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Bonus: Collaboration for Art and Heart
Collaboration#gmseasonofcollaborationFor the Season of Collaboration, Claudette Hasenjager and Char DeRouin led the way to nurture a safe space for artists to find their...
Inspired Artist Interview with Caylee Grey
This video originally appeared in Misty Olsen's Inspired Artist's series. In this series, Misty interviews artists to instill confidence and clarity in your creative practice.
Stop. Collaborate. And Listen…
Collaboration#gmseasonofcollaborationGrab your supplies and create as you listen to Char and Claudette talk about everything that goes into a successful collaboration. Then...
Be moved by Char
X#gmseasonofXWhy do you art journal? Art journaling is a beautiful form of expression; a way to tell your story through various forms of art. Art journaling has...
Magic Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofmagic"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...
Brave Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofbrave"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...
Continue Exploring
This class has given you tools for your arsenal in the journey that is your Unfolding. Now, it is up to you to continue exploring, connecting, and deepening.Resources to continue meditating and support your practice: Meditation Apps Calm Headspace Insight Timer 10%...
Insight into a successful collaboration
Collaboration#gmseasonofcollaborationBefore you get started, here's some inspir-action from the Color Concepts Collaboration by Char and Claudette.Action StepsBe inspired...
Lists Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonoflists"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way of...
Words Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofwords"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...
Adventure Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofadventure"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery...
Rory Grimes is all about normalising the messy middle
Interview with art journal artist, Rory Grimes.
Amanda Trought is encouraged and stretched from creative community
Interview with Amanda Trought about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Mou Saha’s art journal is an intimate friend
Interview with Mou Saha about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Felicitas Mayer explores creative freedom, calms her mind and grounds herself with art journaling
Interview with Felicitas Mayer about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Kiala Givehand stays inspired, intentional, and in alignment through creative community
Interview with Kiala Givehand about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Encouragement Inspir-action
EncouragementFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofencouragement[instagram-feed type="hashtag"...
Brooke Gorrell-Beaudoin makes the heaviness of the real world feel a little bit lighter through art journaling
Interview with art journal artist, Brooke Gorrell-Beaudoin.
Vulnerability Inspir-action
VulnerabilityFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofvulnerability[instagram-feed type="hashtag"...
Promise Inspir-action
Promise#gmseasonofpromiseFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofpromise[instagram-feed...
Let’s Share a Sketchbook!
Mindfulness#gmseasonofmindfulnessIsn’t it so fun to take a peek into someone else’s art journal? I just love that! It’s so interesting to see...
The Community – Connect With Your Creative Family
Get Messy is a safe space. You can be yourself here, you can be vulnerable, and we’ll meet you with a whole bunch of love and excitement. Welcome to your creative home…
FAQ + Where to Find Help
It’s the last lesson of your Get Messy Orientation. After this, you’ll be a fully-fledged Messian.
A Guide to Collaborating
Collaboration#gmseasonofcollaborationThis season we are partnering up with another artist. You can find the partner with Get Messy’s help or on your own. Here are some tips...
Take Time to Freaking Make with Anna Baer
Why is it so difficult to just. make. art? We know how much we love it and how it feeds our soul. We know it makes us better in a multitude of ways, but sometimes even the thing we love the most can feel like a massive effort. I talk to Anna Baer, aka Olive Green Anna, about this. We talk about her mad skills – in creating art, in getting others to make art, and in pep talking directly to the heart.
Music Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofmusic"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way of...
Serenity Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofserenity"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery...
Barbara Martin uses art journaling to express her feelings
Interview with art journal artist, Barbara Martin.
Risa Iwasaki Culbertson stays inspired, accountable, and curious
Interview with Risa Iwasaki Culbertson about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
All of Tammy Murdock flows into her journals
Interview with Tammy Murdock about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Kay Losey’s creative practice provides the left brain with a much-needed break while the right brain enjoys itself making
Interview with art journal artist, Kay Losey.
Awe Inspir-action
AweFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofawe[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofawe" showcaption=false...
Traci Taylor’s heart is bursting all over her journal pages and out into the world
Interview with art journal artist, Traci Taylor.
Noor Unnahar creates freely, without the boundaries of perfection
Interview with Noor Unnahar about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Tamara Egem practices self-love in her art journals
Interview with Tamara Egem about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Cindy Gilstrap finds magic in creative flow
Interview with art journal artist, Cindy Gilstrap.
Flow Inspir-action
FlowFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofflow[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofflow" showcaption=false...
Shannon Yates makes art that is not about perfection; but rather about self-expression
Interview with art journal artist, Shannon Yates.
Arlyna embraces the messy middle
Interview with Arlyna about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Cathy Nichols follows joy in her journal
Interview with Cathy Nichols about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Slow Inspir-action
SlowFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofslow[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofslow" showcaption=false...
Janet Joehlin makes good art, bad art, ugly art
Interview with art journal artist, Janet Joehlin.
Flo untangles her heart through art journaling
Interview with art journal artist, Flo (@Flo_HereThere).
Chapters Inspir-action
ChaptersFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofchapters[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofchapters"...
Shilpa Nagaonkar forgets everything when she makes art and her hands are messy with paint
Interview with art journal artist, Shilpa Nagaonkar.
Mandy expects, accepts, and embraces imperfections in art
Interview with art journal artist, Mandy “MediaMixerArt”.
Ideas Inspir-action
IdeasFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofideas[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofideas"...
Tanya Hardy-Dobney balances the endless to-do lists of her crazy life with art
Interview with art journal artist, Tanya Hardy-Dobney.
Start with Gratitude with Tiare Smith
Interview with Tiare Smith about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Jana Clinard Harris finds community invaluable to her survival as a creative person
Interview with Jana Clinard Harris about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Eva Donges puts herself on the page.
Interview with art journal artist, Eva Donges.
e bond finds a safe space where anything is allowed in her sketchbook
Interview with e bond about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Art journaling is a Alyssa Griese’s non-judgemental playground
Interview with Alyssa Griese about art journaling, creative practices, advice, and what to do in a creative rut. Take a peek into the art, and heart of your new favourite artist…
Wendy McGowen creates daily
Interview with art journal artist, Wendy McGowen.
Heart Inspir-action
HeartFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofheart[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofheart"...
Karen Price finds freedom to play in her art journal
Interview with art journal artist, Karen Price.
Meghan Deinhard allows her inspiration to express itself in little books
Interview with art journal artist, Meghan Deinhard.
Mess Inspir-action
MessFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofmess[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofmess" showcaption=false...
Sheri Sears is messy and perpetually covered in paint and cuts
Interview with art journal artist, Sheri Sears.
OK Inspir-action
OKFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofok[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofok" showcaption=false...
Misty Granade uses art journaling as an artistic springboard
Interview with art journal artist, Misty Granade.
Sarah Gardner connects to herself through art journaling
Interview with art journal artist, Sarah Gardner aka Juicy*S.
Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd finds magic in the process
Interview with art journal artist, Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd
Tanya Watson combines self-improvement and art with art journaling
Interview with art journal artist, Tanya Watson
Camila Garcia knows that mistakes are important to creative growth
Artist SpotlightWhat journal do you use? I am at the beginning of my art journal practice and therefore I am still experimenting with different types of journals. At the moment I am using a Fabriano Venezia, which is a little bigger than an A4 size...
Shemi Dixon experiments without restraint
Artist SpotlightWhat is art journaling to you? It helps me to exercise my creative muscles and idea. Art journal for me is more process-driven. I love to create meaningful pages. Art journaling allows me to experiment with my creativity in a way that...
Sara Barnes expresses her world through art journaling
Interview with art journal artist, Sara Barnes.
Enough Inspir-action
EnoughFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofenough[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofenough"...
Courage Inspir-action
CourageFill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofcourage[instagram-feed type="hashtag" hashtag="#gmseasonofcourage"...
Cultivation Inspir-action
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Meet Shay
Mindfulness#gmseasonofmindfulnessIt all started with an IKEA blue rolly cart, some art supplies and my dining room table. Hi! I'm Shay, a mixed...
Meet Katerina
Spark#gmseasonofsparkMy name is Kay or Katerina or just Milk, which comes from my instagram handle: MercurialMilk! I discovered Art Journaling in 2015 after reading an interview...
Meet Maria
Focus#gmseasonoffocusMeet Maria, who found healing for her carpal tunnel syndrome in art journaling.I'm Maria, a self taught artist. My work is a mix of black and white florals,...
Meet Lynissa
Finishing#gmseasonoffinishingLynissa Hayes is a artist, crafter, photographer and explorer of creative pursuits. She is a lover of color and finds bliss in the simple everyday process of making....