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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...

Intuitive Painting Techniques

Dec 21, 2017 | Art Tutorials, Mindfulness

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: The last days of the year are a time for most of us to take a deep breath and sink deeply into the couch after the holiday craziness. It's also a great time to do some introspective art. Rather than endlessly scrolling through...

Finding Meaning in My Art

Dec 11, 2017 | Art Tutorials, Creative Self-Care, Spirituality

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: These are the tools of my self-healing: A board. A painty towel. Varied colors of paint. Water. This is how I am finding meaning in my art: I wet the surface with a wide brush and let my emotions flow with the water. I'm not pushing or...

Holiday Gift Guide for Artists

Nov 30, 2017 | Art Supplies, Creative Self-Care

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: For this year's holiday gift guide for artists, I thought that rather than just offering a list of all my favorite art supplies, I'd offer a mix of cherished supplies and fun artsy items that will help inject more creativity into your...

Diving Deep in Your Art Journaling Practice

Nov 21, 2017 | Art Tutorials, Spirituality

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: One of the most beautiful gifts in my art journaling practice is the ability to transform my feelings on the page, especially by working in stages and layers. Working over time and in layers creates a conversation between me and the art...

Choosing from the Heart with Connie Solera

Oct 25, 2017 | Creative Self-Care

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I'm excited to be brining you this conversation with Connie Solera of Dirty Footprints Studio on the merits of choosing from the heart, both in her life and in art. We talk about how art helps us know ourselves and our needs. I especially...

Feeding Your Soul One Mindful, Creative Act At a Time

Sep 20, 2017 | Creative Self-Care, Mindfulness

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I'm coming to you fresh from my first Squam Art Retreat on Squam Lake in New Hampshire. As often happens with such experiences, I've arrived home inspired, slightly disoriented, and wanting to carry what I felt on retreat into my...

Into the Depths: Studio Time, August 2017

Sep 7, 2017 | Creative Self-Care

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: I've been thinking a lot about what inspires and empowers me to create lately, so that I can best inspire and empower YOU to create. A lot of what inspires me is seeing other artists' work, gathering ideas and inspiration, putting...

Studio Time: Tinkering and Gathering Inspiration

Aug 8, 2017 | Art Tutorials

Dear Wonderful, Creative You: The last six months have been such an amazing time for me artistically. In the inevitable ebb and flow that any artist goes through, I've been enjoying a flow like I've never experienced before. I thought you might enjoy hearing...