Inspiration Monday is back

OK… I am so far away from my original plan of posting once a week about what inspires me. But I am okay with it. Here and there is good too.

Right now, I have to deal with severe pain in my body and sometimes it is too much I can’t do anything, even sketching or painting hurt. BUT I keep track of what fuels my creativity so I won’t forget.

So here is, unsorted, what is currently filling my inspiration pool:

• This version of the song «Where is my mind», first sang by The Pixies, but the version by Placebo is the one that rocked my world when I was in high school. This version by Yoav & Emily Browning was discovered thanks to the movie Sucker Punch.

• Kate Crane (from the blog The Kathryn Wheel)’s DVD about Art Journaling. I love love love Kate’s style and was wondering how was she achieving these great backgrounds and collages in her journals. When I found out she was releasing a set of 2 DVDs about her techniques, I was over the moon and to me, it is definately worth the money.

• Judy Wise & Stephanie Lee‘s book «Plaster Studio: Mixed-Media Techniques for Painting, Casting and Carving». I love texture and am always looking for new ways to create some in my artworks. Plaster is a very good way to achieve plenty of different texture and this book is very well done. I am currently playing with compound joint and just found some plaster of Paris to play with as well.

• The new book from Misty Mawn, «Unfurling». It is filled with plenty of mixed media ideas. Not just journaling or painting. Here is her blog.

• Danielle Fraser (from Her painted word)’s art and journey. We have the same goal of sharing our story through art, I think.

That’s it for now.

What is currently inspiring you to create ? Would love to discover