Slowing Down Is Not Bad Photo by Juliane Liebermann on Unsplash The discussion of “slowing down” has been going around for awhile. It seems that everyone is going at a breakneck pace to get things done. Things at work that were due yesterday, things on a to do lists that grows each day at home and every spare minute crammedContinue reading “Slowing Down Is Not Bad”
Lazy Gardener Being able to grow plants well is called “having a green thumb.” I would say that my grandfather had a green arm. He grew wonderful fruits and vegetables. The flowers he grew were spectacular—tall gladioli that seemed to bloom forever and white hydrangeas that he learned how to turn into the most gorgeous blue. IfContinue reading “Lazy Gardener”
Another Walnut Tree Photo by Stephan Widua on Unsplash I had climbed trees for a long time as a child. It was an escape for me and I also had a different look on life, the yard, and my pretend life. (More on my pretend life later.) My mom and dad thought the way to make a childContinue reading “Another Walnut Tree”
Rhapsodic Photo by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash Note: This was first posted on my blog on aletajacobsonartist.com. I wanted to share this with you to continue the conversation. Let me know in the comments how you feel about this concept of “pending euphoria.” Have you experienced this in your creative life? Euphoria: from the Greek euphoros:Continue reading “Rhapsodic”
I Teach Art Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Why do you teach art? This is a question I get all the time. I am not a formal teacher, but somehow, someway I can teach art to people. When I was a child about 3rd or 4th grade, I’d set up a “classroom” on our back patio. IContinue reading “I Teach Art”
Embracing Change: Transitioning to a New Format If you’ve been following my blog and wondering where I’ve been lately, the mystery is finally unveiled. I’m excited to announce that I’m in the midst of a significant transition to a fresh format! It’s a journey I’ve been eagerly anticipating, and I’m thrilled to share it with you. Change is inevitable, and as creators,Continue reading “Embracing Change: Transitioning to a New Format”
Thank you As the year comes to a close, I wanted to send a holiday greeting and a big “Thank You” to all. I’m filled with gratitude and joy from all of you. Whether we met in a class or you purchased my art in some form, I am so grateful that our paths have crossed. I’veContinue reading “Thank you”
Lunch From the Garden My connection to nature goes back to my very early years as a kid. I’d spend weekends with my grandparents at least one or two times a month. I had all of their ranches to roam and explore and all of nature around the rural community of Chino, CA. My grandfather had a green arm.Continue reading “Lunch From the Garden”
Blowing Wind Artwork based on nature can take many forms and serve many purposes. Because “nature” is such an immense topic that encompasses so many things, I can only provide a partial list of the various sub topics that may appear in nature-related artwork: https://www.art-is-fun.com/nature-in-art Nature can be a simple add on to a painting to convey aContinue reading “Blowing Wind “
Keep Your Creative Juices Flowing To create everyday can be a challenge. Things that are not about art seem to get in the way: dishes, laundry, and even day jobs. But if you can carve out 5 minutes a day to create a bit of art, you would be amazed by what happens. Stampington has a line of magazines toContinue reading “Keep Your Creative Juices Flowing”
Changing Direction At the beginning of the year, I created a vision board. I’ve been creating one or two a year for about five years. This one was all about what inspired me. There were things I thought I’d like to make and colors I was drawn to. It didn’t stay that way for long. In March,Continue reading “Changing Direction”
See you at CHA! Hello CHA Hoppers, Last year was my first time at CHA. I had no idea what it even was. For those of you that don’t know the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA), here’s the story: This association is “celebrating 75 years of connecting the creative arts and crafts industry. CHA Mega Conference and Trade ShowContinue reading “See you at CHA!”
You Don’t Have To Have A Degree In Art…….. We sometimes think that unless we learn it all that we can’t create a great work of art. That is not so. Art is about willing to take risks and play and explore. Artists throughout the ages used their tools, took risks and explored to drive their art. Picasso was one of these artists thatContinue reading “You Don’t Have To Have A Degree In Art……..”
Getting the New Year off to an Art Start Hello All, After all the crazy times of the holidays I always try and review my art and projects that worked and what didn’t work. I look at the things I’ve created and see if this the direction I want to continue. After all that work I have to get myself back to creating andContinue reading “Getting the New Year off to an Art Start”
2014 in review…Thank you to all who visited my blog/webpage The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 470 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 8 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see theContinue reading “2014 in review…Thank you to all who visited my blog/webpage”
Classes And Workshops This is a new website for me. I have shut down my aletajacobsonart511 website to combine my site and blog. This is the way to go if you ask me. So much easier and time saving so I can create art and teach more classes. One day I plan to have online classes right hereContinue reading “Classes And Workshops”
Texture In Art It’s Monday. I have buried myself in papers for weeks. Collage papers, notes, grocery lists, articles about art, and notes for this blog. I have been digging out for a few days now and I have found some interesting things about texture. And I have been using it in my artwork. I love texture. ThereContinue reading “Texture In Art”
New kind of painting When I see things that interest me I need to know “how that was done.” So the first thing I do is study it and work it over in my brain to see what was used and how it was used and so on. This has been good for me but sometimes an impediment also.Continue reading “New kind of painting”
Art Store in Progress Hi All! I have just today added an art store to my blog! There, you can see some of the work I do and purchase some small works and maybe more, as time marches on. I currently have only one department, but be sure to check back soon for more updates! New things will beContinue reading “Art Store in Progress”
Cleaning Stencils Having a free Monday is a treat for me. Most of the time Mondays are a big clean up or finish up of the weekend. Not that we throw thrash and things around but you know those last dribs and drabs that didn’t get done?With not too much to do around the house I gaveContinue reading “Cleaning Stencils”
Absents Make For Messes Absents does not always make the heart grow fonder. I have not been back here for a very long time….again. I think it was August 2012. Little did I know that someone sent me a message and I did not see it. They wanted to feature my blog posting about my trip to Taos, NM. I wasContinue reading “Absents Make For Messes”
Create For You As I have said many times before, it’s been awhile. You know how it goes. Minutes turn into hours; hours turn into days, and before you know it, it’s been months. Sigh. The last time I wrote here, I had just come back from an intensive art study in Taos, NM. I was a bit frustratedContinue reading “Create For You”
Trip to Taos, NM On April 21st. a fellow artist and myself left for an intensive art seminar in Taos, NM.We were told to bring every little thing you might need for 8 days of creating. There are no art stores in Taos anymore. We filled a midsize SUV with our supplies, snacks, and cameras. Views in AZ We arrivedContinue reading “Trip to Taos, NM”
Going to Santa Barbara For the past two years I have traveled to Santa Barbara for an art workshop. I am taking the workshop again this year. I enjoy the presenter so much. He is Skip Lawrence. A great watercolorest plus he makes learning fun. Every morning before we start to paint he gives a lecture and slide show.Continue reading “Going to Santa Barbara”
"Make Writing a Happy Habit" Time seems to go so fast. It’s the middle of March but it was just December, right? I find that I can get myself into too many things so fast that I am drowning in papers, photos of my work, and business. I have to work very hard to keep on a schedule. It’s a habitContinue reading “"Make Writing a Happy Habit"”
Post Class As promised, photos of some of the papers that were created. The students said that they had a good time and now want to use the papers they created, in a project. So next Thursday which is our “Painting Day”, they will bring their papers and a sub straight to create a collage. I amContinue reading “Post Class”
Collage Paper Class My hubby and I spent the day setting up for my new class, Collage Paper.Four people have signed up for the class and I am so excited to share all the ways to make papers for collage.We will be altering brown paper bags, newsprint, newspapers, card stock, tissue paper, Mulberry papers and National Graphic MagazineContinue reading “Collage Paper Class”
Collage Class 2/16/12 Some friends/fellow artists kept asking me to teach a class. I wasn’t sure and was a bit worried. But I got over that and did it. After a failed attempt a few months ago in a different venue I decided to try to teach this class here at my home. The students made two framedContinue reading “Collage Class 2/16/12”
Vacation Backlash After a wonderful vacation in Brookings, OR on the coast I was ready to get home. We were gone for 9 days. My husband and I drove. Well, I drove and he was co pilot. We were with his family in OR. They had rented a big house on the beach and we allContinue reading “Vacation Backlash”
