One, a little late
I did these pieces for the one theme and I'm just now getting around to posting them. Life has been busy! I was working with a blue monochromatic background to go along with the one theme of last month and…
Tag mixed-media
Telling Stories in Art
Another fun way to explore language in your art is through telling stories. I was on the Subway a few years back, when I had an idea. I was watching the people in passing Subway cars thinking how each person…
Dark Night
Snuck in some art during yesterday and today's nap times and came up with this creation, "Dark Night." Going with the mixed-media theme, I used acrylic paints on watercolor paper to start, and later went into it with white and…
Mixed Media Tools
i get asked a lot about what tools I use to create my mixed media work, so I figured with the theme this month, now was a good time to share! For paper, I turn to my collections of paper…
Bird Hearts
One of my favorite ways to work in mixed-media lately is with paint and ink. I think it's partly the immediacy of it. Acrylic paint and ink dry fairly quickly and the ink part is not messy, too things that…
Creative Every Day Theme for March: Mixed-Media
At the end of each month I will announce the totally optional theme for the following month. For the month of March 2012, the theme will be Mixed-Media. As always, this month's theme for the Creative Every Day Challenge is…
Love and a Work in Progress
Happy Valentine's Day to all you creative souls! I had a lot of fun making a little Valentine for the hubster with Miss Annabelle. I traced her hand and doodled some hearts on tracing paper. And she added her own…
She Carried the Night in Her Hair
I started this piece at the Intuitive Ink workshop I taught last weekend at the wish studio (so fun!) Today, I went back into it and saw a woman with stars in her hair and began to draw that out.…
Word for the New Year
Have you chosen a word for the year? Something to focus on? I'm not much of a resolution person, but I do like choosing a word to focus on. It's been one of my practices for the last few years.…
Winter Guest Post by Mindy Tsonas
Planner Makeover one of my favorite things about looking ahead to the beginning of a new year is cracking open a brand new planner! over the years i have tried every digital and paper planner on the planet (i've even…