There are things growing within our souls right now. Even if it feels uncomfortable, I can feel that I am realigning with my truth. Just like a butterfly growing within its chrysalis, what if we trusted the cycles of life, with full faith that something magical and beautiful will emerge in the end?

When she signed up for Soulful Abstracts, Andrea didn’t know she was beginning an extraordinary journey towards… 100 mini series! I am so honored and proud to share her art and story with you today. Let’s encourage her to reach her goal!

I’m sharing a new painting on my blog to day: Winter blooms emerging from under the snow remind us that beauty, life and grace always find their way back through the colder, darker days.

One of the questions I often get from my art journaling students is “How to prevent my art journal pages from sticking together?” There’s a very simple and easy little trick that I use and it works like magic! I’m sharing it today in a quick video so your beautiful pages never have to stick again.

There’s room for every mood and emotion in an art journal, and I love the play of light and dark in this new page I’m sharing today.

Did you know that you and I are actually made of stardust? What if this inner light could become our compass, our guiding star? What if we allowed it to take the lead, trusting that it will take us exactly where we most need to go, in life as in art?…

I just LOVE to learn. And especially learn new creative skills, whether on a canvas… or a computer! There are exciting new projects in the works right now, and here is a little peek at what’s going on behind the scenes!

Today I’m delighted to share a flip-through video of my whole art journal! Grab your favorite cuppa, relax and join me in my studio!

What better way to get the New Year started than with a brand new art journal! Watch my simple and easy video tutorial to make your own, and get ready to play!

The LAST PAGE of my Art Journal is all about Gratitude and I’m sharing it all on VIDEO! Including a lovely little ritual to close the past year and welcome the new one. Join me in the studio!

I like to think of my art journal as a “secret garden” where I can play like a kid and where my soul can bloom… Come join me in this magical place and see this new page evolve.

Emotions rising & falling… just like the birds in the sky or the ebb and flow of water. An art journal is such a special, intimate space to express and honor emotions.

What started with a big blob of leftover purple paint ended up with an Amethyst-inspired fairy. My art journal never ceases to surprise me…

Following the breadcrumbs of inspiration and the serendipity of found poetry, today’s journal page is all about dreams, shadow and light.

I’m half-way through my Art Journaling Challenge, Yay! Come and discover today’s page on the blog: it’s all about growing and blooming!

This new page in my journal is all about listening to the little voice calling us from within and following its light with trust towards bigger dreams.

What if my art journal didn’t have a single blank page left? I’m sharing photos and a video of this next step in my art journaling challenge!

An art journal is a place where every thought and emotion is allowed. Here is a new, slightly moody and nostalgic page, the third one in my art journaling challenge…

I’m sharing a new page for my Art Journaling Challenge! This one is all about love and fairy-tales.

I’m about to start a personal artistic challenge and you’re invited to follow along!