by Elaine | Feb 26, 2019 | About Creativity
Recently someone I met at a conference wrote to me and said, look I’ve started drawing again. I encouraged her to keep it up and also to try art journaling. Then a couple of days later, I recommended to an artist in a group that she start art journaling. She...
by Elaine | Feb 24, 2019 | My Art & Studio
One of the downsides of social media is that one’s voice is diluted and divided. In my earlier days of blogging, that was my only platform, so everything went there. Now, I might have conversations about art on twitter, share my photo series on Instagram, and...
by Elaine | Feb 24, 2019 | My Art & Studio
In early 2018, I gave a speech at an academic art conference called Studio Rules! (it was a good speech) about how to use limits, constraints and boundaries to help you create art consistently. I was quoted in Professional Artist Magazine in June of 2018 in an article...
by Elaine | Feb 24, 2019 | About Creativity
You may already know Stephanie Rohr from her lively Instagram account, or her activism during the DMC design contest, that offered no monetary prize, until Rohr, and others drew attention to the issue. The book, out this month, includes 40 patterns and some basic...
by Elaine | Feb 24, 2019 | About Creativity
Two lovely essays, “Craft is Not Trivial,” by Felicia of The Craft Sessions, and “Craft as a Manifestation of Love and Loss,” also by Felicia. I’ve also made grief art, and I always enjoy reading about others doing the same, especially...
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