Category Archives: Books

Aug23

Creative Juice #152

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Creative Juice #152

Nudge your creativity into action with these wonderful ideas:

Laser-cut sculptures.
I love to read about an artist’s journey.
Want to be smarter? Do these 24 things every day.
Masterful embroidery on tulle.
What happens when a squirrel gets his paws on a GoPro?
Beautiful art quilts.
I always like to know what book clubs are reading. These books all sound wonderful!
Make sketching an everyday habit.
Want your children to find their own solutions to their problems?
Amazing street art.
I love checking out the responses to Zentangle challenges. These are so gorgeous.
This is from a few years ago, but still impressive: County Fair quilts.

Aug16

Creative Juice #151

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Creative Juice #151

Inspiring stuff:

Beautiful fungi.
You become more skillful as a result of practice. One watercolorist’s story.
Kinetic art made out of paper.
Advice you can take even if you’re older than 21. You’re never too late to grow wise.
How to write 12 books in 12 months.
Helpful resources for the journey called Life.
Wish your exercise routine could make you more creative? Think color.
Crumpled art.
I’ve only seen a few of these, and some of them were hard to watch, but this list of classic movies is noteworthy.
I wish I’d seen this article before we remodeled our home. . .
This article is from a few years ago, but the reasons to read and suggested books are still compelling.
Some sketches from Amsterdam (and links to lots more).

Aug9

Creative Juice #150

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Creative Juice #150

An eclectic collection of inspiration:

Sketching and painting on the go.
Talk about finding a bargain at the thrift store. . .
Amy Winehouse wasn’t even on my radar until Rehab, but it wasn’t until after she was gone that I discovered how talented she really was.
These are not your ordinary balloon animals.
Any publishers out there interested in an amazing pop-up book?
My idea of heaven: going to a sketching symposium.
Gorgeous street art.
Did you ever lend out a book, never to see it again? Maybe these inscriptions will shame your friends into returning your tomes. . .
Creative photo editing.
Embroidered jewelry.
Man wins Sony World Photography Award for his pictures of Romania.
Rising from the ashes.

Aug2

Creative Juice #149

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Creative Juice #149

Read these wonderful articles, and spend the rest of the weekend creating stuff.

Burning Man artists exhibiting at the Smithsonian.
What Neil Gaiman says about free public libraries.
Gorgeous watercolors.
Lovely quilts.
Sketching in Amsterdam.
Artwork, some assembli required.
Back-to-school craft.
What creative people can learn from Picasso.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with Zentangle.
These books of short stories look so good that I just ordered 3 of them.
As a child of the 1950s, I dreamed of going to Disneyland. I never made it until I was 40.
We adopted a two-year-old chihuahua, and he didn’t read these posters. Why you should adopt an older pet.

Jul12

Creative Juice #146

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Creative Juice #146

Happy to provide your weekend inspiration. You’re welcome.

Recipe for watercolor.
Summer reading list.
The case for a limited palette.
Joan Miro at MOMA.
Botany is stranger than fiction. A plant that looks like a hummingbird.
Zentangles on a fatherly theme.
His boss’ retirement and an illness made him homeless. His art saved his life.
Illustrator Danny Beck’s journey.
Three-dimensional murals.
Gorgeous quilts! Be sure to scroll all the way down, because all are amazing.
Author George Saunders talks about writing.
In praise of child-made toys.

Jul5

Creative Juice #145

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Creative Juice #145

Lots of artsy stuff this week:

How we learn by copying others.
Okay, I admit it—I’m afraid to draw humans. Urban sketcher Suhita Shirodkar explains how to get over that fear.
Mark Rothko, king of color.
Peter’s Basilica and Michelangelo’s Pieta.
Basic watercolor tips.
Fashion dolls for a purpose.
Stuff I didn’t know about Roald Dahl and The BFG.
I want these Frida Kahlo Vans!
29 artists interpret a Happy tangle.
These books all sound great!
Some very interesting photos and how they were set up. (I’m not trying the fire one. Just sayin’.)
An artist interprets a 15^th century Japanese screen painting.

Jun28

Creative Juice #144

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Creativity + skill = masterpiece!

I love it when artists explain their processes. Suhita Shirodkar describes how she captured children frolicking in a water feature.
Experiments with monochromatics.
Even if you’re not obsessed with Star Wars, you should see this article for the Annie Liebowitz photographs.
Art at the Vatican.
Do you have an idea notebook? Are you using it correctly? Take the pressure off.
Great news for Hunger Games fans: Suzanne Collins is writing a prequel!
A village transformed by color.
Traditional folk costumes from around the world.
How the Louvre will be celebrating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death.
Some favorite movie dance scenes.
Scrap quilt ideas.
I love tagging along on Nathalie’s stroll through her neighborhood.

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