Feeling stuck and lost for inspiration this week, I take the time to walk you through what I do to get the ideas flowing. And how this process sparked an excitement to create yet again.

I ended up doing a series that turned into a wonderful journey.

I ended up doing a series that turned into a wonderful journey.

Today’s video is part 1 and I’ll finish this next week in part 2…. is what I thought but after stepping away…. I realized they weren’t finished and needed something. So in part 3 I’ll show you some no fear ways to make changes and add to your work.

My hope is that you’ll see that just showing up and dabbling, looking and playing can lead to inspiration. That every artist struggles with a block or a pause in ideas.

Yes, we need a break and yes, we need rest and to take care of ourselves. But I’ve found the longer I stay away from creating, the harder it is to go back.

So hopefully these videos will give you some ideas if you feel stalled right now.

I hope you enjoy this process

Supplies used:

1. 4 – 8×8 wood panels
2. 12×12 gel plate
3. Brayer
4. Collage paper, tissue paper, deli paper, copy paper
5. Liquitex gesso black and white
6. Liquitex matte medium and Liquitex matte gel
7. Black posca pen, Stabilo all pencils, General’s charcoal pencil set
8. Generals charcoal pencil (ex. soft), Pacific arc grahite pencil
9. Acrylic paint – green gold, olive green, teal, cobalt teal, quin magenta, titan buff, unbleached titanium, florescent magenta, florescent pink, rosy red, neutral gray, raw umber

1. Rambling flower 9×12 & 5×8
2. Fun dots 9×12 & 5×8
3. Fun dots 2 9×12 & 5×8
4. Simple background 7 9×12
5. Scrappy mask 8×10