Happy Monday everyone! How’s November going for you? Cold (tick), nights drawing in (tick), first mulled wine and mince pies of the season been partaken of (tick)….Festive craft fair madness hasn’t quite set in for me yet but it’s…
Welcome to Inside the Studio! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll leave comments! As an incentive…
The thing that strikes me most about this month’s lovely painting from Cezanne is the tonal quality of all the colors. We’ve had inspiration paintings in the past with a full rainbow of colors represented. But this month, and…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the November Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Swoondimples Heather Millican of Swoondimples creates wonderful pendants and beads using Polymer Clay. Each is carefully handcrafted with a heartfelt saying, throw in a…
Basket of Apples by Paul Cézanne, 1893 Oil on canvas 65 cm × 80 cm (25.6 in × 31.5 in) Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, Art Institute of Chicago About the Art Cézanne sought out the structural regularity of…
Happy Monday, and Happy November to you all! It’s certainly quite brisk outside over here in the UK – my winter boots are well and truly out, and I’ve just bought myself a new winter coat. I have flown…
The winner from last Friday’s Inside the Studio is Christie/Charis Designs. You have won a $20 Gift Certificate from Humblebeads.com! Please email Heather to receive your Prize. Thanks to everyone who left a comment!…
Congratulations to this Month’s winners! 1 winner was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. 1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries Our first lucky winner is wildjewels2/Cassandra Graham. She has won a 3 Jewelry Kits from Erin Siegel Jewelry valued at…
Ohara Koson gives us the perfect inspiration for October. It speaks to the fall, the growing darkness of the nights, the crisp clear star-studded sky, the mysterious sounds in the woods. It is Halloween inspired without being kitschy. We…
When looking at the Koson picture for the challenge, everyone is first drawn to the owl that dominates the space. But what I notice is the sliver of a crescent moon. That shape is something that I am drawn…