Poetry is a release, An escape of words, Into the moments beyond us. Thoughts of love, Thoughts of sorrow. Poetry captures the essence, Of the world around us. Allowing our visions, To become words upon the paper. Poetry opens the cap, Of the bottle we hold locked away. April is National Poetry Month, a time…
About a year ago, I started art journaling…I found it a wonderful release of the stress that the day had brought. Since then my mind has opened and the creativity and artistic nature of my personality has unleashed so much more. Today I sketch, I paint routinely, and I dive into free drawings with my…
I can’t believe how fast this year is already going by! I’ve been so busy with work and blogging and administrative kind of stuff that I decided I deserved a craft day…and what perfect excuse to make some cute DIY stuff but for Galentine’s Day! I pruned through Pinterest and found my favorites: Valentine’s White…
We’ve all been there, as an artist, as a writer, as a blogger…creative block sometimes gets us. I get it at least once every few months. I know there’s awesome things there waiting to burst out but I can’t get the door to open. So I kick into gear on busting down that wall and…
Creating art is a therapy for me…when I pick up a paintbrush or open my sketchbook I immediately feel a wave of calmness enter me. The stress of the world melts away. I become the center of the balance beam. “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas…
I had it on my bucket list last year to paint a self portrait. I took it off my bucket list this year. Though I haven’t sat down in front of the mirror and painted a mere image of myself, I have painted many self portraits. Each piece of my artwork also has a piece…
I have always been in love with mermaids…some days thinking maybe I was/am one – who knows… I have a pretty imaginative mind. More recently I have been exploring my design of mermaids, through my sketches and my paintings. As I sketched and painted, it brought to me to a memory of a dream within…
A friend of mine that I chat art with quite often recently pointed out to me the other day that I seem to not like to illustrate faces. My initial response was yeah, I’m not very good at faces so I avoid them…but after pondering like I do (being a Virgo naturally makes me overthink…
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” ~ Elizabeth Gilbert Messy I am a canvas of life, an amazing piece of art still being created, a creation that has the ability to transform into anything I can dream of each and every day. Just as paint starts in a tube and then becomes a magnificent…
It was a calm night but my mind was nowhere near at peace. The dreams that leave you sitting up at night are the ones determined to not let you go. If your heart desires to obtain a goal so much that you cannot fall asleep then it is a sign. It is calling out to…
