Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

For this art journal prompt in the summer series challenge I decided to list everywhere I went over the weekend. To learn more about the summer challenges you can read my blog post: "Summertime Challenge for you" or see all my posts on art journaling for other inspiration.

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Now like most of the challenges there really aren't rules, there is no reason for you to do the prompt the way I...

Last week, I had the chance to spend the day at Create New Jersey which was an all day class hosted by the magazine Cloth Paper Scissors. Many of the artists who contribute to the magazine were teaching as well as some other popular artists. The "retreat" is hosted in a hotel, this one in Somerset New Jersey.

 

Disneyland for crafty adults

I had tried one of these retreats in the past and from...

This blog post is part of a series of posts called an artist blog hop. Think of a blog hop as blogging "chain mail." Someone links to me and I have to link to three more, and each of them must find three art bloggers. All of us must answer the same questions about our creative process.

Thanks to Kim Puckett for asking me to participate.  You can visit her blogto see her responses to these same...

This blog post is one of a series of summertime inspirations for list making whether for personal self-reflection or to use as an art journal prompt. Discover all my list ideas!

Art Journal Prompt:

List who is important to you

For this art journal page, I started with the idea of listing people in my life who are important to me.

I used a scrapbook border under my title and  sharpie paint pens to fill...

Last weekend I had a chance to attend the Neue gallery in New York City to see their latest exhibition. The museum which resides on the corner of 86th and fifth avenue is a relatively new museum devoted to German and Austrian art. It's small size and divine Viennese cafe makes this little New York gem a must see in New York City.

My husband groaned when I insisted we had to go to the exhibition,...

Ever wonder how I create my art journal pages? In this blog post, you can watch a video so you can see me create an art journal page from start to finish.

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If you go to youtube to watch this, you can also change the setting to watch the video in HD for greater clarity.

videos I make for art classes

I do a lot of videos for my online art classes. In those videos, I talk the entire time and...

This blog post is part of my summertime challenge series. This week the challenge is to list why you are proud of your country. For me, I am listing why I am proud to be an American. Or you can simplify it further and list the words you associate with your country. You can take part by making a list, an artwork or writing a blog post on the weekly theme and linking up with me!

To see all myart...

(get your art on summer 2014)
There are so many free and almost free art activities you can do this summer in New York City hosted by museums and sketch groups. Discover an art adventure that is right for you and your family.

All these events you can do by yourself, with a friend or your artistic teen.  Here are some of the best I found, and I am sure there are loads more!

Now, I am not talking...

This blog post is about mindfulness in all that you do whether it is an ordinary moment, writing a blog post, listening to music or making art.

Why hurry? ( Be Mindful) this moment  may be the best one of your life.

(Be Mindful)

This has been an interesting year for me artistically and with my art business. I have started tuning the knobs of focus and understanding (slowly) how I need to have a...

Summer is here with endless possibilities...

Why should you wait once a year to make a list of goals? To me, summer is full of possibilities that parallels the end of the calendar year, but with much more meaning. 

Why do we make resolutions...