Junk Journal 101

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I've been working on creating a junk journal and recording the process to create a series on making the journal; Then making the pockets, tucks, belli bands, paperclips and tags to go in it; And then I show you how I organized my ephemera and put it all together.  I've been wanting to make a fabric, crinkly, lacy, junk journal, but with structure, for some time now.  And stuffing the journal with elements that I make for it.  Here are pictures of  the Junk Journal I made: 

And here is the first video showing how I created the journal.    

You can subscribe to my YouTube channel and hit the notification bell to be notified of when the other videos are posted to see the other video's in the series.  I hope you join me in creating a junk journal, the elements for the journal and then putting everything together.  Thank you for stopping by, Happy Creating.

Organizing Art Room

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I recently went through my art room and re-organized it.  I was no longer feeling inspired to go in there and create.  And when I did I felt overwhelmed.  I made a video showing the before and all the problem areas.  And showed the after and how I re-organized everything better.  Here is the video:

I am in love with my art room again.  I feel so inspired and can't wait to get in there to create.  Thank you for stopping by and checking out my video.  Until next time, Happy Creating.  

Watercolor Animal Paintings

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I've been doing good.  I have to say my 100 day project has fallen by the wayside.  I guess better luck next time.  I am still working on creating animal drawings, but not daily like I was hoping to.  This past weekend I joined an online class with Aaron Blaise on animal watercolor paintings and really enjoyed it.  I also signed up for several of his other classes which I am looking forward to working on.  And I decided to join the Sketchbook Revival that is going on right now.  So I am keeping myself creating and working on creative projects.  Here is a picture of the last 100 day project watercolor drawing I did:

And here are the two watercolor painting I creating in the class this weekend with Aaron Blaise.

I think you can see the improvement in my watercolor painting just from this one class.  The one I did for the 100 day project isn't bad, but I think the one's I did in the class this weekend were much better.  We used colors that I would not of thought to use on these animals, but they work and definitely add more depth to the painting.  What do you think?  Thank you for stopping by.  I hope everyone has a great week.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

Watercolor & Color Pencil Kudu Antelope and a White Tiger

 Hello creative friends.  I hope you are having a good week.  My week is going well.  This week I have a watercolor and color pencil drawing of a Kudu Antelope that I drew for my 100 day project.  And I did more work on the white tiger painting I started last year.  Here is a picture of the white tiger painting and the Kudu Antelope drawing.

And here is a video showing how I created the Kudu Antelope.

I think I am done with the white tiger.  When I originally painted it, I was ok with it but I didn't love it.  So I decided to do more to it and now I love it.  I am also happy with the Kudu Antelope and how it turned out.  My original idea was to use watercolors to paint it.  But I wasn't getting the details and depth that I wanted, so I went over top of it with color pencils and am much happier with it.  Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a great week.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

100 Day Project and a Watercolor Cheetah

Hello creative friends.  I hope you are having a great week.  My week has been going well.  This week I have s couple of more drawings/watercolor paintings I've done for the 100 day project and a video showing how I created the cheetah.  Here are the pictures:

And here is the video showing how I created the cheetah:

I really like the way the cheetah and the bear turned out, not as happy with the owl, but it's ok.  One of the things I realized in doing this 100 day project is that I don't have to complete a drawing/watercolor painting every day, I can draw the picture one day and then paint it the next day or two.  The idea is to interject more creativity into my life and not to put so much pressure on myself.  So if I don't feel like doing anything creative one day then I may try to do something simple and less stressful and if it gets my creative juices flowing then I can do more.  Thank you for stopping by and watching my video.  I hope you are planning to do something creative, no matter how small, most days as well.  Until next time, happy creating.

Watercolor Fox

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone had a good holiday.  Mine was good.  I want to try to get back on track with posting more regularly going forward and hopefully have stuff to post about.  I decided to try to do the 100 day project to help me get more consistent with my creating.  And my project is to do more animal drawings and animal art.  To kick it off I did this watercolor painting of a fox.

And I recorded the process in the video here:

Even though I am going to try to do a drawing/paining every day, I am only planning to record one of the paintings for the week and post it on YouTube.  However, I will post pictures of all of the drawings/paintings I do for the week here.  I'm not sure I am going to use watercolors for all of them, but thought I would start with that.  I hope you like the video.  Let me know if you are planning to do the 100 day project as well.  I would be interested in what you are doing.  Thank you for stopping by.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

Creating a Custom Planner Part 3

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week and had a good Thanksgiving.  My week has been going well.  As mentioned previously, with the new year just around the corner I've been thinking about a new planner and decided to create my own custom planner.  So this is part 3 where I decorate the cover and the first couple of pages.  Part 1 from the week before is where I showed how I used scrapbook paper to create the pages and make the planner cover.  And part 2 from last week is where I planned out my monthly and weekly pages and add them to my planner pages for the year.  Here is a picture of what the planner looks like and how I decorated the first couple of pages.

And here is the video showing how I decorated these pages, added a bookmark and added Boho beads to the spine.

I really like the way this planner turned out and can't wait to start using it.  What planner are you going to use next year?  Thank you for stopping by and watching.  Until next time, Happy Creating.