I have a big love for browns and earthy tones. Brown paper! Gingerbread cookies! The color of my hair! Coffee with milk! Yum! And let’s not forget the Brown Quilt that I made myself. I still adore it, and use it almost every day! Also, I own at least two dark brown skirts and one […]
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Month: February 2014
Creative Snapshots | Snow already forgotten
Above all, be the heroine of your own life, not the victim. Nora Ephron I am drinking black coffee and reading your comments on the giveaway post. Last chance to enter the giveaway of Quinn’s new book Inner Hero Creative Art Journal, a how-to book about finding and defining your Inner Heroes. Last chance to […]
Like a used paint rag…
Do you ever feel like a old dried up paint rag, laying on the floor – waiting to be thrown away? Discarded. Finished. Used up? Sometimes I do feel like that, but not today. I just wondered, because I needed to share this photo with you guys! Isn’t this dry paint rag beautiful? So life […]
Tin Can Assemblage
In the Coursera class that I took this summer (Introduction to Art: Concepts & Techniques with teacher Anna Divinsky) I made three of the assignments (you had to make two to get a diploma). I showed you the collage of Forever Summer and now it’s time for a look at the first assemblage in a […]
In Search of a Compass
I doodled and painted a quick little compass mandala in a fresh notebook late last night. I have been jumping between all kinds of journals and notebooks lately, not feeling completely at home in any of the ongoing books… In Search of a Compass… Trying to find my way, in art as well as in […]
Eye Candy | Drops of Color
No medicine cures what happiness cannot. Gabriel García Márquez Drops of color in puddles of water, because they sky is too gray and winter too long. I feel like I need a lot of “just because no reason” right now. Sometimes we don’t need a reason, even though our brain constantly tries to convince us […]
Inner Hero Creative Art Journal by Quinn McDonald
Let’s look at what this book is about! Inner Hero Creative Art Journal is Quinn McDonald’s newest book. It’s about how you can send Mixed Media Messages to Silence Your Inner Critic. The inner critic is the voice inside your head that tells you you can’t do this and you can’t do that and what […]
The Simplest Things
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. Albert Camus Sometimes the simplest things can bring the most happiness. A scrap piece of watercolor paper. A black ink pen. A bit of time to create a doodle. Those are a few of the things that makes me happy, again […]
Collage Assignment | A Visit to the Land of Foreve...
In the Coursera class Introduction to Art: Concepts & Techniques with teacher Anna Divinsky that I took this summer I made three of the assignments (you had to make two to get a diploma). Two of those I’m rather proud of, and want to present here. The first one was about creating a piece of […]
iHanna’s orange owl – inspired by Craft-a-Doodle
The stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own. Mary Oliver Last Monday I wrote about how everyone can draw this kind of owl. It’s two watercolor circles on top of each other and then a pen doodle. I love it! […]
Inspiration | 10 Must Read Articles for the Creati...
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw These are a few of many articles that I have been reading lately. If you’re anything like me, you’ll enjoy clicking through to learn about unchaining Creativity, dreaming big and always “doing the […]
Creative Snapshots | Rinse and repeat
Dear someone, Have you ever wanted out, of all the stressfulness All the busyness, you could do without Take all of your worries, throw them away Everyday should be a fun day – That’s what I say A Heart is hanging in my Window of Shadows. Both lonely and beautiful, like life can be. Let’s […]