Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

Looking for art journal inspiration? I love making lists in my art journal This is a great art journal idea that you can use as a prompt for your art journaling.

Favorite Flowers

For this art journal spread, I decided to take inspiration from the all the colorful flowers in the garden and I made a list of my favorite flowers.

Meditate on Flowers

This may sound like a mundane idea rather than a...

One of the pleasures of being an artist is imagining how you might enjoy the painting in your home. In order to get ideas, I love reading decorating magazines like House Beautiful. Looking at these fabulous homes all over the world, I never fail to get inspired by artfully displayed treasures.  Art is an Essential Source of Joy (tweet this!) Now those who are clutter adverse, I want to point out...

At last week's art retreat ( see blog post Let's go on an Art Retreat) I created a grungy multi-layered mixed media original artwork. Today, I want to share with you a behind the scene's view how the art emerged step-by-step.

The roller coaster ride

The interesting, scary and thrilling part of taking an art class such as this is that you have no idea where you are going. It is kind of like riding a...

Last week, I attended an all day "art retreat." Now, this is really a fancy name for an "art class" but somehow it elevates it if you call it a "retreat." Technically, I think you are supposed to spend the night to really call it a retreat- but I like to call these things retreats anyway because that is how they make me feel... like I am really away and I have escaped from my everyday reality.

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