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create

you may be saying…

“there is not a creative bone in my body”

“i’m not artistic”

“i’m not good at art”

“well, i’ll try but it will look like a five-year-old”

Then I challenge you- maybe you just haven’t found YOUR art. Why are the only acceptable mediums acrylic painting, pencil drawing and clay pottery?

Let’s find something that you love.

There is something.

You just haven’t found it YET!

Together we will explore intuitive and introspective arts.

Indoor scene of a cozy room with a wooden interior, a large table with painting supplies, notebooks, and glasses of water, lit by a candle near a fireplace with a fire burning, a window with curtains to the side, and decorative items on a mantel.

Learn more about intuitive art here

What’s the difference...?

Key points to remember:

Introspective art:
- Deliberate exploration of personal experiences, memories, and emotions.
- A feeling, emotion or idea is simply allowed to emerge from the artist.
- You may have a specific theme or concept in mind you want to visually express.
- Can involve symbolism and personal imagery to convey deeper meanings.
Intuitive art:
- Focuses on the immediate, spontaneous response to feelings and impulses.
- You may not have a preconceived plan and allows the creative process to unfold organically.
- Often emphasizes color, texture, and mark-making as a way to connect with the subconscious.
- You may intend on creating a lifelike representation of something, it may not look exact, but that is just the way it is meant to be.

“Introspective art" and "intuitive art" both involve the artist tapping into their inner thoughts and emotions.

Introspective art focuses more on the conscious exploration of one's internal world. You are actively reflecting on your inner self.

Intuitive art relies on subconscious. It is to create without overthinking the process; be impulsive. Let your inner self guide your decisions without conscious control.

“Intuitive Art is a conduit for self-acceptance and an allowance of trusting what comes next in an open and playful manner.”

— Heather Christian Iglesias

A cluttered light-colored table with scissors, photos, magazine pages, a candle, travel brochures, a web page about amber waves, a roll of tape, a green marker, and a black bowl.

introspective collage

Creating a visual representation of your internal world by arranging images that hold personal meaning. By exploring our subconscious we are able to delve into self-reflection.

Table with empty white canvas, glass of water, paint palette with various colors, jar holding paintbrushes, and hand holding a paintbrush.

speed painting

One brush, a blank canvas, seemingly random colors and twenty minutes.

Let’s see what emerges!

A double exposure black and white photo of a woman showing two different emotions, one smiling and one angry, with overlapping images of her face and hands.

self-portrait

Explore your inner self, your identity, emotions and personal condition.

It may not be pretty, but it may be real.

the “how to” of intuitive art

I will have materials provided. But if you are looking for different, ask. There is a good change I have it! Don’t limit yourself by limiting yoru material.
I will have the space quiet with some gentle music in the background. The tables are meant to be created on. Go ahead, it’s fine. If you are nervous about getting messy, I have aprons.
If you don’t know where to begin, grab a material and start coloring. mix colors, use paint or crayons. It doesn’t matter, just start drawing. Explore shapes, images, contrasting warm and cool colors. Make your base.
Do you have a background you like? Start adding details. Maybe it is new images from a magazine or shapes. Start experimenting with different mediums that are maybe alternative. Allow your self to make layer upon layer. Did you not like your background? PERFECT! Cover it up.
Are you feeling rushed? DON"‘T! You can always set it to the side and come back during a different session or grab the blow dryer (It’ll speed things up). Maybe you are supposed to stop to see what is going to emerge.
Remember there are no mistakes in intuitive art. If you are second guessing yourself or thinking that you made a mistake, please put that thought out of your head. It’s perfect.
Now it’s time to pause and look at your masterpiece. It is just THAT! Your created a piece that is a part of you. Reflect on how amazing you are and all that you are able to create. Maybe you want to journal a bit too.

materials and mediums

pens, paint, pencils, crayons, brushes, watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, oil pastel, air dry clay, puddy, beads, ect.
sponges, stencils, stamps, toothbrushes, combs, buttons, spoons, plastic straws, magazines, glue, bottle caps, recycled materials ect.
sticks, feathers, shells, leaves, sand, stones, flowers, ect

why creating is a part of my essential 5

I was the little girl who was always creating . I had a bag with crayons and paper, making friendship bracelets or jewelry making with all the beads, painting, playing dress-up, going to art’s-n-crafts at the local park, I think I have thousands oh photos in my parents basement from artistic shots of I’m not sure what. If I could be doing it, I was!
Then I was growing up, in my head I had to give up so many of “those ways” because I didn’t have time. I was working as a teacher, getting my masters, organizing a household, raising two babies.
Was I doing creative things? Yes, but now with the same devotion and spans of time.
Being creative was something I was able to do in spurts. Over winter break I would paint, I took photographs of my children, I decorated our house into a home. I was still creative, but it lacked something.
I was not happy. I needed to make some serious changes in my life. I was putting everything and anyone else before myself. I was doing what I thought was what it meant to be a “good” mom, wife, daughter, employee, the list goes on. Through my personal reflection, I decided what makes me, ME was the opportunity to be creative everyday. If I am going to be the best version of myself I need to express myself in many ways. The arts are one of my favorites.
I try to spend time each day creating SOMETHING. One day it may be knitting a single row on a washcloth while waiting in line to pick my boys up from school. My knitting now lives in the center consul of my car. I can be on my phone scrolling social media, or I could create. Tomorrow, I may sit in the woods with my nature journal and watercolor. I am always taking photos. I love photography and the creativity of finding beautiful angles. Nature and my children are my favorite subjects.
I made an activity bag, just like my boys have for a car trip. In my bag goes art supplies, a book, my journal and pens.
I have truly come full circle to my 8-year-old self. My bag is packed and my heart is full.