Art must haves for journaling in the garden

So a few posts ago, I posted a very cool page I create in the garden. I LOVE DOING So during the summer. IT is just so inspiring and fun! So, if you want to spend some time makin art in the garden, just grab a little table and chair or sit at your picknick table. Now garb a lunchbox and fill with goodies:

• Camera(to take inspiring photos)
• acrylicpaints( TO paint with:))
• suncream(you dont want to get burnt and it can be used like gelmedium as a glue)
• paintbrushes and water
• pens for journaling

I only use these basic supplies and then just create whilst listening to craftpodcast such as craftsanity and craftypod. What pod casts do you like to listen to?

Arthistory Crashcourse part 1: Impressionism

I am launching a brandnew series about art history. Every tuesday, I will bring you the history on a time period, artist, art matêrial or piece of art.

The Impressionism offically started in the mid 1860's, when the first exhibition was launched containing impressionist pieces by artists such as Monet, Degas, Cezanne and van Gough.It was a personal way pf portraying the light and colours of the world.The art style was more about painting a reproduction of the true spirit rather than coüpining nature down to the barest detail. I think that art journalers can learn from them that you should depict the world as you see it and never be afraid to include the truth no matter how ugly that might be.

Impressionism is baout how the artist sees the world in that very spilt second and the ever changing reality. Colour was very important, ^the colours should convey the atmosphere of busy life in pure brilliance. It became more popular to go out in the fresh air and to paint face to face rather than being in a studio. These artists also figured out that the sun is not a single colour, but a sum of pure chromatical values.Light was important to impressionists and they use brush strokes to represent the vibrations of light.This could make a fun prompt: try painting a scence, by onld painting in the light or apply a thick layer or paint and then consoiusly create brush stroke texture.

Black became regongnized as a colour of its own and was no longer banished from the palette.Colours were applied in fantastic new techniques that either allowed them to blend or spilt the dark from the light.Basicly they paint reality as it is in the eyes of the painter with emphasis on light and colour. I think this is a cool attitude to have towards art journaling to.

I hope you have enjoyed this brief history crashcourse, as you have noticed, I will throw in some artsy inspirational ideas that came to me when I learned about it.

Now go make art!!!! Do you want to adda ny ideas you get from impressionism, please comment below and share.In order to promote commenting on my blog, I will post everyone's blog adress on my side bar, who leaves a comment.¨

XXO MAKEALIFE

How to create a Inspiration board

An inspiration board is a very important iteam in any crafty or artistic persons life.On this board you will pin everything and anything that inspires you. Then when you need a little boost with your creative flow, grab an image and go from there.

You will need:

Things that inspire you
Pinboard
pins

1. Gather quotes, images(from fashion magazines or artwork you admire), colour samples, postcards, photos, emphemera from your daily life, fiber and fabric, numbers, letters you like absoloutly anything!

2. Arrange the clippings in a way you like: this can be in catagories like fashion, art and nature, by colour, size or just however looks right

3. pin thesedown and use as inspiration.

SO How can this help inspire me?

• You could write a story based on one of the objects, this could be a made up one or why and how it inspires you
• Use this image as a base for a collage
• Let the theme or colour of a picture inspire your next creation
• Draw the image
• Capture the feel of it on a page
• Use the quotes of lyrics in an art journal page
• Use that awesome picture of a lacebag as inspiration for your next skirt
• If it is a fabric or fiber swatch, use this fabric in your next project

And there you go, an inspiration board is basiclly the place you store all the inspiration you get, when you are to busy to use it and the place you raid for ideas, when you have time but no clue what to do. How do you use your inspiration board?

" Spring is natures way of saying lets party!"-uNKNOWN

Etsy Loves 7.4.2010

Cute art doll made with Air dry clay can be found here







Super cute art doll made from fabric and plaster with moveable polymere clay arms.Can be found here










This super cute Forest girl painting can be found here and was painted by marisolspoon.















This cute nurse kitty was painted by tanyabobd and can be found here

Inspiration:Hearts

This would be a cool project.Paint a picture with 7 hidden hearts in it.I want to try this idea soon.

As Valentines day is coming up, here are some cute heartsy things to inspire you:

Ps:I found some cool ones on flickr but they dodnt work when i typed in the URL.Because i couldnt get the pictures to open on just a blank page.Can any one help?If so please leave a comment below.

Cute stuff

Isnt that a supercute cat?Just wanted to share...



here is a cute watercolour jelly fish i did.CUTENESSSS

Stamp making fun

I had a lot of fun making stamps and here are the two others i made besides the one in the tutorial.i made one in a grided shape out of craft foam and one out of bibble wrap but other wise the same as in the tutorial(the post before this).Happy art journaling!!!!

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