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.

  • Painting a Joyful Bouquet

    Have you taken any painting classes lately? I have and just finished three. I am ready to welcome summer with new projects! Sometimes the flowers you paint don’t come together and deliver the peace that you know is there. It… Continue reading

    Painting a Joyful Bouquet
  • Unlock Your Creativity with Art Journals

    This post is inspired by my recent painting session of flipping through my journal, looking at old paintings and saying, what if I added more color here or this detail there? I have a journal. I never understood what a… Continue reading

    Unlock Your Creativity with Art Journals
  • How to Paint Flowers with Circles

    Are you looking for an art journal entry? Do you want to creatively explore? An easy way to do that is to explore shapes. Ed Emberley has an interesting book about how you can use basic shapes to draw animals.… Continue reading

    How to Paint Flowers with Circles
  • Inspired By a Dress, What Color is this?

    Do you wander around and suddenly get an idea and have to bring it to life? In this post, I am going to share the inspiration behind my pattern and hopefully give you a fabulous idea that will inspire you… Continue reading

    Inspired By a Dress, What Color is this?
  • Exploring the Vibrant World of Purple in Art

    I have been working with purple. Purple isn’t a color that I usually work with. I don’t wear purple. Not sure how I feel about grape jam. I prefer strawberry preserves. For some reason, I have been gravitating toward magenta,… Continue reading

    Exploring the Vibrant World of Purple in Art
  • How a 30-Day Art Journal Can Help You

    For the past 30 days I have been filling up my journal with doodles and sketch ideas. In this post, I will reflect on my journal experience to see how I have grown. Art Journals are a fabulous way to… Continue reading

    How a 30-Day Art Journal Can Help You