A Painted Garden

Art Journal Ideas

Art Journal ideas straight from the creative space of an abstract flower artist. There are easy painting ideas, paper collage, joyful words posters, finger painting and more.

  • Blooming in pink hand prints

    Last night I was thinking back to when I started painting flowers. It all started with Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit. This book has changed the wait I paint. I still hold onto the photo or… Continue reading

  • Ideas will take you wonderful places

    Bellisia is the first character I actually put down on paper. Bellisia turned into Ana & George. Then it was Wise Trees. After Wise Trees it was Live Your Love Story and Road Trip. With every story and every bloom… Continue reading

  • The magic of color

    Remember the days of back to school crayons and markers? Maybe you had a big box. The other kids wanted to borrow your carnation pink. Yes the names are fun to read too. If felt good that you owned the… Continue reading

  • The color makes me smile

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  • the color book

    Your art, your voice your opinion—it’s how you see the world and how you translate it back for others. James Victore So there I was on a Sunday morn. A quiet house and I had no words to write. Why… Continue reading

  • It takes ALL of us

    The lesson on how we get our food The podcast on gratitude for the farmer to the clerk I don’t want to ever be that kind of jerk Sometimes I am I fuss over nothing Forget who I am and… Continue reading