Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

Want to hear a true story? Yesterday I was supposed to be working on my online art class on "How to Paint Cats" but I couldn't shake the need to document in my art journal the word that described 2014 and the word I wanted to describe 2015.

 

Documenting the Year

So what happened? I spent four hours working on two different spreads in my art journal...Yep, you heard me ...four hours. I was really mad...

At the start of 2014, I decided to choose one word to represent my hopes and intentions for the year. (You can read more about that in my One Little Word blog post) I decided that "harmony" would be a great word for the year and I have to say that the word served me well.  Hello Harmony When I cleaned my home, I wasn't just "cleaning" but I was creating "harmony." I looked to make harmony...

What's in my art journal right now...

An inspirational art calendar will remind you to reset each month

There are certain points in the calendar year that seem to lend itself well to hitting the reset button: January, Monday, September, your birthday. Everyone loves a fresh start and a new beginning; however, I am wondering why do we have to wait to hit reset?

Hitting the reset button

When my computer...

No matter what kind of artist you are...musician, writer or painter....we all can fall into a creative rut. For this art journal page, I meditated on five ways to spark the creative spirit and I hope that these ideas ignite you!

5 Ways to Spark your Creative Spirit

1. Relax: swim, meditate, take a hot bath, drink wine...whatever relaxes you will help your creative juices flow!
2. Just Begin:Sometimes when...

When I planned this art journal class, How to make your own Rubons" I took it for granted that folks knew what they were. I don't know why I thought that since I only learned what they were a short time ago.

Rub-ons are very similar to the temporary tattoos and you can buy them in most scrap-booking stores. They were initially created for scrapbookers and then they were adopted by the mixed media...

So- in my video tutorials and free online art journal class there is a technique that I have kept SECRET... how to make your own rub-ons.

Well, I will be sharing the secret soon in an online class and I wanted my dear blog readers to be the first to know.. if you are curious about how I make my own rub-ons, then you need to add your name to the Inspiration Place mailing list. Don't worry, I won't...

Although school has started I still go by the vernal equinox and won't say fall has started until September 22. So we still have a few more weeks in the summer list challenge. For this week the list idea is to make a "packing list"

So today I am going to share with you some art journaling I did while I was on vacation. Now, I am notorious for forgetting things on vacation and then having to run and...

Looking for a new art journal idea? You know how much I love lists... takes the work out of writing for me...What is journal writing after all but an organized list of ideas developed into paragraphs? For this list idea, I decided to focus on the traditions of summer. What are your summer traditions?

Preparing the page

Before I left for vacation I spent a lot of time preparing the page. In fact,...

Next week I will be on the road again for a 5+ hour car trip so I wanted to share how I got my art journal ready for the trip. This article inspires you to create art journal pages for your summer vacation plus includes two art journal prompts for you to try either on the road or at home.

How I prepare the page

I am addicted to this tissue paper by Tim Holtz.

First, I like to add lots of layers for...

For this art journal prompt, I started by thinking about the elements for a perfect vacation. Although this is a list prompt, you will see that my end result obscures most of my list writing. This style of art is something I had noticed online by Tracy Verdugo { you might like  her book Paint Mojo} and I was eager to try it out in my art journal. When I first started the list, this was not my...

I have been a little quiet on the blogging front and for good reasons. I have been busy designing and creating a free inspirational art journal class for all Inspiration Place members!

As usual, I always spend the most time on creative ventures that I am not getting paid for... (why is that?) So far, nearly 100 art lovers from all around the world with every level of experience from complete novice...

For this art journal prompt you are going to make a list of your collections.. This could be things you like to collect or things that you are collecting because you don't want to throw them out-- in other words, you are hoarding them.
  

The genesis of this idea

This summer, one of my personal goals is to get rid of clutter. My husband and I are really determined. We even set a date on our calendar...