Learn how creativity can breathe life into your soul!
Voice is a mixed media portrait commissioned by Krista Thomsen to honor her mother, Bonnie Ribble Kennedy. This piece features a creative soul’s passions. Bonnie’s philosophy empowers: “…my gifts are meant to be given–So they can come back to me–It’s a circle.” When I shared with her how her belief helped me to get over my …
Beautiful Forever is a mixed media portrait that expresses the beauty of a woman who longs for and lives in faith, hope, and love. READ THE ENTIRE POST... SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
The Great Affair honors this wonderful journey we call life. “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake.The great affair is to move.” Travel writer Robert Luis Stevenson’s quote graces my daughter Elya’s world map painting I used for part of the mixed media background. My children and their spouses …
Art Takes Courage Courage to create without restraint. Courage to try something new you never dreamed you could do. Courage to push away from a project until more inspiration graces. Courage to return to a project and produce imperfection. Courage to share your imperfection with the world. Without courage, art hides in the shadows frightened …
Use what talents you possess. For the world would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang the best. –Henry Van Dyke Self-doubt is definitely one of the main culprits that keeps me from using my artistic talents. Pressure to be perfect discourages me from sharing them with others: I can’t put that …
Art is the soul made visible... the spirit tangible... the unseen possible! Lately I've been contemplating the transformative power of art. How amazing that something envisioned can come to life through an art form! There are other benefits as well. For example, when you can’t find words to express your feelings, artistic expression can become your …
This post will show you how to create a mixed media with a heart theme. This is a fun project you can do with a few simple materials. Supply List: 4″ by 6″ canvas Acrylic paints Wood heart Plaster cloth Stamps Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pressed leaves Tag made from scrapbook paper Ribbon Rose Embroidered …
If you want to a fun project, try making your own masquerade mask. Masks possess an appeal for many people. Perhaps their mysterious nature invites us to hide parts of who we are while we develop talents we want to have. Here's a short video that takes you through the progression of the Warrior Princess …
There are seasons of silence when the soul goes deep, crawling into a cocoon. We feel the urge to withdraw. We yearn to silence the noise, to figure out the important, to explore the possible. And while in our cocoon, new beginnings crack open and sprout roots—fledgling desires that burrow into the unknown. READ THE ENTIRE POST...
JoDee Luna Art 