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Inspired by Sarah Trumpp

Sarah Trumpp has been in my creative circle for years. But I actually never interacted with her much before I saw on Facebook that she was looking for creative people for her first DT…
At this point, I was loving her artwork already and been dying to get my shit together to buy some of her stencils. I did not think twice and just decided to go for it and apply. And I was picked! Sarah’s DT was filled with amazing talented women, gathered around our love of quirkiness and of stencils.
I want to be like Sarah when I grow up. She is fun. She has plenty of funny tattoos. She is a yoga instructor. Her artwork is like nothing else out there (I instantly recognize it as hers). She loves her people fiercely.
Sarah also has a fantastic sticker shop, that I think you should run to.
You can also support her via her Patreon (I will do that ASAP, as her rewards are amazeballs!!)

Meet Sabrina, the inception of my new body of work

This year, I decided to change things up a bit in my creative practice. It’s no secret I am easily bored and need to challenge myself up on a regular basis.
I want to prove myself that I can take a Nixie and tell her story throughout different paintings. So meet Sabrina, the first Nixie I will do this with.
I will create a seperate blogpost to share her backstory and where I see this going.

Welcome in this new {Inspired By} video. I had a blast channeling my friend Dori Patrick’s style into this painting I came to adore.

Dori and I met in California, at an art retreat. I remember Mindy telling me “My friends Dori and Consu are here, I know you will love them: they are amazing !”; she knew how meeting new people is making me nervous. And I have to confess, Mindy was right. I fell in a girl-crush for these ladies.

Dori came with her husband Kerry and they both are a gem. She brightens the room when she enters and every time I did pig tails with my hair, I thought of her 😉

Her art is very colorful and she uses words to make them even more powerful.

Enjoy the video:

I felt like coming home while doing this painting. Dori has a great sense of colors and patterns so I used my favorite Strumpet Stencils to add that little touch.

I played with transparency and opacity so my first layer would still show in some places.

I messed up the lettering, I am bad at it but do it anyway. That’s how I roll !

★★★ Is there any artist you’d like me to do an {Inspired By} video about ? ★★★

More photos:

I am so happy to share with you today the second episode of my {Inspired By} video series. Mindy is a dedicated artist sharing her love for techniques in online and in-person classes.

I had the chance to meet her twice at workshops and she is even funnier in person ! I am blessed to have found her when I did, not long before she released her first online class, Paint Your Story.

Here’s the video:

I related to her characters at first sight. The soft intensity in their eyes and expression has something unique. They have a child-like quality. This is something essential that Mindy taught me over the year: never leave the child you once were behind. Her stories, her trials, her pain, her simple joys are what makes you you today.

Mindy explores techniques so she can get through what gives her a hard time.

And don’t forget her sweet southern accent 😀

Yes, I do have a big girl crush on her, but who wouldn’t ?

SUPPLIES I used for this project:

I am so excited to finally share with you the first episode of a new video series I was dying to start: {Inspired By} !

For this first one, I picked the ever talented Marta Lapkowska. She is a scrapbooker, a mixed media artist, an art journaler and seems to tackle about any medium you could think of.
She also is a teacher and a face painter.

I love her colourful style, filled with texture (as you know, I myself am a texture obsessed junkie and could not live without it in my creative life).

I hope you’ll enjoy:

Her Youtube videos are not to be missed, you’ll appreciate how honest she is about her process and all the ideas she is sharing so willingly with all of us (yes… I am a video binge watcher and once you have seen one, you’ll want to see them all, then run to create something ! trust me).

I loved her altered brown bags and knew I had to try to make my own. In this video series, I will not be copying the artist; I will really get inspired by their style or one of their project that picked my attention somehow.

Tell me in the comments who you’d like me to pick for the next videos ? I am very open and love going outside my comfort zone 😉

A few close-up shots of my finished brown bag: