BE INSPIRED
My goal is to create a virtual hangout spot for creatives and I really hope you find your way to hang out with me! I've got loads of cool stuff to spark your imagination and amp up your creativity. So, relax and dive in to find inspiration and your flow!
Mixed Media Resource Library
Mixed Media Resource Library
An amazing Resource Library with 50+ videos of inspiration and information about Jenny's favourite Mixed Media Art Supplies, Processes and Techniques. Brows through the library and dive into the Free Resources.
Inspirational blogs
Free Mixed Media Art mini lesson
My Magic World
This is a FREE mini-class where you can check out my style of teaching and get some inspiration in a mini-class. I work in an old vintage book in a very relaxed and free way. I start with collage and then I add a face in a very simple and relaxed way. I hope you will enjoy it.
Join my Mixed Media Community
My Free Facebook Group for creative souls
I have gathered people that loves mixed media and that finds my intuitive, unstructured, tactile and messy creative process fascinating and inspiring. In this group we get together to inspire each other and share our love for mixed media art.
It is an amazing place to find like minded, ask questions and to learn more.
Where do I get my Inspiration?
I often get the question where my inspiration comes from… and I usually have a hard time answering this question. I very seldom have pictures in my head when I start painting. I do get very inspired by other artists. I love trying new techniques and supply but my unique voice comes definitely from within myself. I am focusing on things that I like, techniques, colour and images that creates strong feelings within myself when I paint. My inspiration comes while I am working. Some artists would argue that inspiration doesn’t come on demand but I do not really care about that. I just start painting and the inspiration comes while I work. I love artist Chuck Close’s response to this idea and I very much live after that.
“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you’re sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction. Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that’s almost never the case.”
— Chuck Close
Art Journal flip through
I love flipping through my art journals. It is such a fantastic feeling to touch and feel the texture and the soul in these pages.
ART JOURNALING
Art Journaling is such a great way to create "me-time" and a fantastic way to explore art in a limited space, with limited art supply and without any expectations of any specific results.
In this free class I will art journal in an old book.
For me art journaling is my resting place where I give myself time to recover. My art journaling process is totally free from requirements, rules, results or obligations. For me it is a way for my creative soul to be totally free and a way to find the unique creative source within myself. Art Journaling is a very important part of my creative process and it allows me to relax, to let go and to find my flow. I feel safe working in my art journal. For me art journaling opens up the magic of what is unique within me.
Whenever I chat with fellow artists and students, I find that we typically face a few challenges when it comes to enjoying art just for the pure pleasure of the doing. Take a read of my top tips to overcome these challenges and the importance of regular creative practice.