing I forget? [...]
I was so inspired by a video about Sargy Mann, who is an amazing painter who happens to be blind. His paintings are stunning. Watching him create captivated me. I could not stop thinking about it. So I decided to try to paint without my eyes. And did I ever learn a few things… http://youtu.be/qk4gxag70uU Watch [...]
