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March 17, 2016Editor's PicksDate: Thursday, March 31st, 2016 Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET Where: Your Computer Enjoy a live webinar with mixed-media artist Roxanne Evans Stout! We will peek inside her new book, Storytelling with Collage as Roxanne shares her best …
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Editor’s Pick
Editor's Pick
Editor's PicksDate: Thursday, March 31st, 2016 Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM ET Where: Your Computer Enjoy a live webinar with mixed-media artist Roxanne Evans Stout! We will peek inside her new book, Storytelling with Collage as Roxanne shares her best …
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March 11, 2016Art JournalingEditor's PicksMake: Mixed Media Art ProjectsWatch previews and find out about 4 new hand lettering instructional videos from artist Joanne Sharpe, author of The Art of Whimsical Lettering.
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The Creative Life
April 25, 2014The Creative Life: A Mixed Media BlogToday we feature a podcast with Sal and Ellen, the creators of Art Is You retreats, as they talk about Living in Generosity.
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The Open Window
The Open Window: Plant Your Creativity Where It Will Thrive
Creativity is like a plant: it only thrives in an environment that meets its needs. Quinn McDonald explains further in “The Open Window.”
The Open Window: The Gift of Practice
In our fast-paced society we often try to skip past the practice while expecting perfection on the first try. Quinn McDonald explains why practice can be better than perfect.
The Open Window: Taking Care of the Edges
Mixed media artist, Quinn McDonald shares insights on creativity, this time in the form of advice from her scientist father about spreading peanut butter.
The Open Window: Emotional Triggers
Underlying fears can send us running off in a panic, but Quinn explains how we can come to notice when we’ve been triggered and can be present with fear.
The Open Window: The Inner Critic MacGuffin
In this blog post, mixed-media artist, Quinn MacDonald, compares the artist’s inner critic to the vanishing MacGuffin tactic in films and television. She also explains the new book she’s working on and tells how you could be involved!
The Open Window: Behind the Fear of an Artist
Have you ever considered how what you see as your faults may actually be strengths that simply need to be turned down a bit? Quinn explains how looking deep inside can help us quit playing the blame game.
The Open Window: Leveraging Your Day Job for Your Art Life
Want to get rid of your day job so you can concentrate on your art? Quinn McDonald shares why that might not be the best idea while providing other suggestions for making time to make art.
The Open Window: The Placebo Permission Slip
Quinn adapts the idea of a placebo pill to creativity. She explains how giving yourself permission to take time to be creative in conjunction with receiving encouragement and eliminating negativity can jump start your creative life.
The Open Window: First Aid for Creative Injury
You know what to do for a sports injury, but are you prepared to deal with the results of creative injury? Quinn explains how the process is surprisingly similar.
The Open Window: The Authentic You
Quinn McDonald gives us an interesting perspective on the notion that we need to feel we are being authentic in everything we do; authentic in our art, authentic in our interactions with others, authentic in our various roles. Does authenticity affect our level of compassion?