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Dear Wonderful, Creative You:

Welcome to MINDFUL ART STUDIO®. I am Amy and I’m here to show you how to paint from your heart and soul and play with art again.

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Trusting Your Ideas

Dear Wonderful Creative You, One of the most important questions you can ask yourself is why...

Fine Line Flower Tutorial

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: Over the last six years, presenting roughly 40 different patterns...

Developing Your Artistic Voice

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: This quarter in The Gathering, we are focused on developing your...

My Holiday Gift Guide for Artists 2018

Nov 20, 2018 | Art Supplies

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I like to make my holiday gift guide for artists based on what I'm excited about at the moment. This year I thought I'd create some little kits for you inspired by the projects I've worked on this year. You probably know...

Art Books to Change Your Life, Inspire Your Work, and Move You to Create

Nov 18, 2018 | Art Supplies, Creative Self-Care

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: Art books changed my life. My favorites have beautiful pictures, inspiring quotes, and generally give you permission and support to be your weird, wonderful, self and let it show in your art. This year I closed my art therapy...

Art Journaling When You Feel Sad

Nov 8, 2018 | Art Tutorials, Creative Self-Care, Favorite, Mindfulness

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: One of the questions I get asked most is how to art journal when you feel sad. My art journal has been a great source of comfort and self-understanding for years. I'm blessed to be able to share my techniques here. I'm hoping this post...

My Brooklyn Sketchbook Project Journal

Oct 10, 2018 | Art Tutorials, Favorite

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I've been interested in cutouts and layering in my art journals for quite a while. It started with my class, Fluid Art, where I create tunnel journals. Soon I started using my cutouts as collage, as I teach in my new class with 21...

My Completed Collaborative Art Journal

Sep 11, 2018 | Art journaling tutorial, Creative Self-Care, Mindfulness

Dear Wonderful Creative You: Tomorrow I am off for my annual art retreat for the next several days, so I want to leave you brimming with ideas for YOUR creative life. Connection with other artists is one of the most nurturing things I do for my creativity. An...

Let’s Make Some Inchies!

Aug 21, 2018 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials, Favorite, Mindfulness

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: Join the Inchie Challenge! You'll get my free Inchie Workbook, and from August 20 - 31st I'll be sending prompts and inviting you to create small art. For this challenge, we will be creating art that is 3 inches...

Fluid Art Journaling Pages

Jul 27, 2018 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: This week I had the pleasure of spending some time with you on Facebook Live to create some fluid art journal pages. I wanted to show you how I used mark making and layered paint to create intuitive images on this fluid art...

Intuitive Art Journaling

Jul 6, 2018 | Art journaling tutorial, Art Tutorials

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: Intuitive art journaling is one of my favorite ways to work through feelings, let go of stress, and play with art. It's a journey that started for me in graduate school, as I learned to use my journal not just to write, but to...