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January 25, 2019

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Watercolor spring floral card for any occasion

I thought I would pop by with a live video I have done with three different types of watercolor mediums, It's so much fun to paint with different types of mediums This one share how I painted with Daniel Smith PrimaTek paints, Qor Watercolors, and Brushos.

3 simple ways I have helped myself become more mindful and positive through painting.

Mindfulness and mental wellbeing are so important to an Artist's development. I am again amazed at how a simple daily habit of painting or creating has helped me be more mindful, happier and calmer. Call it Art therapy, (really that is what it is) My simple story: While driving home from Speach for my son, and thinking about all the things I have going on the next week, my mind was turned to my Daughter's recital coming up. I get to be the Backstage mom again. I was reminded about how when I helped the professional ballet dancers at my daughter's dance studio how they were extremely particular what they ate. providing meals for them was a tricky but fun challenge. Which got me thinking, like a professional dancer or athlete, or even an actor/actress. They are very much aware of the food they intake because it does affect their performance. It's not a ton different with visual artists and the images and thoughts they have and process. It's my objective in t

4 Quick and easy ways to feel inspired that doesn't take much time or planning

I have time but.... no motivation to create! Why!!!!!! oh man, Been there done that! I could go on about how many times I have been there. The dirty little secret is this: It's crazy simple: the more you do the work (aka create something) the more inspiration follows. Sound too good to be true right? Let me give you this example, and it's true with any art forms, fine arts, music, acting, writing, you name it. I was recently at a girls weekend at Pine Lake, one of the prettiest lakes in Iowa, imagine, I had the whole weekend to my self to work on painting, and creating whatever my little heart wanted. So I planned on what I wanted to do, packed the backend of my flex with art supplies, and off I went for the weekend for some much needed "me" time. It was amazing! I thought for sure I would get into a slump and not want to create much by the end of the weekend, that never happened! I was filled with more and more ideas, until, I got carried away. I came home

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