Let creativity soar with the magic of focus words. This blog post explores an inspiring art journal project and shows how simple words can spark joy, imagination, and transformation in your art.

Using deli paper in your art journal or mixed media pieces is fun because it becomes transparent when adhered to your surface. But deli paper is not available everywhere, so here are some alternatives that might work for you.

Arting with a friend over Skype gave me a much-needed relief from the Covid imposed lockdown blues

More and more, I’m starting to understand how important creating has become to my own mental health.

Sometimes you need to tune out the entire world. Today was one of those days for me.

I decided to try to create on of my digital art journal pages in Procreate – a fabulous app for the iPad.

Choosing “a word” for 2020 turned out to be quite the ordeal.

I thought you my enjoy watching me create a digi page in Photoshop.

Leave room in your heart for the unimaginable. Because if you don't, you might miss something that...

Art journal pages – why? What are they for?

Art is not perfection ... That's why abstract art really appeals to me -  because there's no...

"Live as if there is no tomorrow." You've probably heard those words at least a hundred times. I...

Digital Art Journaling was not in the mainstream of the digital scrapbooking world. How does it fit in?

While I write about art journaling and mixed media because it's the current path on my unexpected...

Art journaling and mixed media in general makes me happy. In my Art Journaling 101 post, I talk...

Art Journaling Just the words themselves confuse people. What is art journaling? I think it's fair...

“In with the new,” as the saying goes. Those of you subscribing to my newsletter know that we've...

Creativity is a fickle thing; it comes and goes.You can yearn for it, but you can't force it. You...

Artistry. An artist is defined as "a person who creates art." Art, at it's most basic level, is...

Out of the box thinking was called for on this dreary, rainy, windy weekend, so I decided to start my 2017 art journal.

Renew. That's my word for 2017. Wth everything going on in the world right now, I knew I needed...

Creative mojo is a fickle thing. It comes and goes. You never know when it’s going to visit and when it goes it can be gone in a flash. Very rude of mojo to behave that way. At the very least it could give you some warning it’s leaving town, so you don’t get all dressed up and have nowhere to go.

Play Time! Last week I shared my Dollar Store Score video – showing you all the goodies I scooped up at my local dollar store.

Score!! Cleaning up a computer’s hard drive is a real chore – especially for someone like me who has a 3TB hard drive! I have over 50,000 photos and a bazillion other digital images – scans of my art and Photoshop files necessary for my business.

Card-making … have you ever tried it? As I’ve mentioned previously, I discovered my creativity rather late in life. And frankly, it was sometimes an appalling experience.

I’ve recently discovered a passion for watercolor paints.They are not the easiest medium to work with because they tend to have a mind of their own (like me) when it comes to how they move on paper. But man oh man, even just trying to get used to them is fun!

“Keep it simple stupid” (“KISS”) is a phrase coined in the 1960’s (I think) to illustrate the principle that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated.

It's been some time since I shared any of my art and the truth is that stressful family matters...

Our normally golden (ok, dried up) hills are very green, the oak trees are starting to leaf out and color is starting to appear in the garden. Spring is my favorite season – our temps have warmed up, the days are sunny and clear and the little rain we’ve had is enough to bring the daffodils up!