Art Journal Ideas

This art blog focuses on painting especially floral and abstract art. The artist shares here creative process on her blog. You will get art inspiration and exploration ideas for painting expressive, colorful, whimsical and loose flower paintings.

  • Exploring Beautiful Neutrals for Lovely Flowers

    Have you ever mixed-up beautiful colors. Then stroll through your photos and be wowed by the colors you mixed up. This lovely flower is no particular flower. I used like what, a size 2 brush and walnut ink with orange… Continue reading

    Exploring Beautiful Neutrals for Lovely Flowers
  • Exploring Art: Messy Fun with Basic Craft Tools

    Erasers, ink, brush handles, pens, pencils…. I like the idea of taking an ordinary object and making something extraordinary. Stamping with tissue paper is fun too. I wrote the above words and did this exploration a while ago. There is… Continue reading

    Exploring Art: Messy Fun with Basic Craft Tools
  • Exploring the Magic of Paper Collage Techniques

    This week I worked on paper collage. Paper collage is such a wonderful experience because you never know what you will create until you do. I have worked on a ton of ideas. With all of them, yes, I had… Continue reading

    Exploring the Magic of Paper Collage Techniques
  • Exploring the Beauty of Pink Art Projects

    Wait a minute, let’s not worry about what it feels like, just paint. Paint, draw and sketch ideas. I wrote the above words three years ago and right now these words apply more than ever. I just read a few… Continue reading

    Exploring the Beauty of Pink Art Projects
  • Inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe: Paint Your Own Flowers

    Oh my, yes, the reason for my big coral colored flower is the result of guiding students to paint their version of Georgia O’Keeffe’s flowers. I can’t use the word teach. I guide my students, but really, I provide them… Continue reading

    Inspiration from Georgia O’Keeffe: Paint Your Own Flowers
  • Loving Green Plants

    Leaves seem to be on my mind as I’ve been painting flowers. Simple drawings and beautiful posters. Loving green plants is a peaceful place to be. Today I was going through my agenda and came across the task of renewing… Continue reading

    Loving Green Plants