Inspired by!

What am I inspired by and drawn to in other people's artwork?

• Colors and shapes on top of images of people

 artwork by Kris Tate

• cute animals!  I can't resist.

• artwork about childhood things:  Ninja Turtles, My Little Ponies, E.T.

 artwork by Lorenza

• geometric shapes with portraits

 artwork by Anne Manda

• bold collages

 artwork by Collage Fever

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Sticker Inspiration

Here are some ways you can use sticky things in your artwork! 

Hang things! via Pinterest

Here, I used washi tape to hang my daughter's artwork!  The mind of a 3 year old...

Hang masking tape from your ceiling.   

Ok, that's not really practical, but it sure looks cool in an art installation!

image via I Love Sticky Tape

Easy Washi Tape greeting card from NoBiggie.net

Gorgeous taped letters from Corey Moortgat:  I seriously LOVE all her stuff!

Washi tape silhouette art via My Sister's Suitcase

Just go crazy and fill a page with stickers.  Tacky, gaudy, but oh so fun!

Image via Weheartit

Create a taped wall!  Image via Molla Mills

Mix and match leftover stickers to speak your mind from Lisa Moorefield

Use up stickers on shoebox lids for your wall!

via Pinterest

Check out the other posts in this series about using your stickers and tapes in art journal pages:

1.  Sticky Inspiration
2.  My new stickers & some pages with them
3.  Using patterned tape in an art journal page
4.  Guest Post:  Marly Martinez
5.  Tape Lines artwork
6.  How to Create Your Own Stickers Using Picmonkey
7.  Sticker Art Inspiration 
8.  Cutting out shapes from tape
9.  Guest Post:  Chandra Newton

10.  Adding doodling to stickers 

11.  More Circular Stickers

12.  Guest Post:  Rachel Mims


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More good than bad in the world.

I shared this on my elementary art teaching blog, but I thought this was a good one. With so many bad things happening in the world, I thought this was a good reminder.

Peter Reynolds, author of the book The Dot, posted this on his Facebook page.

Art by Peter Reynolds

Trip to EPIC- Part Two

Earlier this week, I toured a medical software company with some 7th graders at our school.  The hallways are decorated very artistically and contain many works of sculpture and paintings.   For part one of my visit to EPIC, go here!

I LOVED this one!

A unique sculpture made of computer parts.  Kind of reminds me of Louise Nevelson.

Fabric art on the wall

This was a celestial hallway.  Yes, this is in the office building!

Also in the hallway... a heaven/hell junction.

This was my favorite hallway.  It was very light and airy feeling.

Wouldn't you love to have chairs like this in a conference room?

pretty flowers.. totally my style

The head of this is made out of a scrubby brush thing.

Can you believe this office building also has a slide!?

Texture and Lettering

Inspiration Avenue's challenge this week is texture.  A lot of my art journal pages have layers and texture.

What inspires you?

Inspiration Avenue is having a blog party for reaching 500 members.  They have weekly challenges with themes.  This week they are asking what inspires you.  Also, check out My Mojo Monthly, which is all about inspiration as well.   So, I will show you some of what inspires me:

Insects and Plants

Flowers and Fruits

Organic Shapes

Letters and Numbers

Cute things

BRIGHT Colors

The Beauty at Your Feet

How have I never noticed leaves like this before?  I have never observed such leaves that are left with only the veins.  Now they are everywhere.  I see them all around the neighborhood.  Maybe I have never noticed them before.