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...
Serenity Inspir-action
Dig in
Art Journal Catalysts
Inspiration
2.1 Visual Emotions
Hello everyone, it’s Vanessa (aka @dansmoncrane) and I am very excited to be here with you. Thank you to Get Messy for inviting me to participate in this wonderful class by LaQuisha. Paper...
1.1 Welcome to Window View
Hey everyone! LaQuisha here (aka Confident Canvas). I began my creative journey young, but only officially made myself known as an artist in 2016. I absolutely love Bible journaling, hand...
Ease + Joy Suggested Journal
Ease + Joy#gmseasonofease#gmseasonofjoyThis season, the suggested journal is a ZINE. Need some inspiration? Here ya go!If you'd like to dig into zines, Ama-ZINE will be released for...
Visual Catalysts
ResourceVisual CatalystsBelow are tiny peeks of 21 of our most popular catalysts. Try these out at random, choose one that speaks to your heart, or pick one per day for 21 days to skyrocket your creative habit. These come from Your First 21 Days at Get Messy workbook.
Whimsy + Curiosity Artist Date
Whimsy + Curiosity#gmseasonofwhimsy #gmseasonofcuriosityThis season, the suggested artist date is a museum date. Artist dates fire up the imagination. They spark whimsy....
Whimsy + Curiosity Suggested Journal
Whimsy + Curiosity#gmseasonofwhimsy #gmseasonofcuriosityThis season, the suggested journal is a Handbound Journal. Need some inspiration? Here ya go!If you'd like to dig...
Anatomy of a Journal
In this lesson, I share with you what is typically in a journal spread.
Why Journal?
Why Journal? I share my journaling journey and why it’s so important to document your days.
Welcome to DYD
Hello everyone, and welcome to Documenting Your Days. This class is all about using journaling as a tool to document your days in whatever format you find useful for your process...
Pleasure + Liberation Artist Date
Pleasure + Liberation#gmseasonofpleasure #gmseasonofliberationThis season, the suggested artist date is a cafe date. Go to your favorite cafe in town or a new one in a...
Courageous Adventures in Art Journaling Wrap Up
Well, we’ve come to the end of our Courageous Adventures in Art Journaling with all of you, and it wouldn’t be complete without a final flip through - but first, we want to thank...
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
invitation to join the Listening Path
3. Studio
Transcript So, my own personal rule for artist dates, and for taking along a little travel log, even if it's an everyday travel log, is that I only use found materials. So, I'm going to show you a whole beautiful bunch of examples. Now, I have a lot...
2. Outside
Transcript I'm currently at a park. It's one of my favorite parks because it comes with a castle. Hello, I'm in Germany, so castles are pretty average around here. And I'm going to take you along with me, and show you kind of the way I take myself on...
Renewal Inspir-action
Renewal inspiraction
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...
Ideas for non-zine journals and ideas for using self-portraits
Self#gmseasonofselfAre you a zine non-believer? It's okay. The zine won't take it personally. I'm sharing a few alternatives to creating a zine for the season. Because you are such...
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,...
Release + Return Artist Date
Release + Return#gmseasonofrelease#gmseasonofreturnThis season, the suggested artist date is a friend date. Artist dates fire up the imagination. They spark whimsy. They...
Release + Return Suggested Journal
Release + Return#gmseasonofrelease#gmseasonofreturnThis season, the suggested journal is a Bound, Rebound, or Found Journal. A bound journal is one you find in the store, with...
Ease + Joy Artist Date
Ease + Joy#gmseasonofease#gmseasonofjoyOur recommended artist date for this season is a home date. Artist dates fire up the imagination. They spark whimsy. They encourage play....
Brush lettering inspir-action
Steven#gmseasonofstevenA selection of brush lettering from my journal archives...Action Steps be inspired to actionImperfect brush letteringStencils + Script
Inspir-action for this season
Steven#gmseasonofstevenIn this lesson I'm sharing a Steven Pressfield journal that I created for The Minimalist Art Journal 2. MAJ2 is a premium class here at Get Messy that isn't...
Who the heck is Steven?
Steven#gmseasonofstevenThat's Steven. Still have no idea? I'm so excited to tell you...Action Steps get excited!head on over to the next lesson to choose your...
Choosing your Steven and your journal
Steven#gmseasonofstevenA Season of Literal Steven If you'd like to join me in digging into Steven's words for the season, here are my three favourite books of his: Do The Work:...