Episode 452 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: The Best Story, a children’s book with a powerful reminder for artists of all ages.
Episode 451 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: thoughts on how we pick and choose and what happens when we just “pick one” for our illustrated journals and sketchbooks + a pair of illustrated travel journals about Japan.
Episode 450 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: musings on how things are going, plus, a running log of “things” to sift through later when you work in your journal or sketchbook.
Episode 449 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a sketchbook adventure that doesn’t go as planned and leaves me realizing I’m set in my ways!
Episode 448 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: reflecting on the birthday, on the two years of self-portraits, on a year with a list and one without, and a 100 Things list.
50 Before 50 Journal Flip-through
Prime Day deals for artists, creatives, and people who love drawing and sketching.
Tracking a daily art challenge like ICAD with Notion.
Amazon Prime Day and Amazon Services General Amazon offers for Amazon services: Try Prime Discounted Monthly Offering Kindle Unlimited Membership Plans Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial Prime Student 6-month Trial Amazon Prime Day 2021 is June 20 and 21, 2021. For Amazon Prime account members, there will be lots of great deals. It’s sort… more…
Swatching Copic markers with various black ink fineliners. What will work best on index card for ICAD?
Episode 447 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the CMP turns 15! Where we are today and a flashback to the first 50 shows.
Amy
Creative Journey | Featured | Gratitude | ICAD | Philosophical Threads | Podcast creative, creative life, habits, routine, series
Episode 446 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: not sure it’s a party exactly, but it IS a 15 year podcast anniversary.
Amy
Creative Journey | Featured | Gratitude | ICAD | Philosophical Threads | Podcast creative, creative life, habits, routine, series
ICAD flip-through of cards from several prior years of the summer Index-Card-a-Day art challenge.
Amy
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Episode 445 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: tips for the Index-Card-a-Day Challenge (ICAD) and ideas for thinking about doing a series.
Thinking about my own ICAD 2021 series and 50+ Ideas for Index Card Art series you might consider for your summer series.
Amy
Daily Drawing | Featured | ICAD | Series art, challenge, copic, creative, daily art, drawing, icad, illustrated journal, illustrateyourweek, index card art, index cards, series
Thoughts on ICAD 2021 and a look back at prior years of index card art for the summer Index-Card-a-Day Challenge.
Amy
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Episode 444 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: daily focus, tracking in notion, and a watercolor flowers book.
One of the things I enjoy about YouTube is that anyone can play. You don’t have to have a special service or monthly package to be able to use and try the tools that other creators are using. While equipment varies, when it comes to actually posting your video and writing the description, the field… more…
Swatching magenta fountain pen inks — loving the color!
Episode 443 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: aimlessness, circles, the power of habit, and the 100 Day project.
Episode 442 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the open road, illustrated journals, and a book on painting calm.
Episode 441 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: tree-fall philosophy, sketchnotes, and nature journaling.
Starting a YouTube channel when you’re over 50 … a lot to learn as I put myself out there
Episode 440 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Keeping going, even on days when you want to quit.
I’ve been using Notion for several months now. Many people use it for notes, and some use it for setting up databases. In the notes arena, there are tons of students using Notion for advanced study, and that’s how I first heard about it. Once you start using Notion, however, if you are a tables,… more…
Amy
Data Gathering | Drawing | Featured | Notion | Productivity data, documentation, drawing, habit tracking, notion, the100dayproject, tracking
Episode 439 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: The 100 day project, dip pen, and loving it.
Classes at CreativeBug to try in 2021 and a really good offer available right now.
Amy
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Episode 438 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: The 100 day project, drawing stick figures, and what it takes to get on the path to a dream.
Episode 437 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: The 100 day project, habits and tracking, a circle a day, and more.
Thoughts on choosing a project for #the100dayproject 2019.