Mar27
In the Meme Time: What to Do While Self-Quarantined
Tag Archives: Reading
Nov22
Creative Juice #165
A dozen neat things to enjoy this weekend.
- When plein air painting in the Arctic, you may want to fill your water brush with vodka or gin to lower their freezing points, and other hints.
- Did you get to the International Quilt Festival? No? The photos in this article are almost as good as being there in person.
- Good qualities for creative people to cultivate.
- Your childhood memories ruined forever.
- A poet tells the story behind her poem.
- Although other people may look better the more you have to drink, you look better to other people after you commit to sobriety. Need proof?
- An infographic on how the world reads.
- Master of caricature.
- How a boy’s comfort zone was squashed. And how long it took to get over it.
- Look at these great pictures this wildlife photographer captured.
- Why, if you want to draw people, a life drawing class is a good investment.
- Books that will make you the life of the party this Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day! Don’t forget to give thanks to God.
Aug16
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).
Nov29
Video of the Week #177: Why to Read Aloud to Children
Nov2
Creative Juice #113
Articles curated especially to enhance your creativity.
- Amazing sand sculpture.
- Fabulous graffiti festival.
- Beautiful photographs of birds.
- Try out these reading nooks with me.
- A different kind of tutu.
- I still reread/rewatch Hunger Games every chance I get.
- What books were in the running for the Great American Read?
- What do you have to do to be an Instagram star? Apparently be full of fluff.
- I participated in Inktober2018 along with thousands of other artists. Here are some offerings from Rohvannyn Shaw.
- Ever want to hand-make a special little card for someone?
- Embroidered portraits featuring long, flowing hair.
- Lovely (?) miniatures.
Oct12
Creative Juice #110
A dozen articles to inspire you to new heights of creativity:
- Portrait photography.
- Before Picasso painted modern art.
- Aren’t you glad the internet didn’t exist when these classic books were written?
- Extraordinary painted rocks.
- Cool places to park your bike.
- Whimsical ceramics.
- An example of how social media helped a poet gain an audience.
- What happens when you invite an artist to a wedding.
- Some beautiful quilts.
- How to read at a deeper level.
- What to do with leftovers.
- Make this for your favorite shutterbug.
Sep28
Creative Juice #108
Gorgeous stuff to entice you to create.
- Using mirrors as a quilting tool.
- The magic of amber—nature’s lucite.
- How to start taking better photographs
- I love these digital enhancements of photographs that look like murals.
- Dancing on the high-wire.
- Interesting paintings.
- Anybody doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month—November)? I don’t use Evernote, but I like these novel-writing templates.
- Gargoyles.
- If you want people to read, you have to get their attention…
- How one woman juggles the responsibilities of motherhood and making art.
- Looking at these tweets from J.K. Rowling just make me love her more.
- Tiny, masterful embroideries.
