Welcome to September, and we have available in our Arts Resource Hub a set of creative papers that you can use for your craft projects and art journals.
If you are wondering what you can create with them, they can be art background pages, I create a mini art journal with mine.
In the video I share what I did with August papers.
All papers are available, so you can mix and match. Come and join us on the Arts Resource Hub and get hold of your papers for September.
3 Ways to Move Forward as a Creative: Embracing Personal Growth and Innovation
Creativity is a journey, not a destination. As creatives, we constantly seek ways to push our boundaries, discover new horizons, and bring our unique visions to life. Moving forward as a creative involves a blend of reflection, resourcefulness, and the courage to venture into unknown waters. Here are three ways to move yourself forward on your creative journey:
1. Embrace What You Have and See How Far You Can Go
Often, we underestimate the potential of the resources at our disposal. Whether it's a limited set of tools, a small budget, or even time constraints, these limitations can actually foster creativity. By fully embracing what you have, you can push yourself to innovate within those confines, often leading to surprising and unique outcomes.
Practical Tip: Take inventory of your current resources—skills, tools, and time. Challenge yourself to create something using only what you already have. This helps sharpen your problem-solving skills and shows how creativity can thrive under constraints.
2. Create Things You Never Thought of Before
Stepping out of your comfort zone is essential for growth. This involves experimenting with new mediums, techniques, or even genres that you haven’t explored before, you open doors to endless possibilities and new perspectives.
Practical Tip: Set a regular time for experimentation in your creative schedule. Dedicate this time solely to trying out new ideas without worrying about the outcome.
3. Bring It All Together with a Personal Touch
Your creative journey is deeply personal. It’s shaped by your experiences, beliefs, and aspirations. Bringing your personal touch into your work not only makes it unique but also resonates more deeply with your audience. Reflect on what ‘personal’ means to you and how you want to express that in your work. Also check out post - Arts and Wellness Cafe
Practical Tip: Reflect on your personal story and values. Consider how these elements can influence your creative projects. Are there specific themes or messages you want to convey? Integrate these into your work to create pieces that are truly reflective of who you are.
Moving Forward: This Is Not a Dress Rehearsal
Remember, this is not a dress rehearsal—this is your life, your creative journey. Every moment is an opportunity to create, learn, and grow. By focusing on utilizing what you have, exploring new creative environments, and infusing your personal essence into your work, you can move forward with confidence and purpose. Embrace the process, trust in your creativity, and watch as your artistic path unfolds in ways you never imagined. Stay Blessed and be a Blessing.
Before You Go.....
Remember to pick up your FREE digital download for the month on my free Patron Members link or CLICK HERE
Come and join me in the Studio as I create this page. It originally starts out as a background page with flowers. Every month on my Patreon site I release a new set of papers that members can access.
I take a good look at the background and like to see what images start to appear, I will go around it with a water-soluble graphite, and then the rest flows.
I leave a couple of flowers in their original position and also use some translucent paint so you can still see the background. Why don't you try it out for yourself?
If you would like to access the background papers, come over to my Patreon and join the Free 7 Day Trial -HERE
If you didn't catch us in the live premier this afternoon you can take a look at how I created this page here which was part of a collaboration for #secondsaturdayart. Click on the video above or HERE
It started out with the digital download page I created of the tulips, which is part of a kit that I created on my Patreon platform you can check it out HERE.
For $3 each month they have access to a new set of digital download background papers, tags and videos giving ideas for how they can be used.
I had fun creating the image and incorporating the tulips with the figure.
It is all about creative play and experimenting with the supplies that you have. These papers will be then added to my art journal. There are tags and other elements that can be added when the digital download pages are cut up.
If you want to check out the FREE members page of my Patreon you will see early release and posts there first. If you want to access the digital papers and others in the series you can check them out using the 7 Day FREE trial which will give you access at the $3 tier, and you have over 400 posts, videos and downloads to check out in the meantime.
The page was great fun to create, and I look forward to creating more using this technique.
Join Rachel as she brings you on a journey of exploration and discovery, in her new course The Joy of M.O.T.I.F.
She has some amazing processes for creating abstract art and using colors, marks and symbols to bring them together a cohesive collection.
In this class, Rachel shares her M.O.T.I.F. framework that she uses to create a cohesive series of abstract art using gelli plates, a curated collection of supplies and inspired mark making.
Get ready to not just create a few pieces of mixed media abstract art but rather a fantastic array of pieces! You can frame them use them as gifts and cards and so much more!
Rachel will be your passionate guide for this creative adventure, as you create your own body of art work.
So the Messy May prompts have started and for the first Days prompt 'Starting' I decided to make a few Matchbox sized art journals. I will also be using them for some of the prompts to come. The idea for me with the challenge this month is to do something creative no matter how small, so these mini art journals are ideal. There will be some days where I do a full sized art journal spread depending on how I feel.
I am also one of the artists creating a prompt for the challenge and my day will be on Day 12 - Habit. I hope you are able to join us and come and see how you can find additional ways to be creative and enjoy the process.
The prompt for today is 'Showing Up'
The prompt for today is 'Showing Up' and I created a background page using some of the paint supplies that I have. I think one of the good things about challenges is that you can take the prompt where you feel like taking it, it is your creative journey so you enjoy it and the process.
These are colors that I don't normally combine together so it was great to be able to play in the art journal.
You can join us on the journey and take part, dip in and out if you wish and most of all enjoy. My main day is on day 12 - Habit, and I have a lovely prompt for you to do and some bonus sessions as well. You can sign up HERE
I really enjoyed sharing with you the 31 Art Journals Series, it took a lot out of me but I think that it was important for me to show up for myself and you on a regular consistent basis, are you showing up for yourself? Your art journal page is a good reminder of your journey and how far you have come. You were able to see a selection of the collection of art journals that I had created and worked in. How many of the 31 Art Journals did you see? Did you have a favorite, have you gone out and tried a few. I had a lot of fun sharing the art Journals, there were even some that I hadn't seen in a while and it was great to revisit their pages. So you may be asking what now, after all those journals it would be great to see how some of the pages are used. As promised I will be taking a page from some of the journals and creating on them or finishing pages, so there will be lots to see. The way that I use my journals varies. Some to record ideas, work through a particular issue that I wanted to express on the page or just have fun and play. Some of the art journals were part of a course that I had either taken or taught in, but in each art journal I have left a page or two or more for some so that I could create in it when the mood took me. Your style might have changed over time but it is still a great idea to be able to see what you would do with a particular theme you may have in your journal. I think one of my favorite journals over the 31 Journals was my Gratitude's and Celebrations art journal
It became a challenge creating the pages over a year and a half but it was a good reminder of the things that I was grateful for and it is a reminder of how far I have come as an artist as well.
I will be taking you through weekly art journal pages with a hope to spark your creativity further, and will be creating some 'how-to' videos so that you can learn how to make your own journals mainly from recycled and up-cycled materials. I am so looking forward to taking you on the weekly art journal journey with me for creating pages. The video will be out on Friday on my YouTube channel, would love to have you there.
Here is another one created from a children's book that has been up-cycled. It is a hard back book which is great when you are adding embellishments and collage to the pages.
It was one that I created as part of the Brave Girls Club course that I did and it looks at providing us with encouragement. It also serves as a pick me up when you stray from your positive self.
It is important that you have a journal that you can encourage yourself in and show up for yourself on a daily basis, and I think we also need to deal with the difficult areas that we often try and ignore as we solve the problems of others.
Think about what it is you really want in your life and where you want to go, where your gifts lay and how you can nurture yourself and in turn others
I really enjoyed creating this mini journal and you can make them any time and highlight different areas of your life. What has been your favorite Art Journal from the series?
I want to remind you that I have a space to give away on the Hacking the Color Wheel Series 2 where I will be teaching. There is an amazing line up of teachers!. I have a great session for you to do, all you need to do for a chance to win a spot is to leave a comment on one of the art journal videos. You can also sign up to the mailing list to receive information on courses, classes, free giveaways and more.
Blessings for you and yours this Sunday. Welcome to the 31 Art Journal Series backgrounds bonus. If you didn't catch the background bonus from last week you can see it HERE Here is a reminder of yesterdays tips, see which ones you already incorporate into your journal practice and which ones you can start if you need to.
Check out the backgrounds video to see how you can create those background papers with some of the things you may have around your home!
The Video
Here are some practical ways in which you can create your own background pages. Enjoy!
Stop by tomorrow on the blog and the YouTube channel to see what Art Journal I will be showing next.
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