So, I am celebrating another birthday this year. I feel thankful to have made it through another year and have the opportunity to continue working on those ideas, goals, and dreams that I have within me. Time seems to be moving even faster as we age so we have to make the most of the time we have.
Sometimes you can get stuck in reflection, this time last year we were organizing my mother's funeral, which took place two days after my birthday, it still seems a bit unreal.
I spend more time reflecting and sharing creative thoughts in the Arts and Wellness Cafe. I would love you to join me. Take a look below.
Join me in the Arts and Wellness Cafe
I share some art reflections, and ways in which you can alter work for someone who just wants to do a bit of a project. This is the first of many Arts and Wellness Cafe - come and hang out for a while in the studio and play a while with your supplies. I would love to hear how you use creativity in your day to day work.
Arts Resource Hub
If you have limited supplies I have tons of resources available in the Arts Resource Hub and several FREE courses with digital backgrounds that you can use in your projects.
Stay blessed and be a blessing! Have a wonderful weekend!!
Are you ready to take your creative healing journey to the next level? Look no further than the Loving-Healing-Creating Summit, where healers and creators come together to share their knowledge and insights on how creativity can impact our health and well-being. CHECK IT OUT HERE
From February 2-14, 2023, you'll have the opportunity to participate in this FREE online summit, featuring a lineup of 21 amazing presenters, each offering their own unique perspective on healing and creativity.
Whether you're interested in guided meditation painting, collage, writing, art therapy, personal expression through art journaling, creating a self-portrait vision board, or exploring the connection between movement and creativity, there's something for everyone at the Loving-Healing-Creating Summit.
I am honored to be a part of this incredible event and can't wait to share my own session with you on using mixed media art and encouraging words to enhance your creative journey. And the best part? Each session will be available for 48 hours from the time of release, giving you the flexibility to participate at your own pace.
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APRIL 2022 issue of the BARBADOS VISUAL ARTS MAGAZINE
Free Online magazine
Every month Artist and Publisher Corrie Scott produces a online publication of all the art and creative events taking place in Barbados. It is packed with information about current Visual Art events happening around Barbados and by Barbadian artists further around the globe. It normally comes out on the 1st of the month.
I have always found it a valuable resource to have and keeps you abreast of what is going on in the island. Check it out HERE
Click on the link or the image to take you to the listings, so you can see all the amazing events that have been organized this month, with some of the events happening online.
Experimenting Styles
I have continued to experiment in the studio in my art journal with the Neurographic Art, allowing myself to continue to be inspired. Every image I create whether it is a portrait or an abstract scene, seems to call out for the essence of Neurographica. I am continuing to be guided to see how it impacts on my style or adds to the stories being told.
Foam Stamps Art
This week I also shared my painting for the week from the foam stamps that I had created last week, I love this stage of their development where, you can see the video of the page creation below.
If you would like to see the stamps daily you can check out my Instagram HERE
You can check out the supplies used to create the paintings and foam stamps HERE
I am one of the teachers in the Art for Freedom initiative sharing a lesson.
I have joined Larissa Russell of Creative U Healing, along with many other teachers to share a creative healing session to help alleviate stress, lower anxiety, and just all around help with feeling better.
My session is a part of many more that you get for free when you donate $27 dollars to help support Ukraine.
Larissa lives in Canada and her government has agreed to match donations in by March 18, so we had to act fast to make the most of our donated dollars.
If you want to donate more, or can’t donate $27, there are other options on the page.
The course started today Tuesday 1st March, where I will be on hand to answer any questions you may have and be on your creative cheerleading team for the next 30 days!
Here are some of the activities that we do
Often when we are trying to put new systems in place there can be so many distracting elements that by the time we have turned around the whole day is gone.
It is essential that we discover who we are creatively, what we like, what makes us tick so that we can make the most of the opportunities that come along - if you want to establish your practice, or find ways in which the art activities can help you work through different areas of your life.
Taking time to slow down - 'Mandala and Affirmations Coloring Book
With out Mandala and Affirmations Coloring book you receive 90 pages of designs that you can color and find different ways of incorporating them into your Art Journal and creative projects.
Fabric Bowls to house encouraging words
Fabric Bowls - We create a series of Fabric bowls, and use these with out set of encouraging words, phrases of success and daily words of self care. You will be showering yourself with love and nurturing actions. There are so many other creative activities that you will be doing over the course.
Whenever you decide to join is fine as it becomes a self directed course that you can do at your own pace. You will be able to connect with other creatives on the private Face Book page.
Have you always wanted to create big, beautiful, bold abstract art for your home?
Why not think about creating wonderful pieces of art for your friends and family to adorn their walls, which is where Ivy started out. I have always wanted to create larger paintings and the process can be full of wonderful surprises, even happy accidents leaving you with a sense of freedom.
As you work on a larger canvas you can fully explore your senses, release your
emotions and observe the effects of color and texture as they mingle and merge
on the surface.
Did you know your Studioworks membership unlocks full access to over 100 Creative Classes and so much more? No more waitlists or wishing you could join a class.
Plus, each and every month you will be supported in your creative journey through teachings in the Studioworks Journal.
This specially crafted online magazine will be packed with inspiration, guidance, creative prompts and sketchbook explorations. Come join us - Check it out HERE
What is Studioworks?
Studioworks is a monthly membership where you'll have access to over 100+ creative classes along with all of our future classes we launch on a monthly basis. You'll also have access to monthly Studioworks Journals, live Q & A's, private Facebook Group and much more.
Excited to share that I am one of the 2022 Teachers on the Book Of Days Course - to find out more about the course and teachers, click on the photo or HERE
I am excited to let you know that as well as being one of the guest teachers on Book of Days 2022 and I have a FREE SEAT TO GIVEAWAY!!
Book of Days 2022 is a A year long course that helps you to deep dive into your Art Journal. It is hosted by Artist Effy Wild.
There are 25 artists, over 33 lessons + monthly workbooks and three LIVE ON ZOOM gatherings with Effy. The Early Bird fee is $99 until December 31st, and then it will go up to $120.
I HAVE ONE SEAT TO GIVE AWAY!!
To Enter, come and join me on Instagram, make sure you are following me, - @realityarts , and leave a comment on THIS POST
For an additional opportunities to win share the post with 3 creative friends
It was great to be one of the teachers for Life Book 2021 and we created a stitched wall hanging for our bonus lesson,
And a clay frame with heart sentiment for the main lesson.
there were some fantastic lessons from all the teachers.
You can now sign up for Life Book 2022 and get a 30% discount until 1st Jan 2022
Be part of an incredible year of art making!
Celebrate Life Book on it’s 10th anniversary with the brand new course – Life Book 2022! Enjoy a whole year of art and wellbeing classes in one unmissable package, PLUS if you buy Life Book right now, you can save 30% with the discount code ARTJOY30.
What’s included in Life Book?
Over 80+ mixed media art & wellbeing classes
Learn from 31 expert artists
Includes a virtual gift bag with lots of goodies including extra free classes!
Learn to use your creativity to support your wellbeing
Lifetime access to all class videos
ONLY £139 GBP (or $190 USD) for the whole course (valued at over $3000)
30% off for Early Birdies! Use: ARTJOY30 when signing up before Jan 1st 2022!
I am so excited to share with you that I will be launching my first solo art course today called 'How Does Your Garden Grow?'. Check out the course HERE
'Early Bird Special' Get the course for $47 instead of $57
Until 8th August 2021
We will take a walk in the garden, taking inspiration from the flowers and the leaves and then use them to inform some of the shapes, colors and marks that we will use in our creative art piece. I will then show you how to create a background and develop it to find an image we can build on and use additional marks, shapes and symbols on the page.
I have included lots of goodies to download as part of the course: -
Course handbook
12 Page coloring book,
12 Page mixed media background images,
9 Stamp Images
14 Garden images
A Bonus video on creating backgrounds
Two A4 art prints - downloadable
1.5 hours of workshop going through the steps for creating your final image.
All the videos and images are yours to download and keep and you can take at your own pace.
All the skills that you will learn are transferable and it is a great idea to re-create the lesson using different mediums
I would love to have you join me on the course! You can get it at the 'Early Bird Special' of $47 until 8th August 2021
Welcome to the Arts and Wellness Café, thank you for joining me. In the video today I share more about the word 'Exquisite' and you can check out the podcast and listen to the start of the week and this word.
I love being creative and sharing my work and encouraging you to be your creative self. I also share an Art Journal page and some of the fabric art that I am working on.
If you want to catch the Art Journal Page separately you can do so below:
If you haven't managed to listen to the podcast you can do so below
Listen to the word for the week on Realityarts podcast.
Welcome to Series 3 of Creating in Faith, this is Episode 22 and the word for the Week is Exquisite
What is it that you feel about your creativity, or the work that you do? Can you describe how it makes you feel.
Welcome to a new week of creativity. The word that starts us off this week in Creating in Faith is 'Quiet'. I started the Creating in Faith series as a reminder first to myself that each and every day I need to show up and do something creative.
When we show up in faith, we are met with ideas, strategies, revelations, answers and more!
When was the last time you actually had a moment of quiet to gather your thoughts? Are you able to take time out of your day just to think or are you one of those people who say they think better when there is stuff going on around them?
Join me on Wednesday for the Arts and Wellness Café where we will look at the idea of quiet in the art studio and in our creative walk.
Welcome to Arts and Wellness Café. As the week comes to a close we look at the word Discernment and how it using it impacts not only on your life but your creative pursuits as well.
Here are some of the projects that I shared in the video up close. The first one is a stitched project, one of my first and I really enjoyed creating.
The other project that I am working on is trying to extract the pigments from flowers and using it to dye fabric. Here I have been using a mortar and pestle
This is the extracted pigment and the pulp from the flower
Here is the flower - the Clitoria Ternatea and the way it dyes the fabric. You can also use it as a herbal tea - tastes delicious!
For a herbal tea you place the flowers in the cup and pour hot water onto it. The blue color is then released. If you add a couple of drops of lemon juice it turns the water purple instead of blue.
I will be sharing more from the results that I have gotten from other fabrics that have been dyed. If you want to see behind the scenes of some of the work I am doing you can join me on Patreon
Realityarts - Creativity Book Shop - Some really great titles for you to dive in
Creative Resources
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