Get ready, grab your pencils, and let’s doodle some (not scary at all) monsters! They’re going to be very kawaii (cute in Japanese), and not scary at all, I promise. It’s our first lesson in the new series Create along with iHanna, I hope you like it. To “doodle along” is calming and fun to […]
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Black Lives Matter
Black lives matter is a movement, a truth and a statement I will always sign. In fact, it is baffling to me that not everyone can or will or want to do that. That not everyone is raised to understand this truth… I think it’s time we all step up, and state our anti-racism everywhere, […]
Starry Nights and Wintery Scenes
For a while now I’ve been paying member of the workshop community called Skillshare. It’s a great resource for creatives, where you once you pay the fee, have instant access to all of their thousands of online workshops. There are workshops on digital communication and marketing, how to edit video and production work, sewing, crafting, […]
365 Collages | Week 9 | Lifelong Learning
Commit yourself to lifelong learning. The most valuable asset you’ll ever have is your mind and what you put into it. Brian Tracy Marching to my own Drum, a collage by iHanna. Still influenced by Easter colors with these 7 collages made during this past Easter holiday. They are number 57 to 63 of 365 […]
Opening Up to Inspiration
I don’t like to pack, because it makes me antsy. I start thinking about all the things I haven’t finished yet, and that I now will have to prospone. No matter how many fun and exciting reasons I had for wanting to go traveling, I get antsy when it’s time to pack. All I really […]
Giveaway | Planning to learn in Online Workshop
I am one of the art journaling teachers at the 21 Secrets Workshop Fall 2015 as you all know, and I’ve been given two workshops to give away. You can enter the giveaway below and you get points for helping me spread the word. The second pass I’m giving away to one of my dear […]
Celebrating Lifelong Learning
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi I think life is a long learning opportunity, if we allow it to. To learn new things is super fun too. That’s why I love reading books, trying out new things and experiment with my art. To […]
The Quick Way to Learn How to Draw a Face
We are all drawn to faces, and we draw faces all the time in our art. You want to draw a pretty face, right? Me too. But it’s not as easy as you think, right? Wonky eyes, doll like mouth and no personality at all… You know what I’m talking about? Yeah, I thought so. […]
Collage studies in a series
One of the ideas in Jane Davies great book Collage journeys is to do all her exercises as a series of collages. She suggests that you assemble a group of materials that you find interesting or challenging and primarily use those materials. That’s what I have done here. It’s about getting started, and I really […]
Collage: Just be brave
Original Art Collage: “Man or mouse” (or just be brave). 20 x 20 centimeters (7.8 x 7.8 inches). SOLD. When I look at this collage, one that I did in November, I notice how much I love it. Also, I think I know what’s wrong with the once I started this week. They’re too much […]
My lovely hand dyed fabric pile
My lovely pile of hand dyed fabrics! This year I’ve experimented with the idea of “making the material my own” more than ever before. I love the idea of dying and not just using store bought and ready to go materials. In a class I took we experimented with these fun fabric colours, called Omeaga […]
Online Learning
Learning new things Lately I’ve been thinking about how I am inspired and how I learn new things. I think written classes can be fun, but I am most inspired with IRL teaching or videos online. I love love love watching other people create! My favorite kind of classes is not posted daily but the […]