In Tuesday’s reading, Julia Cameron asserted that a practice of writing Morning Pages will ultimately connect the practicioner to a Higher Creative Insight. I personally call this Higher Creative Insight my Intuition. Julia Cameron calls this Higher Creative Insight a type of Spiritual Guidance, which is beyond a type of religious insight. She says that…
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Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 5
Yesterday, in our study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, we talked about Artist’s Brain’s ability to Paint with the Colors of the Wind and the need to write in the Language of the Birds. Today, I want to talk about Ray Bradbury, an American writer who did write in the Language of the Birds….
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 4
In yesterday’s reading, Cameron said that as you empty your mind through writing the Morning Pages, the Logic Brain is hushed and the Artist Brain is allowed to take its place. “We move from logic brain to artist brain and from fast to slow, shallow to deep.” Cameron, The Artist’s Way, pg. 14. Yesterday, I…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 3
In today’s reading, Julia Cameron asserts that a practice of writing Morning Pages will ultimately connect the practicioner to a Higher Creative Insight. I personally call this Higher Creative Insight my Intuition. Julia Cameron calls this Higher Creative Insight a type of Spiritual Guidance, which I believe is beyond a type of religious insight. She…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 2
It was after lunchtime yesterday before I could get around to writing my Morning Pages. Like many of you, my early mornings are jam-packed with things that I MUST do during early mornings–no exceptions. HEAR ME: This does not mean that because I can’t be the perfect participant in Julia Cameron’s program The Artist’s Way,…
Jacki Kellum Free Study of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way Day 1
Because I want to assign as little reading as possible each day of our study of Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way, we’ll skip to page 9 for Day 1. Don’t worry– we’ll go back later, but I want you to start writing Morning Pages today. READ: The Basic Tools, pgs. 9- 12 of The Artist’s…
Complementary Colors – In Jacki Kellum’s Art and Garden
Jacki Kellum Color Wheel – Simplified Moving Clockwise from Top Right toward Bottom Right, the Colors are: 1. Cadmium Yellow Light 2. Cadmium Orange 3. Cadmium Red Light 4. Cadmium Red Dark 4. Red Violet [Mixed from Blue and Opus] Moving Clockwise from Top Left toward Bottom Left, the Colors are: 1. Cadmium Yellow Lemon…
Portulaca – Moss Rose
Portulaca or Moss Rose Jacki Kellum Garden Wall Planting Somewhere along the line, I heard the expression: “Youth is wasted on the Young,” and it is true that is has taken me a long time to overcome many of the misconceptions of my childhood. My dad and my grandmother taught me almost everything I know…
Boquet in a Blue Canning Jar – Jacki Kellum Watercolor – Colors and Brushes Used
Boquet in a Blue Canning Jar Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting I paint almost my entire watercolor paintings with a Princeton Velvetouch Long Round Brush Size #14. In painting the Bouquet in the Blue Jar, I did not switch to the Rigger Detail Brush until the last few strokes. I paint with DaVinci Professional Watercolors. Following…
Jacki Kellum Talks about the Light, about Her Paintings, and about Her Picture Book The Donkey’s Song
Note: This is a presentation that I did for a groups of kids at a church’s Bible School Art Camp: Today, I’m going to talk to you about the importance of light. I’ll tell you about how I rely on light in my art and writing, but first, I simply want to talk about light….