One of my New Year’s resolutions is to create more with art this year. One of my obstacles in the past was not having enough room to work. I have new home with a spacious studio to work out. I have all my art supplies nicely organized. One of my hopes is to learn how to paint like Bob Ross. I have all his videos and art supplies that I plan to watch and learn from in my studio. I recently enrolled in several online courses with artist styles that I like. I wanted to learn more about mixed-media and art journaling. I’m very excited about the opportunity and hope I will have some of my own work to post soon. I believe my all time favorite art project this year will be my Life Book 2013. Life Book is a celebration and honoring of Myself, a year-long mixed media art class organized by Tamara Laporte from Williowing Art. She is joined by 21 incredible art teachers who will share their mixed media techniques. I will have the opportunity create a minimum of 2 loose mixed media art journal pages per month which by the end of the year will bind into a beautiful journal (a Life Book). I’m pleasantly impressed by the Life Book 2013 schedule, 52 weekly activities. The course started January 1, 2013. It’s a self paced course where I’m able to download the videos and pdf worksheets for each lesson. The course enrollment is open till the end of September 2013 at Willowing Arts – Life Book 2013 .
I enjoy whimsy art like Mary Engelbreit . I have enrolled in several more online courses to learn whimsical fantasy art from Willowing Arts by Tamara Laporte, all the courses videos and pdf’s are downloadable. I have also registered for a course that starts March 1, 2013, Cotton Candy Girl Workshop, this is a 5 week course that will stay open until end of June 2013, videos and pdf worksheets are downloadable. I will get to finish one painting a week and the course plus 3 bonus videos. I have registered for Whimsical Fantasy Art Journaling classes with Doll Dreams by Adriana Almanza , videos and pdf worksheets are downloadable.
Art and Books We Read:
Reading books and making art that is inspired by the book that you have read can be made into an art journal at the end of the year. Here is a Blog that has used this idea for a monthly challenge where you choose 12 books to be read this year and create a piece of art inspired by each book:
Creative Resources:
I have come across several interesting blogs and websites that I have included as resources on my Creativity and Art Journaling pages, a few are listed below:
