Share Your Creativity With The World
Since I have been on the topic of motivational and inspirational ways to accomplish your creative goals and aspirations, It wouldn’t be right not to mention this technique which has always been helpful for me to get my artistic juju up and dancing all about. I am talking about working with other creative types! Art...
Committing to Creativity
My doodle of Slippery Pete in one of my artbooks. So you say you want to be more artistic and add more creativity to your life? Well there is good news and bad news. I will start with the bad news first. For most people myself included, its gonna take time and a commitment to...
Let’s Go Doodlin’ vlog#13
In this episode of my video blog, I do some doodlin’ and show you that doodlin’ is for everyone and everybody! I also go about destroying a sharpie but give it new life as an ink spray that can be added to your art making arsenal. I also make a DIY art book...
Doodle Everywhere and On Everything!
Da Hawaiian Cloud Bow So the other thing that I really like about doodling, in addition to it’s attributes of being intellectually stimulating, is that it can be pretty much done anywhere and on most anything easily and inexpensively. Which makes it a pretty cool way to personalize, stylize and add some creative cheepow* to...
The Brainy Benefits of Doodling
Here is a short video I put together of my homework’s progression from last week’s Doodles Unleashed lesson. See more doodles from others taking the workshop in the Flickr group As the second week to the Traci Bautista’s Doodles Unleashed workshop sponsored by Strathmore comes to an end and the third week begins, my renewed...
Doodles Unleashed!
“Funner Than Doing Taxes” by Chongolio This last week I have been participating in Traci Bautista’s Doodles Unleashed workshop over on www.strathmoreartist.com. I am totally into it and have been spending a lot of time exploring the magic and fun of the doodle! I find doodlin’ is an awesome way to just relax, be creative...
10 Household Items You Can Use To Make DIY Stencils And Masks
In VLOG #8, I went over some of the basics on making your own stencils and masks to use in your artistic endeavors. For this post, I thought I would give you a short but sweet list on some of the everyday things you may have sitting around your house that are already to...
10 Awesome Sources for Scraps To Use In Your Art Books And Journals
Here is a quick top 10 list of of my favorite things that I like to use as scrap papers in my art books and pages: 1.) Candy Wrappers (especially weird or exotic ones) 2.) Wrapping or handmade paper 3.) Painted background papers that I have made. 4.) Decals and stickers. (You can find stickers...
5 Really Good Reasons to Start an Art Journal
Well you may have noticed by now that I have started my new blog on the topic of art journaling. So I figured I would give you my top five reasons why keeping an art journal, scrap book, sketch book, visual diary or whatever you want to call it is a pretty neat idea. So...
Everyday Items to Add to Your Art Supply Boxes
It is in my humble opinion that making art and being creative does not have to be an expensive endeavor. If you use your imagination and look around at everyday items through the eyes of an artist, which you just so happen to be, you can find that some common everyday items can become useful...
