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”
The After Christmas Decorations You know the way you pack a suite case when you are leaving on a trip? You make everything fit. But when you go to re pack your stuff to come home it’s hard to make it work. You didn’t even add anything and all your stuff just won’t fit. This is my story ofContinue reading “The After Christmas Decorations”
A Day At Trails End Ranch Friends love you no matter what. You can be away from them for a long time and when you get back together you pick up right where you left off. It’s been awhile since my friend Laura and I have got together. Today I went to Laura’s place. I say place because she lives onContinue reading “A Day At Trails End Ranch”
Collaging Into the Night After a day and night of creating I thought it would be good to take a break.Getting ready for an exhibit, show or art sale takes it’s toll on my brain and body. I still believe that art can heal and it does have restorative powers. I am living proof. Creating all day and intoContinue reading “Collaging Into the Night”
Making Some Changes Updated some links and added some new ones that you all might like to check out. Would like your constructive criticism on my new format of the blog.
Infusing Art and Writing Working with an a coach can get you going. They have fresh eyes. They listen, or they should, to your ideas, hopes and wondering how to put it all together. I have tried a few coaches. Some not so good. I think a coach needs to be patience. I know that one I worked withContinue reading “Infusing Art and Writing”
Getting Art Together It’s been awhile. Things happen. Things change. Things get in the way.I have been going non stop with art this year. I have some good classes under my belt and some great times sharing art with friends. The classes have a side benefit. You meet new people or you reconnect with people you have metContinue reading “Getting Art Together”
Another Creative Class I took a soldering class yesterday. I knew how to solder before but had not used my tools or created anything for about 2 years. Showed up at Garden of Beaden in Upland, CA with tools to create a decorated old bottle. Being the over zealot art freak that I am I decided to doContinue reading “Another Creative Class”
New Art Books I just bought some new art books. Not too exciting for you maybe, but for me it was. One is titled “A Daily Creativity Journal 365 Make Something Every Day And Change Your Life”. The author gave himself a task of creation an original artwork every day for a year. He chose to make Skulls.Continue reading “New Art Books”
I can see that life can get too too busy. I get on the ball that is my life and keep rolling along as if something would happen to me if I just stepped off. I could. Don’t know why I don’t.I remember a time when I first had my skate board. In the 60’s.Continue reading
