Category Archives: Design

Jul29

Creative Juice #305

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Wonderful articles to enjoy this weekend.

These designs should win awards.
Breathtaking horse photographs.
Practice to grow as a writer.
Photographs of geographic formations and natural disasters. The top photo is the beginning of the slideshow.
Thoughts on a scrappy Christmas (or not) quilt.
The discovery of a previously unknown self-portrait by van Gogh.
Creating new creatures by collage.
Multi-media artist Judi Kauffman.
Children’s book illustrator Katie Mazeika.
Thoughts on religious art and on Carracci’s The Lamentationin particular.
I could vacation here.
Parenting book recommendations.

Apr22

Creative Juice #291

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Especially heavy on writing articles this week.

A fort and a tightrope walker in India.
Wonderful designs.
Some Russian music is technically Ukranian. . .
I so need to go on a quilting retreat. I’m jealous.
Why some architects are redesigning existing buildings instead of starting from scratch.
For the novelists: what’s rough about writing a rough draft?
22 paying markets for spiritual freelance writers.
More for the fiction authors: how to sneak exposition into dialogue.
For the bloggers: how to get more mileage out of an old post.
More for the fiction authors: using cinematography devices in your novel.
I love reading Young Adult fiction. But some teens don’t. Here’s why.
The creative/performance zone (also known as the groove).

Apr1

Creative Juice #288

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Today’s installment of CJ is all from Bored Panda. I am an addict. The world stops for an hour whenever I get an email update. You’ll see why:

Sweet dogs.
Great freebie finds.
The joy of owning an old cat.
Underwater photo contest.
Beautiful mosaics.
Gorgeous design.
I love these creative miniature dioramas featuring repurposed everyday items.
Award-winning nature photography.
Wisdom from teachers. You may need a Kleenex.
Prize-winning photographs.
Gotta love Germany.
Adorable animal pictures.

Nov12

Creative Juice #268

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Stuff to admire, stuff to make, stuff to think about.

Beautiful quilts from the International Quilt Festival.
A quick quilted Christmas stocking to make out of leftover strips of fabric.
How to achieve balance in your life. (Spoiler alert: you can’t have it all.)
Harry Potter bookmarks and gift tags to print out.
I could use a watercolor mentor. Maybe you could too.
I can’t remember if I’ve shared this artist’s Instagram page before. But maybe you haven’t seen it lately. I especially love what she does with her hand-made stamps.
Someday I’m going to take a sketching workshop.
Gorgeous pendant lights laser-cut from corrugated cardboard.
Quirky vintage photographs that will leave you wanting more.
Most of what I read on Bored Panda is funny. This article is just plain interesting. People explaining why an expensive purchase was actually a great deal.
A writer/illustrator’s process as she creates a children’s book with special meaning for her. (And there’s a book giveaway.)
I love what Nathalie’s doing in her vintage ledger with her rubber stamps.

May7

Video of the Week #252: How to Fold a Really Good Paper Airplane

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Mar26

Video of the Week: Buy a Castle for $1M

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Mar13

Creative Juice #181

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Yeah, lots of art.

They say everyone has a double.
Quilters, do you need some ideas for your sewing room?
What Tchaikovsky worried about.
Tulips imagined as tangles.
Here are some Coronavirus-related items that were briefly available on Etsy.
Portraits of Malian women from the 1960s.
Comic combining two of my favorite things: dancing and books.
This is the article that inspired the recent movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
What it’s like to be a painter of icons.
The importance of adult encouragers to young artists.
Beautiful architectural art.
Every one of these made me laugh. And I live in Arizona, where some of these National Parks Genius.

Dec27

Creative Juice #170

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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Our last collection of curated inspiration for 2019:

Photographs of balloons.
Beautiful architecture in Lyon, France.
A designer talks about a chair.
What the UPS guy was really doing when he should have been delivering my packages.
When dancing on the walls, watch out for the windows.
Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon that causes people to see patterns in a random stimulus. This condition can lead people to assign human characteristics to objects. Here’s what an pareidolic artist does when he sees faces in inanimate objects.
If you haven’t had enough Christmas yet, here’s a lovely Christmas quilt.
The Brownings and others muse on artistic integrity.
This museum is on my bucket list.
A children’s book illustrator describes her path and her process.
So far I’ve never found a podcast that I actually wanted to follow. Maybe one of these recommendations will inspire me.
1960s architecture in Brasilia.

Jul12

Creative Juice #146

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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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.

Jun14

Creative Juice #142

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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A collection of creative genius.

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck.
An artist discusses fragments of ancient Egyptian sculpture.
Developers should be building these earthquake resistant homes in California.
I love how Suhita Shirodkar captured this car show.
You could be a stock photo model! But wait, there’s a downside. . .
One way to recycle electronics.
Antonio Salieri was not the scoundrel Amadeus made you think he was.
Debbie Ripath Ohi first landed on my radar in the 1990s when she ran a wonderful email newsletter for writers. She’s also a marvelous illustrator and kid lit advocate.
A textile designer insists on sustainability.
When I was a teen and young woman, I loved watching The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau on television. That world is mostly dead now, and it’s the fault of human beings. These artists are drawing attention to underwater disaster.
Ceramic glazed donuts.
May 25^th was National Tap Dance Day and I missed it.