Category Archives: Books

Aug11

Creative Juice #54

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Twelve more sources of creative inspiration:

The guitar in art.
Beautiful modern quilts.
Man’s best friend.
The loveliest GIFs ever.
I always love seeing Suhita Shirodkar’s sketches.
When I was in high school in the late 1960s, I sometimes took the bus into New York City so I could wander through Central Park.
Unique, affordable travel accommodations.
Take a walk in the garden.
Prize-winning travel photos from the National Geographic contest.
A new application for the Five Second Rule.
Pixilation enters the world of sculpture.
Lessons learned at Uffizi Gallery.

Aug4

Creative Juice #53

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Twelve creative articles for you to enjoy! May they inspire you on your artistic journey.

Living in that uncomfortable place where you want to just create, but you have to pay bills.
John Singer Sargent’s visual harmony.
Photography: Princess Diana being a mom.
Sculpture from garbage.
How to paint heather. (Click the picture—it’s a video.)
Good reading list. I’ve read at least seven of these. Disliked one, though.
Gorgeous photographs. I just wish there were captions listing the locations they were taken.
Watch these quilting videos, and enter this quilt giveaway today!
You can never have too much summer.
Thinking of visiting San Francisco? This will change your mind. Maybe.
Minimalism in photography.
An artist’s allegiance to watercolor.

Jul28

GuestFeatured Book Giveaway: Second Grade Holdout by Audrey Vernick

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Do you have a soon-to-be second grader who’s feeling apprehensive about school? This looks like a great book! Thank you to Kathy Temean for hosting this giveaway.

Writing and Illustrating

Audrey Vernick is the author of 17 children’s books. Her latest came out on July 4th and she has agreed to donate a copy of SECOND GRADE HOLDOUT for one lucky visitor. If you would like to win a copy, please leave a comment, reblog, tweet, or talk about SECOND GRADE HOLDOUT on Facebook with a link and you will get additional chances to win. Just let me know the other things you did to share the good news, so I can put the right amount of tickets in my basket for you. Check back to discover the winner.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

The comically anxious narrator in this book thought that first grade had its problems, but overall it was pretty awesome. He’ll take grade one over grade two any day, thank you very much! Especially because he and Tyler, his best friend, will not be in the same class this school…

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Jul28

Creative Juice #52

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Your weekly fix of artistic inspiration.

House block quilts.
Palm paintings.
Advice about creativity.
A closer look at Gustav Klimt’s painting, The Kiss.
How to get really good at something.
I am such a terrible mother. I never even thought of doing this. My girls are now in their twenties and thirties. Maybe when (if) I have granddaughters…
Photos of Jersey City and Manhattan. (As a former Jersey girl, I get a little homesick when I see scenes like these.)
Do you have too many books? Maybe not.
Amazing footage captured on a security camera and the science behind it.
Art with an expiration date.
How an engineering student became a children’s book illustrator.
What do you see in the clouds?

Jul21

Creative Juice #51

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Your weekly dose of artistic inspiration:

Child photography.
I like to take a peek at quilt group meetings.
An intriguing reading list.
Less than eight months to go:
Nature illustrations by Kim Kurki.
This looks like a fun project.
Topiaries.
Where do creative ideas come from?
What to do with old mufflers.
A vicarious trip to Kauai.
Checking out art at the Whitney Museum, NYC.
Beautiful doors. If you want to see more, consider following Norm 2.0. He hosts a photography challenge called Thursday Doors that a lot of shutter bugs participate in.

Jul14

Creative Juice #50

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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This week’s dozenly dose of creative articles:

Personally, I love reading young adult novels. Here are this year’s best sellers.
Breathtaking blue quilts.
This looks like a great workspace setup.
Photos of surreal beauty and long-past glory…
Did you know you can cultivate habits that make you smarter?
These dishes give me the creeps, and yet I admire their artistry.
Don’t fall into the comparison trap. Would you believe Henri Matisse felt he did not measure up to the other artists of his day?
Kauai is on my bucket list, but one of my favorite artists is there now.
The ultimate artist DIY—making your own paints.
Inspiration for writers.
Beautiful illustrations by Tina MacNaughton.
Map of the world, redesigned to eliminate distortion.

Jul7

Creative Juice #49

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Are you ready for a baker’s dozen doses of inspiration?

Have you noticed how everything is coming up Wonder Woman? (Haven’t seen it yet. Probably should.)
Here’s an interesting reading list.
Octopi as art objects with function.
Cute quilt show. I encourage you to click on the photos so you can view enlargements.
What making art does to your brain.
Are you nostalgic about electric guitars?
Prize-winning dog photographs.
Art in the elementary school unnecessary? I think not.
Here’s a cool way to celebrate your pregnancy.
I love that this artist sketches at concerts.
I wish I lived close enough to the Whitney Museum to see this Alexander Calder exhibit first hand.
Gorgeous animal photography.
Terrific summer activity for kids (but it’s okay to try this if you’re an adult)!

Jun23

Creative Juice #47

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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A baker’s dozen of inspiring ideas to enhance your creativity:

What a Pitti—artist inspired by Renaissance masterpieces.
I love this artist’s blog. This post is from April, hence the Easter eggs; but there was so much good stuff in it I had to share.
Everyone should have a dragon in their yard.
Writing exercises.
I love Ann Voskamp’s blog, because she puts a lot of ordinary beauty into it. Here’s her take on creativity.
Yeah, college is great; but it’s not for everybody. Better yet is being a lifetime learner using virtually free resources.
This is why that package you were waiting for took so long to arrive.
Soap sculptures.
The once-thriving AIR recording studio is now in ruins.
If you want to be creative while you’re traveling this summer, put together a little kit like this one.
How to throw a medieval birthday party for your kids. (I’m so bummed my kids are too old for this. Maybe I’ll throw one for my next birthday.)
A good reading list.
What Debbi Ridpath Ohi can do with broken crayons. Look how expressive the faces are.

Jun17

Why and How to Read to your Baby

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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This article first appeared on Doing Life Together.

Doing Life Together

All five of my children knew how to read by the time they entered kindergarten.

Are they incredibly brilliant? Yes. But more than anything else, I attribute their early grasp of a complicated but vital skill to the fact that my husband and I read to our children from the time they were babies.

story-time-with-mom-by-devinf-on-flickr Photo by devinf on flickr

At what age should I introduce my baby to books?

Somewhere from three to five months, while holding the baby in your lap, page through a board book with him. He will try to wrest it from your hands and put it into his mouth. That’s what babies do—they explore the world with their taste buds and their sensitive tongues. Let him have it, and gently try to draw his attention to the pictures.

This step is a lot easier if you have already been showing him things in his environment and…

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Jun8

Video of the Week #101: For Reading Out Loud

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Video of the Week #101: For Reading Out Loud

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