Episode 454 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Taking advantage of and looking for a good five-minute window.
Episode 453 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a reminder that Keeping Up with the Joneses is a futile game but one you can easily get sucked into on social media.
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
Thinking about my own ICAD 2021 series and 50+ Ideas for Index Card Art series you might consider for your summer series.
Thoughts on ICAD 2021 and a look back at prior years of index card art for the summer Index-Card-a-Day Challenge.
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 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.
Episode 436 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: olive jars, the too-muchness of the world, simplification, coffee cups, daily ratings, and more.
Episode 435 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: into a new year, creative habits and exploration, and a look back at the episodes of 2020.
The end-of-year sketchnote is a great way to summarize and illustrate highlights from your creative year.
Episode 434 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: year-end review and year-over-year questions after watching some awesome Billie Eilish interviews. Plus, tree lights, holiday memories, illustrated journaling, crochet ornaments, and more.
Episode 433 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a junk jewelry tree and some thoughts on balance, mindfulness, and slow.
A short timelapse and a discussion of inking portraits. Plus, talk of December 2020 #illustrateyourweek for illustrated journaling.
Creative books to consider for your own wishlist, library shelves, or to give as gifts.
Episode 432 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a holiday knitting project, ROYGBIV supplies, a book review, and more!
Episode 431 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a casual Sunday show with a bit of talk about the illustrated journal and #illustrateyourweek.
Episode 429 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a new month full of gratitude, memory, light, and the power and potential of the gratitude mindset.
Episode 428 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: how to limit overthinking and choose what to draw. Spend more time drawing and less time choosing!
Large-format sketcbhooks for drawing, pen and ink, and illustrated journaling.
A short timelapse from the illustrated journal and a portrait drawing set of prompts for October 2020 – inktoportraits.
Episode 424 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the power of the spiral as a motif and a meditation. Plus, some drawing time.
Episode 423 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the power of “Tell Me” and how your journal can give you that space.