Arts and Wellness Café - The Pursuit of Growth

 

Welcome to the Arts and Wellness Café for the month of April where the theme is Growth and Peace. What areas of your life are you looking to make a change and what things have you put in place in order for you to get the results that you are looking for? I have found that when I organize my day to day schedule I achieve a lot more. I have over time learnt that I like both online and paper based planning, and coming up with a system which works well for me. Anything you go for will take time to be established in your work, but

I also share some art - mixed media paintings and textile work, share 'Tip for the week' where we consider how things would turn out if we wrote down our goals and in 'Quick Question' we look at the important creative lessons we have learnt, and there is more. I have put the time stamp for the sections for easy access. Let me know what goals you are working on in your creative practice and a lesson that you have learnt.

I have continued to explore a drawing style - inspired originally by Neurographic Art - you can check out my video below

I have since created more and find it such a therapeutic way of creating and worked on a painting that you will see in the video called Voyage

There is something about creating the line that has drawn me to adding this to my paintings, I love the effect you get.  I always encourage people to explore and experiment, try out different styles to see what you like and just go for it.

If you get a chance, check out the book by Brian Tracey - Eat That Frog, to look at way to organise yourself and you work.

Art Courses

All course have $10 OFF until the end of April when you use the coupon code create2 - HERE

Day 2

It is Day 2 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge you can check out the other posts in the tab at the top of the page or HERE

100 Day Project

You can catch the weekly videos of the stamps used each week HERE

Ultimate Blog Challenge - Are You Up for Another? - Day 1

So I am taking part in April's Ultimate Blog Challenge where we blog every day for the next 30 Days - today marks the first day!!.  It coincides with my current 100 Day Project which I am half way through, so you will be seeing some of these posts included as well, and much of the other things that I have going on.

I thought for my challenge this time round on the blog I would share all the projects that I am involved with, from art collaborations, course creation, publishing a poetry book and more and you get in blog form to be in on some of the wonderful creativity, I will share some of the videos and reflect on some of the work that I am doing.

It is a great way to stretch yourself, and do some of the things that you have always wanted to do.  I like the challenge as it gets me to stretch myself a bit and really step out of my comfort zone.  One of my challenges this month is to type up my poetry and publish a book, I will keep you posted to how this is going along the way.

I have been enjoying doing the Homemade Foam Stamps, as an artist you never have too many supplies (ok as a collector then) so creating my own stamps was a great way to get some new designs without breaking the bank (all I needed was a sheet of sleeping bag foam).  You will see some of the designs, will be showing the past 50 at the weekend - that halfway mark.  I just need somewhere to store them now, might have to make something - I love creating and upcycling.

Next up you can see last weeks selection of stamps and the mixed media art piece that was created with them.

Home Made Foam Stamps Week 6 - The 100 Day Project,  

Here is the art page for this current week.  I will resume to share the pages on Saturday, but wanted you to get caught up with all the deliciousness that has been going on.  It has been a pleasure creating the pages, and I have loved how the stamps have turned out.  I have some ideas for future projects once I have completed the 100 Days.

Explore, Imagine, Dream

You can catch the Handmade foams stamps daily on my Instagram - HERE

As well as creating I have been reviewing some of the books that I have on my shelf and sharing them, you can see the latest one The Drawing Lab, which has tons of great ideas in it, and was a good investment as you can continually dip in and out of it.

In this video I review the book 'Drawing Lab' by Carla Sonheim

Thank you so much for hanging out with me today and checking out some of the videos that I have shared.  You can also check out some of the courses that I am teaching on, and the current discount available for the month of April. 

Blessings.

Courses to Check out

Courses - Enjoy $10 OFF all courses until 30th April Click on the image to see the course.

Use the Code at the checkout - Create2

Filling the Creative Well Mixed Media Art Course - Easter Discount!

Filling the Creative Well is a self paced course Mixed Media Art Course with lifetime access, that will help you establish your creative practice while helping you to increase your Creativity & unlock your hidden talents!  

There are over 40 Mixed Media Arts Video and Audio resources to help you establish your Creative Practice, 90 Page Meditative Mandalas, Collages, Mixed Media Art Background papers, Art Journaling practice and more.  See the Easter Special details below

Some of the things you will learn

• Creating your own backgrounds
• Creating your own ephemera for your art journals and art activities
• Creating your own set of cards - for encouragement and motivation
• Learn a selection of ways to encourage yourself with your creativity
• Learn to repurpose your art work and create gorgeous collages
• Learn mixed media art techniques to create bowls from fabric and paper
• Learn to nurture yourself
• Private Facebook group to get feedback or share your work

·     Learn to use art and words to encourage yourself on a day to day basis and much more

You get several downloads to use in your creative practice

• 90 Page PDF of Mandalas and Affirmations
• Mixed Media Art Background Pages PDF
• Encouraging Words PDF
• Inspirational Shorts Audio
• Daily words of self care PDF
• Daily Questions to side step the critic PDF
• Ideas and prompts for self care PDF
• Phrases and Affirmations of Success PDF

• 1:1 Session to talk about your creative development

Easter Special - Receive $10 OFF the cost of the course when you use the code - create2 at the checkout (Until the end of April 2022)

Home Made Foam Stamps Week 5 - The 100 Day Project

Here is Week 5 Handmade Foam Stamps and the art piece created with the stamps.  The image says Soar, and it has been great re-establishing myself with the stamps and taking them to their next level and mounting them properly and creating some new designs.

Here are the stamps with their backing and the art piece crating using them.  The ink used is waterproof, so this enables me to add paint on top and create layers so that you can see hints of the stamps peeping through.

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Courses to Check out

Courses - Enjoy $10 OFF all courses until 30th April Click on the image to see the course.

Use the Code at the checkout - Create2