The Creative Coaching Carnival

Marney Makridakis from Artella gave a web presentation last night called "The Creative Coaching Carnival." She was using carnival attractions as metaphors for the different styles of coaching people may use while using the ARTbundance method. ARTbundance stresses the use of art as a means to help people deal with their issues of any kind. We were directed throughout the presentation to draw three carnival attractions - first a ferris wheel, second a carnival midway, and finally a merry-go-round. Since we had to draw quickly, it was like drawing as a kid again. Afterwards, I scanned my three pictures and combined them into one in Photoshop. It was so much fun!

Last Week of ARTbundance Certification Training

Today we attended our last class for ARTbundance Certification Training. The 14 weeks have certainly gone by fast! The class ended with the question, "What day would you like to create for people to celebrate every year?" This is the day I chose:

Do You Have A Book Inside Of You?

My friend Marney from Artella has a new program I think looks very interesting. Of course, I like to write. :-)

Marney says, "For all your aspiring authors out there: it’s time to take action! Here’s a new video from Marc Allen and myself to get you started...take a look!"

I'm A Trainee!

Most elements from R. McMeen's kit "Merrill's Spotted Dog." Billizetti and Pierre (dog) by me.

I am going to be developing short, fun, artistic and inspirational online classes. Most importantly, I am planning to offer these classes at an inexpensive price. There are so many classes I would love to take online, but they are simply too expensive for those of us who have been hit hard by the recession. I think online classes should be available to everyone! :-) Stay tuned!

Creating Time Event Day 2

Prompt: What words or phrases stood out to you in the short video. What do you most want to remember?

Elements from Artella's March Studio Kit "About Time."

Conquering Time

I guess this is serendipity. Mr. Whiskers just came out with a new digital scrapbooking kit called "Steampunk: The London Adventure." First, I love steampunk. Second, steampunk is always full of watches and anything dealing with time. It's just "in time" for the upcoming release of Marney Makridakis new book "Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life." I hope you read the post about it below. I am extra excited about it, because not only do I have several interview answers in the book, but one of my digital collages is also published. Yay! I hope you don't get tired of me talking about it. If you would like to check out the book for yourself, though, I put a Amazon box in the right column that will take you right to it.


If you would like to see everything in Mr. Whiskers' steampunk kit, you can find it here: http://www.deviantscrap.com/shop/product.php?productid=19731&cat=&page=

Bohemian Boogie

Elements from Artella's Cruise Workshop #14 - "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Artella's New Classes

Yes, I get a small kickback if you sign up for one of the courses by clicking on the picture below. But I post about them because I really love Artella's e-courses. I think I've taken 7 of them. It's amazing the amount of art you can create when you are given wonderful creative stimulus! Then you can share your beautiful art with us by posting it on your blog. Both of these sound like fun to me, especially if you like mail art.

Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life

This is exciting! The cover is out for the new book written by Marney Makridakis. She is the founder of Artella. Some of you may have seen the magazine Artella - "the waltz of words, art and spirit" that was published for several years. Marney was the creator of that magazine. Her new book Creating Time is going to be available in April of next year. I can't wait to read it!

This is especially exciting for me, because one of my digital collages is being featured in the book. I could post the picture, but that would spoil all the fun. Everyone has to wait until April. Well, you'll also have to buy the book.  :O)

Free Digital Art Kit From Artella

Summer Camp for Starting Your Business

Marney from Artella is holding one of her summer camps to help people start their own business. If you would like find out what it's all about, click here.

Marney Offering a Free Teleclass!

One of my greatest muses has been Marney from Artella. She is offering a free teleclass this next Wednesday. I always hang up the phone in better spirits and have a new attitude about life when I listen to one of her teleclasses. I was told that this one is for men, too, despite the obviously feminine subject. (Yep, women are taking over the world!)



If you would like to listen in to this free, inspiring "Discover Wonder Woman’s Greatest Superpower" class this Wednesday, 3-23...sign up here! 

Thinking about starting your own business?

Now this is dastardly! You come to a friends blog for some simple entertainment and get an advertisement instead. But Marney is a good art friend of mine, and I love everything she does. Her programs are wonderful! Marney is the founder of Artella in case you haven't heard of her before.

If you've ever thought about starting your art business (well, any kind of business for that matter), you might want to check this out: