by barbara luel | Mar 23, 2023 | creativity |
Creating a drawing ritual to make a small drawing a day is magic to boost your drawing skills and to your mental and emotional health. The most difficult part for me is to get started. Everybody has his own tips & tricks. The best place to keep a drawing ritual is...
by barbara luel | Feb 10, 2023 | Non classé |
Life sometimes gets in the way of what gives you energy so I need to remind myself regularly of what makes me happy, to force myself to make time for it, to get rid also of my imposter syndrome, to get past difficult thoughts… Tell myself I don’t need to...
by barbara luel | Dec 31, 2022 | Non classé |
Happy new year 2023 !… This changing of year, is always a great time to reflect on how things are going, and planning for the year ahead. How was your year 2022? Mine was great, compared to others, like in Ukraine, who are living in war time since February...
by barbara luel | Nov 14, 2022 | creativity |
My favorite season, Autumn, is a great moment to try some new ways of Sketchbook Journaling ! Usually I simply make a painting per page, but lately I started making variations in lay outs, with smaller drawings mixed with bigger sketches and it gives a much...
by barbara luel | Oct 21, 2022 | Art supplies |
It’s something that, as my husband says, I can open a store with the day I’m out of work…. Everywhere I travel I jump into the local store to look for brushes. Here I am trying out a few that I brought back from Japan. I often make sketches of...
by barbara luel | Oct 7, 2022 | creativity |
I received this beautiful message about Autumn, which I want to share with you, because it’s my favorite season! I find it soothing and giving me energy! As we enter Autumn, may we find harmony with the rhythm of the changing season and the lessons it...
by barbara luel | Aug 16, 2022 | Non classé, watercolor tutorial |
I started exploring again different types of watersoluble graphite, to play with watercolor. Here’s a video I made with watersoluble graphite paste by Viarco. Have you already tried drawing and painting with watersoluble graphite? I put the graphite paste in a small...
by barbara luel | Aug 5, 2022 | creativity |
Are you also afraid to show your art to the world? When you paint, write, create….. you know it won’t be loved by everybody, but when you get a negative comment it still hurts like hell, doesn’t it? Also when you don’t get a comment or review...
by barbara luel | Jul 21, 2022 | creativity |
Why stress about colors? Why is it so overwhelming? A palette is like a self-portrait of an artist. Isn’t that overwhelming? These colors reflect my emotional condition? Each layout and collection of pans is personal and unique! If you spend any time with...
by barbara luel | Jul 1, 2022 | Non classé |
Thank you thank you thank you ! I felt overwhelmed by your love and support to my previous blogpost where I was screaming out my overwhelm and despair because of my moving of houses. That really meant so much to me! Thank you ! I’m slowly getting used to the new...
