I find it very relaxing to doodle. Full journal page doodles. Try it. It’s healing. Stops the noises in the mind. Guest doodler today is Maryellen Groundwater: –
Pre-sketch. Detail, Kamala, 2012 (dry pastel) Kamala Portrait of Kamala will be on view June 16, 2012 at: – Recommended viewing:
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. - Henry David Thoreau one pierced moment whiter than the rest…
DAILY JOURNAL WORKSHOP SERIES: Part 1 JUST WRITE Part 2 DRAW OUT THE WORDS Part 3 HEART Part 4 SPILL OUT COLLAGE Part 5 NAKED SCREAM Part 6 INVITE ALTER STRETCH EXTEND Part 7 ARISE AROSE IN 3′S Part ...
When I saw this book on my fave site, BrainPickings, I immediately called around the local bookstores and found a copy downtown. From BrainPickings: One of the 19th-century’s most notorious socioarch...
PHOTOS COURTESY OF VICTOR BEARPARK I had the honor of first meeting Victor Bearpark at my June 23rd, 2011 art event. I adore this man and adore his work. I am someone who after many years reclaimed m...
I just experienced a wonderful evening at the newly renovated Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium at the booklaunch for FOODSLUTS AT DOLL & PENNY’S CAFE by Tony Correia; illustrated...
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. – Arthur Koestler Darcy Sabrina Alicia Alicia Emily Emily Maryelle...
I am letting the creative process flow through me as I work on the story. Letting whatever comes out, come out as it needs to. Editing will happen later. TRUST. – Jocelyn Louise as Molly. Style...
A great art therapy exercise for Dad is to draw with an end goal, as it keeps him focused. His latest letter to his granddaughter, Anna T Fabulous is charming and wonderful. He spent two full weeks o...
Give yourself a few minutes to check in with yourself in your journal. Write/draw… Copying a fave artist can be very meditative. –
Recall my posts: Watercolor tattoos 1 Watercolor tattoos 2 The purchase of a tattoo machine Getting to know the machine Tattooing- taking it seriously Tattooing Step 1: plug it in Tattooing Step 2: t...
Recall: Saturday visual experimentation Part 1 Saturday visual experimentation Part 2 Saturday visual experimentation Part 3 Saturday visual experimentation Part 4 As mentioned in part 1, I’m experim...
Recall: Saturday visual experimentation Part 1 Saturday visual experimentation Part 2 Saturday visual experimentation Part 3 As mentioned in part 1, I’m experimenting with using a pre-existing book a...
Recall: Saturday visual experimentation Part 1 Saturday visual experimentation Part 2 As mentioned in part 1, I’m experimenting with using a pre-existing book as a journal. I’m using: Tales of the Ba...
Introducing “Chad” by Vancouver artist, Eric Wright I was so inspired that I HAD to make a sock version: Chad and Eric I am so excited to watch Eric’s artistic path unfold! Stay tun...
I was honored and delighted today to meet with Caroline MacGillivray, founder and executive director of Beauty Night. Beauty Night builds self esteem and changes lives of women and youth living in po...
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan
Recall: Saturday visual experimentation Part 1 As mentioned in part 1, I’m experimenting with using a pre-existing book as a journal. I’m using: Tales of the Batman by Tim Sale. On this re-done, tran...
I love transformation. Seemingly subtle changes can make a dramatic difference. I’m experimenting with using a pre-existing book as a journal. Just sitting with the page, then transforming it w...
Tonight, watching Cloudscape’s 24 hour comic jam:
Recall: Taming the Inner Critic Part 1 Taming the Inner Critic Part 2 Just sit in front of your journal and breathe. Now start drawing (or writing) without thought. Where does the journey take you if...
Turn the soundtrack up loud! Thank to Tommy D for the intro and JH Williams, W. Haden Blackman and Amy Reeder for the inspiration.
My teenage sketchbooks were filled with my own versions of Archie conversations. – – I wish this was real:
Recall: Taming the Inner Critic Part 1 It’s been an interesting few days, dancing between taming the inner critic and it taming me. Allowing it to guide me and shutting it up. Controlling it an...
Recall my wonderful afternoon last week with Darcy. Yesterday we spent some time doing beetle studies… Beetle study by Darcy G. … and I delighted in looking through Darcy’s marvelou...
Currently working on a page focusing on a child’s hand on the forest floor on OCTOBER 5, 1947. – Jocelyn Louise as Molly. Styled by Jay Fisher. MOLLY- the graphic novel – Many have ...
With your dominant hand write all those nasty things your inner critic hacks away at you. With your non-dominant hand, tell the inner critic off, tame it, write positive things about yourself. This e...
Write for 10 minutes about your favorite memory. Maybe a favorite unusual moment in time. Stream of consciousness. No censorship. Keep the pen moving. Don’t worry about grammar or making sense....
Congratulations to my daughter, Anna T Fabulous, on the launch of her stunning new site: THE SOCIAL LIFE There are People to meet, Places to go and Things to do. The Social Life profiles the fabulous...
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