It’s happened to all of us at some point. You see a report on the news that a famous person has passed away and you think to yourself, “I swear that already happened!” Or a family member talks about an event that occurred years ago in the family that you have absolutely no knowledge or … 7 Strange Art Mandela Effects Read More ..read more

Art Tutorial: Create a Mixed Media Painting With Me! Over a year ago, I posted a mixed media art tutorial of my “Friesian” painting. I created another painting recently, called “Moon Girl,” and I filmed the process from start to finish. It is up on my YouTube channel for you to watch if you are … Mixed Media Art Tutorial From Start to Finish: Moon Girl Portrait Read More ..read more

My Old Mixed Media Art – Embarrassing? Yes! Worthy? Also Yes! It’s only in the last year or so that I started to feel confident in my art. I have been seriously working on my art for a solid 5+ years now, so it surprises me sometimes that it took that long. But then again, … We All Start Somewhere: What Our Old Mixed Media Art Teaches Us Read More ..read more

The Truth About What it’s Like to Be an Artist! I was sitting at my easel last night, working on one of my newest paintings and thinking, as I normally do. Painting has kind of a meditative quality and all sorts of thoughts drift through my mind. Last night, I thought about how weird it … What It’s Really Like to be an Artist (One Artist’s Perspective) Read More ..read more

Sometimes, You Need to Inspire Your Art With Non-Art! Sometimes, you just don’t feel inspired. It’s okay, it happens to the best of us. Maybe: there’s life stuff happening your current style is starting to feel stale, or maybe you just want to try something new. The good news is this: there are many ways … 10 Non-Art Ways to Inspire Your Art Read More ..read more

Questions for the Artist who Writes This Blog We’re already halfway through the first month of 2020, and if you’re anything like me, you’re still halfway between the busy haze of the holidays and the nagging feeling that you should be a lot more motivated to do ALL the things in the new year. Since … Get to Know Me: 10 Questions for the Artist Behind the Blog Read More ..read more

My Thoughts on Paintings as Gifts For me, art and gift giving have always gone together. I remember giving handmade gifts for birthdays and holidays from when I was a little kid, all the way up until recently. When you’re an artist, giving away your art as gifts almost seems a no-brainer. It’s low cost, … Giving Mixed Media Paintings as Gifts: Good Idea or Bad Idea? Read More ..read more

I would describe myself as a mostly self-taught artist. I throw that “mostly” in there because, of course, I had to turn to people more experienced than myself so I could learn the things I didn’t know. This included people IRL (in real life) and (in the past several years) people who offer art inspiration … 6 Artists Who Inspired Me When I Was Learning Mixed Media Art Read More ..read more

Happy Halloween! I thought it would be fun to do a “scary” video just in time for Halloween. Of course, it had to be art related. So, I Googled Haunted artwork. And what should appear? A story I had never heard before about a piece of art that is allegedly The World’s Most Haunted Painting … Happy Halloween! New YouTube Video: The World’s Most Haunted Painting? Read More ..read more

Create a Mixed Media Painting With Me! Over a year ago, I posted a mixed media art tutorial of my “Friesian” painting. I created another painting recently, called “Moon Girl,” and I filmed the process from start to finish. It is up on my YouTube channel for you to watch if you are interested. But… The post Mixed Media Art Tutorial From Start to Finish: Moon Girl Portrait appeared first on Mixed Media Art - Jaime Leigh ..read more