Episode 377: drawing monsters, chairs, a desk, and more. Plus, a late bloom.
Episode 376: the this and that of the last few weeks and the sewing of a striped pillow.
Amy
50 | Creative Journey | Featured | Philosophical Threads | Podcast | Quilting drawing, pillow, podcast, sewing
Questions to help you plan for a fulfilling and creative new year in 2020
A short list of year end review questions to help you record a snapshot of your creative year before moving into the new year.
Episode 375: paper cranes, snowflakes, drawing ornaments, and an inspiring book about women in art history.
Amy
Creative Journey | Daily Drawing | Featured | Philosophical Threads | Podcast books, drawing, holiday, light, podcast
Episode 374 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: weekly projects, self-portraits, and thoughts on doing a year of soup.
Amy
Daily Drawing | Featured | Graphic Novel | Illustrated journal | Podcast | Series books, comics, lists, podcast, self-portrait, Soup
Episode 373 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: gratitude, repeat projects, thoughts on Inktober 2019 and favorite series, and more.
Amy
Daily Drawing | Featured | Graphic Novel | Gratitude | Illustrated journal | Inktober | Mindfulness | Philosophical Threads | Podcast | Series gratitude, inktober, lists, podcast, series, spark
Episode 372 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: looking at How to Be a Wildflower, plus, drawing, pennies, postage, and more.
Amy
Books | Daily Drawing | Featured | Illustrated journal | Philosophical Threads | Podcast books, inktober, journaling, podcast, wander
Episode 371 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: buying pen and ink, searching for the perfect red-orange, lists, and intention.
Amy
50 | Daily Drawing | Featured | Goals | Illustrated journal | Lists | Philosophical Threads | Podcast 50 before 50, accountability, goals, intent, lists, podcast
Episode 370 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: creative talk, Inktober, and two books from the “nature drawing” space.
Amy
Books | Daily Drawing | Featured | Illustrated journal | Inktober | Philosophical Threads | Podcast book, inktober, nature, podcast
Episode 369 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the mindfulness of filling space is something you can fit into any pocket of time.
If you watch, you can often scoop a good trial or even a span of “free” days at CreativeBug. I have been really impressed with the classes I’ve watched. I think they are very well done, really engaging, and <em>easy</em> to watch. Even the “daily”-type classes are easy to binge watch. I find it makes… more…
Amy
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Episode 368 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a review of Creative Watercolor, a fantastic book, meaningful quotes, and other snippets.
Episode 367 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: thoughts on an illustrated journal project for my “approaching 50” year.
Episode 366 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: I check “try ukulele” off the year list! Plus, a review of a great folk art book, Imagine a Forest.
Amy
50 | Books | Creative Journey | Featured | Lists | Philosophical Threads | Podcast | Ukulele 50 before 50, book, creative journey, drawing, folk art, journal, life, list, listmaking, podcast, ukulele
Episode 365 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: making and living a “50 Before 50” list — and thoughts on the value of this kind of list.
Amy
50 | Creative Journey | Featured | Lists | Philosophical Threads | Podcast 50 before 50, bucket list, creative journey, journal, life, list, listmaking, podcast
Episode 364 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: making a birthday day “to do” list to help guide and anchor the day.
Amy
50 | Books | Creative Journey | Featured | Lists | Philosophical Threads | Podcast birthday, book, creative journey, life, list, podcast
Episode 363 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a flip-through of a wonderful and large collection from Oliver Jeffers.
Amy
Books | Featured | Lists | Philosophical Threads | Podcast book, creative journey, field note, podcast
Episode 362 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: looking at each week’s work as a whole with a #52weeks grid and scrolling your feed.
Amy
Creative Journey | Featured | Philosophical Threads | Podcast | Series #52weeks, book, creative journey, drawing, life, podcast, series
Episode 361 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: random talk at the start of a new year, a list in the making.
Amy
50 | Creative Journey | Featured | Lists | Philosophical Threads | Podcast book, creative journey, drawing, life, podcast, sketching
Episode 360 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: in celebration of the wonder and whimsy around us, a non-lemur moment, and more.
Amy
Creative Journey | Featured | Lists | Philosophical Threads | Podcast creative journey, drawing, life, podcast, sketching
Episode 359 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: thinking through what to take for your creative projects when you travel! Simplify!
Series 2 postcards to help support the Creativity Matters Podcast are now available!
Episode 358 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: visual- and word-based thinking, storytelling, associative memories, and visualizing a teapot.
Amy
Comics | Creative Journey | Daily Drawing | Featured | Graphic Novel | ICAD | Philosophical Threads | Podcast | Sketchnote creative journey, drawing, podcast
Considering ballpoint again for index card art and ICAD this summer — instead of Copic markers. I’ll still be working in color!
Simmer. Percolate. Stew. Consider. Contemplate. Ponder. All of those things! Over the weekend, I suddenly thought, “I should make my ICAD series a series of possible logos for the CMP.” That idea has merit. It really does. A series of 61 cards all with the intent of being used as cover art (or maybe a… more…
A look at my involvement in ICAD through the years, from stuffed things to ballpoint to Copic marker and portraits.
Episode 357 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a story about a finch, a couple of dominoes, some talk about making art in a series, and a review of Sketchbook Explorations by Shelley Rhodes.