Posts Tagged ‘ Play ’

Lani’s 14 SECRETS FOR A HAPPY ARTISTS LIFE

Here’s a cool blog by artist Lani Gerity: 14 secretsforahappyartistslife.blogspot.com And here’s her list of 14 secrets for a happy artist’s life. 1. Find 3 good things everyday, whether they are experience, or objects or both. Find a way to use them in art. 2. Make everything special. Embellish your life. 3. Look for Fairy [ READ MORE ]

TIME TRAVEL WITH CREATIVE LUMINARIES

When something intriguing comes my way, I like to share it. This is one of those times. I’m curious about The Creating Time Mega Event…three FREE weeks of creative inspiration as people all over the world will come together to welcome the beginning of timeless creativity. The Creating Time Mega Event celebrates the release of [ READ MORE ]

GOURDS TO BIRD HOUSES

What to do with a bumper crop of Bird House Gourds? Luckily, Tina Skinner, director of the Oxford Arts Alliance and gourder, knew just what to do. On Saturday March 19, 2011, Tina offered a workshop on transforming the gourds into bird houses. I supplied the gourds; Tina brought her power tools, patience then presto. [ READ MORE ]

What Would Winslow (Homer) Do?

Who knew? Turns out my watercolor teacher Sarah Yeoman is a Muse Channeler. At class the other day she demonstrated a wet-in-wet wash, in this case a scene from one of her favorite haunts in the Adirondack Mountains. Notice the slant of her board? It’s one of her trademark techniques. That along with using lots [ READ MORE ]

ARTIST PLAY DATES

I was introduced to the concept of the Artist Date back in 1992. I was living in Chicago, buying books at Transitions Bookstore. One afternoon Howard Mandel led me to a stack of new books —Julia Cameron’s The Artist Way.  My copy is inscribed “May you enjoy Your Artist’s Way. Julia.” Her book became my [ READ MORE ]

ImagiCanation

Cans and bottles and plastics, oh my! Paula Graham and Maggie Creshkoff; photos by Stewart Whisenant Maggie Creshkoff of  Trashy Women creates art from soda cans and detergent bottles. At her workshop at the Oxford Arts Alliance I learned how to make a flower by cutting three soda cans, melting and curling a clear plastic [ READ MORE ]

Messy Art, Messy Life

A blogger at artellawordsandart.com recently wrote a post about welcoming the freedom to make messy art and to embrace all the messy feelings in her life. She decided to make a painting with colors she usually avoids and let go of any standards of how it should turn out. I love how she was allowing [ READ MORE ]

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