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I am a little late sharing this new project video for ColourArte this week.

For some strange reasons, I was browsing my Youtube channel’s videos and how my style (and the videos) evolved since I started sharing them with you. Can you believe I now have more than 200 videos ? yup, I could not believe it either. My first video was shared in July 2010, when I did not have a Studio and was creating on our dining room table.

One thing that is like a red thread is the passion behind each of them, and the power of being guided to make art, no matter the form it takes.

My most viewed video is the one where I share with you the cling wrap technique. I wanted to revisit it to be closer to what I do now, this is why I used ColourArte’s pigments, the Primary Elements.

Here is the video:

It’s really easy to do and does not need a lot of supplies. Of course, you can do it with spray ink as well 😉

I do hope it will get you inspired to get messy, and to have fun while doing it. I think I will do it in my Art Journal soon 😉 It is a good starting point. If you create something following my video, please share with me the results in the comments: I would love to see your take on it !

A few close-up photos:

Hey lovely Beans !

Today, I am sharing an amazing news with you: I was accepted to be a member of Sarah Trumpp first Design Team. Sarah owns a beautiful Etsy shop in which she sells the stencils she designs.

If you know a bit about me you know I consider myself very quirky, never really fitting in any box (either in life or in art). I am nerdy, I love books, I love esoteric symbols, and could totally be Tim Burton’s spiritual daughter…

My teammates are all weirdos in their own way and I know in my guts that you will be showered with amazing and different projects from us because we need to embrace who we are more, no matter who we are.

What to expect ?

I will obviously be making video projects using the stencils.  So many ideas are swirling in my mind right now. I can’t wait to start creating with them. I will publish twice a month.

I don’t know a lot of my fellow DT members, but they are all amazing !

Here is her official announcement

Go follow Sarah on Instagram: http://www.instragram.com/wonderstrumpet

This Nixie taught me to take the time to listen to her.

I usually paint what comes, whatever it is. But this was different, I started the Nixie as a project for ColourArte. And then, I did not really know in which direction to take her. It is not the first time it happens, and it won’t be the last either.

I persisted, however. I am glad I did, because she taught me that it was okay not to hurry a painting. To let her sit for a while until I was ready for her.

I shared with you how I made her rainbow hair using a fun controlled pouring technique and then in the second part I share how I made her face come to life. Doubts creeped in, I waited and waited before just going for it.

I hope you’ll enjoy watching my creative process in these two videos.

PS: would you like more videos like this, on which I let you peak at my brain while creating ?

Here is part 1:

And there is part 2:

Hello !

This new video is a bit different because it was a collaboration between a poet and art journaler from Pakistan, Tehreem Fazal, and I.

I worked in my handmade 1-sheet art journal again (I love how less intimidating it is, and how quick it will be to fill). I did an abstract-ish mountain painting on one side: I did not aim for accuracy but for “this is how I feel“.

Here is the video:

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I want to focus more on feeling than doing.

Maybe because I am getting older and want to create the life I know I want to live. I told you in a previous vlog that this year is focused less on selling stuff. Even though I feel that at 32 going on 33 years old, I NEED to be earning some real money.

This is why this spread in my art journal was not about being filled with realistic images and a lot of details. I painted with my fingers because it makes me happy; it brings me home.

Which creative technique makes you the most happy right now ? Which one do you go back to when you just want to feel happy ?

More photos:

Hey Love Beans ! This week, I wanted to share with you my process to create a colorful cover for the first Art Journal I’ll be using in 2018 (PS: as you’ll see in the video, I use a very easy handmade journal. If you’d like me to cover how I did it with a quick video, tell me in the comments here or on Youtube).

Here is the video:

I truly came back to my first loves: layers. finger painting. texture. colors. This year, I am creating to bring joy back into my life. Last year, I was in a deep creative drought.

After long periods of analysing what I was going through, trying to understand, some few points came up:

• I was putting too much pressure on myself to create to please, to create to sell.
• Also, I was passing time comparing my path with other artists’ paths. This is never a positive thing to do.
• I lost my personal creative voice.

My solution was to go back years ago, to the techniques that truly speaks to my Soul and make my Heart sing. This art journal cover embodies all of this.

The products I used:

Some shots: