I had a great time talking with Heidi Easley for her free online event, Creating From Your Soul.  If you’ve just listened to the interview (and you can watch it here), here’s a link to the free workshop I mentioned.  She asked each artist to share a tip or trick so I showed my way [...]

I have been relatively quiet of late…lots of very unglamorous behind the scenes things.  Things like servers, migrations, and bears oh my!  All this has been so that I can make the blog the best experience possible for you! If you’re reading this, you know my attitude about mistakes…OOPS!  A mistake is simply an Outstanding [...]

What happens in my life influences what I create in art…and seeing a David Cassidy concert last weekend had a big influence on this canvas!   I adore the tone of his voice and the happy pop sound of his Partridge Family music.  It’s infectious!  So much that it is one of favorite playlists in [...]

I loved it…then I hated it…my mood toward this art journal page was swinging from one extreme to another with each layer.   Wild extremes that happened in a second.  I love when this happens because it was such a fun ride my muse took me on today! It started with a layer I loved.  I [...]

Art journaling is all about play for me.  No pressure. No demands.  Just play. This started with a random background that I actually began during my Stencil Play Workshop.  I have bits and pieces of leftovers collaged randomly on the pages.  They go together if you are willing to let your imagination stretch…     [...]

I just needed to use up my leftover paint so I didn’t commit the crime of wasting color.  That was my excuse to let loose and just play with the goal of using it all up. It’s a very freeing goal because there is nothing in there about perfection.  Nothing in there about what it [...]

Sometimes I just play around without a plan.  I know, you’re shocked.  That’s how all 3 of these tags came about – just random play with Pebbles Layer Me, Iron Grate Layer Me, and Connected Eyes Layer Me stencils. The muse gave me the imperfect vibe today so I went loose with the paints.  That means getting paint under the [...]

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 [...]

Does an art journal page happen in one afternoon?  It can, but very very rarely for me.  I used to feel pressure to “finish what I start” in one afternoon.  That pressure that took the fun out of it for me so I decided to let an art journal page take as long as it [...]