To Everything, There Is A Season Ecclesiastes 3:1 This morning, I was out in my garden, and I gathered buckets of tomatoes. I had started those tomatoes as tiny plants under lights in my house in late winter. In fact, we had an ice storm outside, and I was feeding my winter birds at that…
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A little over a year ago, yet another of my hp computers died, and instead of buying yet another hp, I took a deep breath and shut my eyes and bought a macbook pro. You see, I am a designer and an artist, and for at least 1,000 years, my colleagues have screamed at me:…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 11
A few pages back, Cameron tiptoed into a topic that is of utmost importance for many people–especially for writers and painters–FEAR! “Boredom is just ‘What’s the use?’ in disguise. And ‘What’s the use?’ is fear, and fear means you are secretly in despair. So put your fears on the page. Put anything on the page….
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 10
Poisonous Playmates “Toxic playmates can capsize our artist’s growth. … “Not surprisingly, the most poisonous playmates for us as recovering creatives are people whose creativity is still blocked. Our recovery threatens them…. “If they are having trouble with your recovery, they are still getting a payoff from remaining blocked. Perhaps they still get an anorectic…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 9
Shadow Artists “For many families, a career in the arts exists outside of their social and economic reality: ‘Art won’t pay the electric bill.’ As a result, if the child is encouraged to consider art in job terms at all, he or she must consider it sensibly.” Cameron, pg. 26 “Fledgling artists may be encouraged…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 8
Restocking the Pond. This is the day after the Artist’s Date. The intention of The Artist’s Date is a type of R , R, & R Miisson Rest, Relax, & Reward. All of us should have recuperated a bit, and toda is a day to Plant New Seeds for another Week. Today, I’ll literally sow…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 7
Artistic Date And Weekly Evaluation “An artist date is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. …You may not take anyone on this artic date but you and your inner artist, a. k. a. your creative child.” Cameron, pg. 18. “A…
Jacki Kellum Watercolor: A Carousel of Color
For as long as I can remember, I have loved color. When I was a tiny child, my favorite thing about the Christmas season was sitting alone in my dark living room and watching the Christmas Tree’s lights bounce around in the panes of the large picture window that fronted my parents’ house. Jacki Kellum…
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Another Summer Bouquet – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting
Another Summer Bouquet Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting Colors Used Item by Item Black-Eyed Susans Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Dark Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Light Prussian Blue Orange Zinnia Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Dark Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Light Bee Balm Red Jacob Cline Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Dark Opus Bee Balm Foliage…