If seeing paint drip makes me happy, imagine my joy seeing it explode!  All of my family, even my husband…who you can see make his first art journal page in this video here, wanted to join in on this play! This definitely falls into the “Act like a Kid” theme for this month’s Let’s Play all [...]

I am turning to the masters of play to help me when drawing the ideas that pop into my head.  When I draw it is often far far from perfect.  In fact, it is often not even recognizable.  How do I know that is okay? I studied the masters of play, kids. When a kid wants [...]

What do kids do with glitter? They use it, to their hearts content.  Not just one little spot of sparkle, but an entire explosion of glitter.  As the glitter took over a vintage radio diagram, I created a sort of coloring page, mixed media style for this Let’s Play video, all about rediscovering how to play. In [...]

Studying the masters is a great way to learn.  Who are the masters that I study? Kids!  For this week’s Let’s Play video, I am going to act like a kid by getting my fingers in the paint.  I’m going to dip my hands right into the jar of paint and some sparkling goodness too! [...]

  One of my favorite ways to let myself play is to act like a kid. After all, kids are the masters of play so it is no surprise that they are the inspiration for this month’s Let’s Play theme. This miscellaneous box of inexpensive oil pastels created a scribbled background in my art journal.  The [...]

Congrats to Kristiina – the winner of the July Let’s Play $50 gift certificate to Dick Blick!  Kristiina, send me your information (carolyn at acolorfuljourney dot com) and I’ll get you your gift certificate pronto!   What is the theme for next month’s Play?  It’s all about acting like a kid!  Stop back every Tuesday, all [...]

“Ordinary” things, like a kiwi, can lead to colorful play.  That average kiwi was the start of this colorful pattern which clearly is not a hyper realistic pattern that I’ve made.  It’s more like gum ball kiwis for this week’s Let’s Play video. What is Let’s Play?  It’s all about rediscovering the ability to play. Each month I share a [...]

I had a plan that was inspired by a pattern on the sidewalk I noticed when I was on a bike ride. It was a crazy crazy plan.  It involved precision.  Straight lines and measuring. If this was a movie, you’d hear the ominous music playing. But this isn’t a scary movie, it’s play inspired by the everyday, this month’s Let’s [...]

For this week’s Let’s Play video, I’m letting myself be inspired by the everyday things around me like an empty pasta box.  The shape of it, with that smiling window, made me smile every time I saw it. Instead of tossing this box out, I covered it with washi tape to make a very silly [...]