Канал: Melinda VanRy - Better With Art

What's the difference creating with translucent layers? Watch these edges vanish and blues fuse.

What's the difference creating with translucent layers? Watch these edges vanish and blues fuse.

Creative Self-Care with Painty Butterflies

Creative Self-Care with Painty Butterflies

Look at this gorgeous texture! Translucent layer 2 of "Dive" #collage

Look at this gorgeous texture! Translucent layer 2 of "Dive" #collage

Check out the base layer of a new translucent work-in-progress. Loving the blues! #collage #artshort

Check out the base layer of a new translucent work-in-progress. Loving the blues! #collage #artshort

Quick small art from a hotel room after video fail.

Quick small art from a hotel room after video fail.

It doesn't need to be complicated or expensive to be worthwhile. Practice creative self-care.

It doesn't need to be complicated or expensive to be worthwhile. Practice creative self-care.

Relax and enjoy some watercolor flow #therapeuticart

Relax and enjoy some watercolor flow #therapeuticart

You don't need a new gel plate to achieve that fun separation effect! Silicone mat for the win!

You don't need a new gel plate to achieve that fun separation effect! Silicone mat for the win!

BETTER WITH ART: Making Our Marks

BETTER WITH ART: Making Our Marks

Seeking Solace Translucent Layers Collage Workshop is on its way! Step 1: Black & Translucent

Seeking Solace Translucent Layers Collage Workshop is on its way! Step 1: Black & Translucent

NEW gel plate? Use the natural separation with fluid acrylics for a sensational effect!

NEW gel plate? Use the natural separation with fluid acrylics for a sensational effect!

Reclaim Your Creativity with Watercolor Play

Reclaim Your Creativity with Watercolor Play

Depression? Anxiety? ART HELPS. Subscribe for weekly small-art prompts for creative self-care.

Depression? Anxiety? ART HELPS. Subscribe for weekly small-art prompts for creative self-care.

Creating with translucent layers #collage

Creating with translucent layers #collage

Circles to Serenity: Another Simple Small-Art Prompt for Creative Self-Care

Circles to Serenity: Another Simple Small-Art Prompt for Creative Self-Care

Reclaim your creativity with weekly small-art prompts free on my YouTube channel every Sunday

Reclaim your creativity with weekly small-art prompts free on my YouTube channel every Sunday

Wondering what I'll do with ALL THAT PAPER? One thing is make it LUMINOUS under glass cabochons.

Wondering what I'll do with ALL THAT PAPER? One thing is make it LUMINOUS under glass cabochons.

Would you like to see more? Quick look back at magazine image transfers of #My100CollagePapers

Would you like to see more? Quick look back at magazine image transfers of #My100CollagePapers

Check out how the work in progress turned out!

Check out how the work in progress turned out!

Using Homemade Masks and a Marbleized Effect: #My100CollagePapers Final Wrap-Up

Using Homemade Masks and a Marbleized Effect: #My100CollagePapers Final Wrap-Up

Using torn paper on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers bonus paper

Using torn paper on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers bonus paper

I DID IT! Playing with texture and layers for DAY 100 of #My100CollagePapers

I DID IT! Playing with texture and layers for DAY 100 of #My100CollagePapers

Wondering about using wet strength tissue paper on a silicone mat? #My100CollagePapers Day 99

Wondering about using wet strength tissue paper on a silicone mat? #My100CollagePapers Day 99

Reclaim your creativity with my budget-friendly art prompts

Reclaim your creativity with my budget-friendly art prompts

Gel plate, and layers, and masks, oh my! #My100CollagePapers Day 98

Gel plate, and layers, and masks, oh my! #My100CollagePapers Day 98

I'm going to keep encouraging you to MAKE ART! #betterwithart

I'm going to keep encouraging you to MAKE ART! #betterwithart

Gel plate or silicone mat? Comparing using masks. #My100CollagePapers Day 97

Gel plate or silicone mat? Comparing using masks. #My100CollagePapers Day 97

New gel plate? New homemade mask material! #My100CollagePapers Day 96

New gel plate? New homemade mask material! #My100CollagePapers Day 96

Painting with BUBBLES! #My100CollagePapers Day 95

Painting with BUBBLES! #My100CollagePapers Day 95

Have FUN & EXPRESS YOURSELF in your art! #My100CollagePapers Week 14

Have FUN & EXPRESS YOURSELF in your art! #My100CollagePapers Week 14

A limited color palette isn't limited... or limiting... #My100CollagePapers Day 94

A limited color palette isn't limited... or limiting... #My100CollagePapers Day 94

Underwhelmed with a monoprint with masks? Add layers! #My100CollagePapers Day 93

Underwhelmed with a monoprint with masks? Add layers! #My100CollagePapers Day 93

A fun simple use of yarn on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 92

A fun simple use of yarn on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 92

Color and FLOW: Practicing creative self-care with simple art

Color and FLOW: Practicing creative self-care with simple art

If you love it, you can find a way to incorporate it in collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 91

If you love it, you can find a way to incorporate it in collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 91

Wondering about using translucent layers in collage? Check it out! #My100CollagePapers collage break

Wondering about using translucent layers in collage? Check it out! #My100CollagePapers collage break

Simple marble-painting FUN for bold neutral collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 89

Simple marble-painting FUN for bold neutral collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 89

Learning the trick to totally translucent art papers on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 88

Learning the trick to totally translucent art papers on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 88

Creating Textured & Transparent Papers: #My100CollagePapers Week 13

Creating Textured & Transparent Papers: #My100CollagePapers Week 13

Using lace on the gel plate to create translucent collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 87

Using lace on the gel plate to create translucent collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 87

Improving my lace texture on the gel plate technique #My100CollagePapers Day 86

Improving my lace texture on the gel plate technique #My100CollagePapers Day 86

Making an aluminum-foil magazine-image transfer on tissue paper colorfast #My100CollagePapers Day 85

Making an aluminum-foil magazine-image transfer on tissue paper colorfast #My100CollagePapers Day 85

Express yourself with Collage... because we are BETTER WITH ART

Express yourself with Collage... because we are BETTER WITH ART

Yes, you can use your acrylic inks as spray inks, but this way was meh #My100CollagePapers Day 84

Yes, you can use your acrylic inks as spray inks, but this way was meh #My100CollagePapers Day 84

WHY would you want to take the time to make a magazine image transfer?!? #My100CollagePapers Day 83

WHY would you want to take the time to make a magazine image transfer?!? #My100CollagePapers Day 83

A monoprint went wrong but here's how I transformed what was left #My100CollagePapers Day 82

A monoprint went wrong but here's how I transformed what was left #My100CollagePapers Day 82

Creating colorful fun texture with an artificial flower on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 81

Creating colorful fun texture with an artificial flower on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 81

Basic Layered Monoprints with Artificial Flowers & TEXTURE on the Gel Plate: #My100CollagePapers

Basic Layered Monoprints with Artificial Flowers & TEXTURE on the Gel Plate: #My100CollagePapers

Gel plate texture and color fun. Because extra paint? I'm gonna play! #My100CollagePapers Day 80

Gel plate texture and color fun. Because extra paint? I'm gonna play! #My100CollagePapers Day 80

Creating a translucent collage layer on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 79

Creating a translucent collage layer on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 79

Using a PAINTBRUSH on the GEL PLATE! #My100CollagePapers Day 78

Using a PAINTBRUSH on the GEL PLATE! #My100CollagePapers Day 78

COLOR THERAPY! Take a paper-painting art break with me... with a little bit of color theory

COLOR THERAPY! Take a paper-painting art break with me... with a little bit of color theory

Adding texture to an easy floral single-pull gel-plate monoprint #My100CollagePapers Day 77

Adding texture to an easy floral single-pull gel-plate monoprint #My100CollagePapers Day 77

How to do a basic two-layer gel-plate flower print two ways, part 2 #My100CollagePapers Day 76

How to do a basic two-layer gel-plate flower print two ways, part 2 #My100CollagePapers Day 76

How to do a basic two-layer gel-plate flower print two ways, part 1 #My100CollagePapers Day 75

How to do a basic two-layer gel-plate flower print two ways, part 1 #My100CollagePapers Day 75

How to use just about anything on the gel plate without ruining it with paint #My100CollagePapers 74

How to use just about anything on the gel plate without ruining it with paint #My100CollagePapers 74

Easy Texture Plates & Masks for Gel Plate & Silicone Mat Monoprinting: #My100CollagePapers Week 11

Easy Texture Plates & Masks for Gel Plate & Silicone Mat Monoprinting: #My100CollagePapers Week 11

How to use Play-Doh, yes, Play-Doh! for monoprint texture on a gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 73

How to use Play-Doh, yes, Play-Doh! for monoprint texture on a gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 73

How to make a monoprint texture plate with modeling paste & a stencil #My100CollagePapers Day 72

How to make a monoprint texture plate with modeling paste & a stencil #My100CollagePapers Day 72

Glue gun fun for funky floweristic mask texture, Part 2 #My100CollagePapers Day 71

Glue gun fun for funky floweristic mask texture, Part 2 #My100CollagePapers Day 71

Creative self-care art-making isn't magic but can feel like it... Make easy watercolor fish with me

Creative self-care art-making isn't magic but can feel like it... Make easy watercolor fish with me

Glue gun fun for funky floweristic mask texture, Part 1 #My100CollagePapers Day 70

Glue gun fun for funky floweristic mask texture, Part 1 #My100CollagePapers Day 70

Super simple hot-glue texture plates with endless possibilities #My100CollagePapers Day 69

Super simple hot-glue texture plates with endless possibilities #My100CollagePapers Day 69

The most basic texture plate: slightly deconstructed cardboard #My100CollagePapers Day 68

The most basic texture plate: slightly deconstructed cardboard #My100CollagePapers Day 68

Just-for-fun monoprint is also a gel plate & silicone mat cleaning hack! #My100CollagePapers Day 67

Just-for-fun monoprint is also a gel plate & silicone mat cleaning hack! #My100CollagePapers Day 67

Intro to Silicone Mat Monoprinting, PART 2!: #My100CollagePapers Week 10

Intro to Silicone Mat Monoprinting, PART 2!: #My100CollagePapers Week 10

Isopropyl alcohol for textured layers in a silicone mat monoprint #My100CollagePapers Day 66

Isopropyl alcohol for textured layers in a silicone mat monoprint #My100CollagePapers Day 66

En fuego layered texture on the silicone mat with silicone pastry brush #My100CollagePapers Day 65

En fuego layered texture on the silicone mat with silicone pastry brush #My100CollagePapers Day 65

More silicone-mat monoprint texture fun #My100CollagePapers Day 64

More silicone-mat monoprint texture fun #My100CollagePapers Day 64

Have you taken time for art this week? Get into creative flow with me. Because we're BETTER WITH ART

Have you taken time for art this week? Get into creative flow with me. Because we're BETTER WITH ART

Gel plates are expensive. Silicone mats are a cost-effective alternative. #My100CollagePapers Day 63

Gel plates are expensive. Silicone mats are a cost-effective alternative. #My100CollagePapers Day 63

Silicone pastry brush on silicone mat for monoprint texture layer #My100CollagePapers Day 62

Silicone pastry brush on silicone mat for monoprint texture layer #My100CollagePapers Day 62

Check out the texture you can create with water & acrylics on a silicone mat #My100CollagePapers 61

Check out the texture you can create with water & acrylics on a silicone mat #My100CollagePapers 61

Not ready to invest in a gel plate? Try silicone-mat monoprinting with me #My100CollagePapers Day 60

Not ready to invest in a gel plate? Try silicone-mat monoprinting with me #My100CollagePapers Day 60

Intro to Silicone Mat Monoprinting & some other fun stuff: #My100CollagePapers Week 9

Intro to Silicone Mat Monoprinting & some other fun stuff: #My100CollagePapers Week 9

Colorful grunge with fluid acrylic on a silicone mat #My100CollagePapers Day 59

Colorful grunge with fluid acrylic on a silicone mat #My100CollagePapers Day 59

Playing with paint looking for the right dark purple & raspberry #My100CollagePapers Day 58

Playing with paint looking for the right dark purple & raspberry #My100CollagePapers Day 58

Baby powder resist on a silicone mat instead of a gel plate? #My100CollagePapers Day 57

Baby powder resist on a silicone mat instead of a gel plate? #My100CollagePapers Day 57

Practicing Creative Self-Care with Simple Art

Practicing Creative Self-Care with Simple Art

Is a good image transfer possible with a silicone mat? Let's find out! #My100CollagePapers Day 56

Is a good image transfer possible with a silicone mat? Let's find out! #My100CollagePapers Day 56

Let go of perfection & doodle it out with continuous line drawing #BetterWithArt

Let go of perfection & doodle it out with continuous line drawing #BetterWithArt

Part 1 of testing a silicone mat in place of a gel plate for monoprinting #My100CollagePapers Day 55

Part 1 of testing a silicone mat in place of a gel plate for monoprinting #My100CollagePapers Day 55

Want another option to add bits of text to your collage? Try masking tape! #My100CollagePapers Day54

Want another option to add bits of text to your collage? Try masking tape! #My100CollagePapers Day54

Magazine-text gel-plate transfer experiment for #My100CollagePapers Day 53

Magazine-text gel-plate transfer experiment for #My100CollagePapers Day 53

Gel Plate FUN with Toilet Paper Tubes & Image Transfers:#My100CollagePapers Week 8

Gel Plate FUN with Toilet Paper Tubes & Image Transfers:#My100CollagePapers Week 8

Wonder how an image transfer works with white paint? Find out with me. #My100CollagePapers Day 52

Wonder how an image transfer works with white paint? Find out with me. #My100CollagePapers Day 52

Testing fluid acrylic for magazine image transfer #My100CollagePapers Day 51

Testing fluid acrylic for magazine image transfer #My100CollagePapers Day 51

Testing Harper's Bazaar for gel plate image transfer #My100CollagePapers Day 50

Testing Harper's Bazaar for gel plate image transfer #My100CollagePapers Day 50

Doodle it Out with Continuous Line Drawing

Doodle it Out with Continuous Line Drawing

Getting a better handle on creating a gradient on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 49

Getting a better handle on creating a gradient on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 49

Making waves with my favorite simple mark-making tool on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 48

Making waves with my favorite simple mark-making tool on the gel plate #My100CollagePapers Day 48

Bringing back a toilet-paper-tube mark-making brush this time on my gel plate #My100CollagePapers 47

Bringing back a toilet-paper-tube mark-making brush this time on my gel plate #My100CollagePapers 47

It's a fun but trickier colored-paint alcohol effect on black cardstock #My100CollagePapers Day 46

It's a fun but trickier colored-paint alcohol effect on black cardstock #My100CollagePapers Day 46

Asemic Writing & Awesome Isopropyl Alcohol Effects: #My100CollagePapers Week 7

Asemic Writing & Awesome Isopropyl Alcohol Effects: #My100CollagePapers Week 7

Is fluid acrylic or craft paint better for another fun alcohol effect? #My100CollagePapers Day 45

Is fluid acrylic or craft paint better for another fun alcohol effect? #My100CollagePapers Day 45

Playing with layers of the alcohol effect on acrylics #My100CollagePapers Day 44

Playing with layers of the alcohol effect on acrylics #My100CollagePapers Day 44

Have you ever seen what alcohol can do to acrylic paint? #My100CollagePapers Day 43

Have you ever seen what alcohol can do to acrylic paint? #My100CollagePapers Day 43

Unwind with mark-making with this inexpensive and easy tool

Unwind with mark-making with this inexpensive and easy tool

Have you ever salted acrylic paint? Today I try printer paper & cardstock #My100CollagePapers Day 42

Have you ever salted acrylic paint? Today I try printer paper & cardstock #My100CollagePapers Day 42

Acrylic paint on wet paper, simple but gorgeous #MyCollagePapers Day 41

Acrylic paint on wet paper, simple but gorgeous #MyCollagePapers Day 41

Have you ever tried asemic writing? Here's my favorite method. #My100CollagePapers Day 40

Have you ever tried asemic writing? Here's my favorite method. #My100CollagePapers Day 40

Aluminum foil image transfer on cardstock! #My100CollagePapers Day 39

Aluminum foil image transfer on cardstock! #My100CollagePapers Day 39

You won't believe the art you can make with toilet paper tubes & aluminum foil! #My100CollagePapers

You won't believe the art you can make with toilet paper tubes & aluminum foil! #My100CollagePapers

Aluminum foil image transfer?!? YES! #My100CollagePapers Day 38

Aluminum foil image transfer?!? YES! #My100CollagePapers Day 38

The most basic basics of aluminum-foil monoprints #My100CollagePapers Day 37

The most basic basics of aluminum-foil monoprints #My100CollagePapers Day 37

TP tube & rubber bands for funky lines with gel plate or just paper #My100CollagePapers Day 36

TP tube & rubber bands for funky lines with gel plate or just paper #My100CollagePapers Day 36

Immerse yourself in color for a healthy creative self-care art break

Immerse yourself in color for a healthy creative self-care art break

Another cheap art-making hack for dramatic inky marks #My100CollagePapers Day 35

Another cheap art-making hack for dramatic inky marks #My100CollagePapers Day 35

You don't have to be a kid to use kid-art alternative tools, and you're never too old for paint fun!

You don't have to be a kid to use kid-art alternative tools, and you're never too old for paint fun!

Would you guess how quick, easy, and inexpensive this one is? #My100CollagePapers Day 33

Would you guess how quick, easy, and inexpensive this one is? #My100CollagePapers Day 33

Who knew watercolor book pages would be so pretty? #My100CollagePapers Day 32

Who knew watercolor book pages would be so pretty? #My100CollagePapers Day 32

Altered Book Pages: #My100CollagePapers Week 5

Altered Book Pages: #My100CollagePapers Week 5

Create fascinating texture with plastic wrap #My100CollagePapers Day 31

Create fascinating texture with plastic wrap #My100CollagePapers Day 31

Want to make book pages look like galaxies of words? Try baby powder! #My100CollagePapers Day 30

Want to make book pages look like galaxies of words? Try baby powder! #My100CollagePapers Day 30

An image transfer worth a thousand words #My100CollagePapers Day 29

An image transfer worth a thousand words #My100CollagePapers Day 29

Rest & reenergize your brain with neurographic lines

Rest & reenergize your brain with neurographic lines

If a collage paper doesn't turn out as expected, just use it differently #My100CollagePapers

If a collage paper doesn't turn out as expected, just use it differently #My100CollagePapers

I did not expect the cheapest option to work the best! It's Day 27 of #My100CollagePapers

I did not expect the cheapest option to work the best! It's Day 27 of #My100CollagePapers

Necessary non-boring neutrals made from book pages #My100CollagePapers Day 26

Necessary non-boring neutrals made from book pages #My100CollagePapers Day 26

Metallics to float in a layer of collage on tissue paper #My100CollagePapers Day 25

Metallics to float in a layer of collage on tissue paper #My100CollagePapers Day 25

Inspiration Fodder & Metallics: #My100CollagePapers Week 4

Inspiration Fodder & Metallics: #My100CollagePapers Week 4

Ooooh, shiny! Super simple copper collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 24

Ooooh, shiny! Super simple copper collage paper #My100CollagePapers Day 24

Abstract flower inspiration fodder with acrylic ink for Day 23 of #My100CollagePapers

Abstract flower inspiration fodder with acrylic ink for Day 23 of #My100CollagePapers

Inspiration Fodder: Sketchy Doodle Focal Points #My100CollagePapers Day 22

Inspiration Fodder: Sketchy Doodle Focal Points #My100CollagePapers Day 22

Overcoming fear & anxiety with... curiosity

Overcoming fear & anxiety with... curiosity

A way to store inspiration fodder plus a bonus image transfer #My100CollagePapers Day 21

A way to store inspiration fodder plus a bonus image transfer #My100CollagePapers Day 21

The EASIST image transfer to add to our inspiration fodder #My100CollagePapers Day 20

The EASIST image transfer to add to our inspiration fodder #My100CollagePapers Day 20

Inspiration fodder tip to beat blank-canvas overwhelm #My100CollagePapers Day 19

Inspiration fodder tip to beat blank-canvas overwhelm #My100CollagePapers Day 19

Black-lace gel-plate collage-paper texture experiment #My100CollagePapers Day 18 #mixedmediacollage

Black-lace gel-plate collage-paper texture experiment #My100CollagePapers Day 18 #mixedmediacollage

Celebrating success & accepting the value of apparent failure: #My100CollagePapers Week 3

Celebrating success & accepting the value of apparent failure: #My100CollagePapers Week 3

Creating lace texture with a translucent background to float in collage #MyCollagePapers Day 17

Creating lace texture with a translucent background to float in collage #MyCollagePapers Day 17

Simple but gorgeous gel-plate magazine-image transfer. Don't be afraid to try #My100CollagePapers 16

Simple but gorgeous gel-plate magazine-image transfer. Don't be afraid to try #My100CollagePapers 16

Spoiler alert! My first gel-plate magazine-image transfer was awesome! #My100CollagePapers Day 15

Spoiler alert! My first gel-plate magazine-image transfer was awesome! #My100CollagePapers Day 15

You call that ART?!? Yes! Find HOPE in therapeutic art with me

You call that ART?!? Yes! Find HOPE in therapeutic art with me

Creating a colorful new texture effect on the gel plate #MyCollagePapers Day 14

Creating a colorful new texture effect on the gel plate #MyCollagePapers Day 14

A different kind of gel print. #My100CollagePapers Day 13

A different kind of gel print. #My100CollagePapers Day 13

When acrylics play like watercolor... Watch me make Rivulets #My100CollagePapers Day 12

When acrylics play like watercolor... Watch me make Rivulets #My100CollagePapers Day 12

MORE TISSUE PAPER FUN for Translucent Papers: #My100CollagePapers Week 2

MORE TISSUE PAPER FUN for Translucent Papers: #My100CollagePapers Week 2

I've got the blues and they're gorgeous... circles: #My100CollagePapers Day 11 #collagepaper

I've got the blues and they're gorgeous... circles: #My100CollagePapers Day 11 #collagepaper

Modeling paste & stencil texture with some ASMR for listening pleasure, #My100CollagePapers Day 10

Modeling paste & stencil texture with some ASMR for listening pleasure, #My100CollagePapers Day 10

Floating metallic circles: Day 9 of #My100CollagePapers #collagefun #The100DayProject

Floating metallic circles: Day 9 of #My100CollagePapers #collagefun #The100DayProject

Rich color and copper shine using acrylic inks for Day 8 of #My100CollagePapers #The100DayProject

Rich color and copper shine using acrylic inks for Day 8 of #My100CollagePapers #The100DayProject

Make fun art with me! Sometimes we just need to laugh...

Make fun art with me! Sometimes we just need to laugh...

Check out this black & transparent collage paper technique! It's Day 7 of #My100CollagePapers

Check out this black & transparent collage paper technique! It's Day 7 of #My100CollagePapers

How I made a transparent & opaque black paper: #My100CollagePapers Day 6

How I made a transparent & opaque black paper: #My100CollagePapers Day 6

Experimenting with salt & acrylic paint on tissue paper #My100CollagePapers #The100DayProject Day 5

Experimenting with salt & acrylic paint on tissue paper #My100CollagePapers #The100DayProject Day 5

Reclaim your creativity. Art-making is good for mental health. #creativeselfcare #simpleart

Reclaim your creativity. Art-making is good for mental health. #creativeselfcare #simpleart

TISSUE PAPER FUN for Translucent Papers: #My100CollagePapers Week 1

TISSUE PAPER FUN for Translucent Papers: #My100CollagePapers Week 1

Alcohol on Tissue Paper: Day 4 of #The100DayProject #My100CollagePapers #artexperiment #collagepaper

Alcohol on Tissue Paper: Day 4 of #The100DayProject #My100CollagePapers #artexperiment #collagepaper

Take time to make art. It's not a waste of time. #creativeselfcare #simpleartjournaling #artprompts

Take time to make art. It's not a waste of time. #creativeselfcare #simpleartjournaling #artprompts

Floating Lines: Day 3 of #The100DayProject #My100CollagePapers #artideas #mixedmedia #makeartwithme

Floating Lines: Day 3 of #The100DayProject #My100CollagePapers #artideas #mixedmedia #makeartwithme

Experiment, explore, and enjoy art-making with my simple form of art journaling! #creativeselfcare

Experiment, explore, and enjoy art-making with my simple form of art journaling! #creativeselfcare

Asemic Writing on Tissue Paper, Day 2 of #The100DayProject & #My100CollagePapers

Asemic Writing on Tissue Paper, Day 2 of #The100DayProject & #My100CollagePapers

It's Day 1 of #The100DayProject and #My100CollagePapers. Subscribe for all the creative fun!

It's Day 1 of #The100DayProject and #My100CollagePapers. Subscribe for all the creative fun!

Colorful Fun with Acrylic Craft Paint... Reclaiming your creativity doesn't need to cost a lot

Colorful Fun with Acrylic Craft Paint... Reclaiming your creativity doesn't need to cost a lot

Practice CREATIVE SELF-CARE & make ART with me! #creativeselfcare #simpleartjournal #betterwithart

Practice CREATIVE SELF-CARE & make ART with me! #creativeselfcare #simpleartjournal #betterwithart

Clip from this week's prompt with #The100DayProject announcement! Subscribe and join me! #collage

Clip from this week's prompt with #The100DayProject announcement! Subscribe and join me! #collage

Why I'm doing #The100DayProject #creativeselfcare #collagepaper #betterwithart #neurographicart

Why I'm doing #The100DayProject #creativeselfcare #collagepaper #betterwithart #neurographicart

Slow down with neurographic lines #creativeselfcare #artideas #simpleartjournaling #betterwithart

Slow down with neurographic lines #creativeselfcare #artideas #simpleartjournaling #betterwithart

Black & white or color? Make art with me! #creativeselfcare #artideas #betterwithart #artprompts

Black & white or color? Make art with me! #creativeselfcare #artideas #betterwithart #artprompts

Make art with me! Because we ARE better with art!

Make art with me! Because we ARE better with art!

Are you taking time for art? It's not a waste of time. #creativeselfcare #watercolor #easyart #flow

Are you taking time for art? It's not a waste of time. #creativeselfcare #watercolor #easyart #flow

Things don't always go as planned but that's okay. #creativeselfcare #therapeuticart #betterwithart

Things don't always go as planned but that's okay. #creativeselfcare #therapeuticart #betterwithart

Join me for Watercolor Flow #creativeselfcare #artideas #betterwithart #watercolor

Join me for Watercolor Flow #creativeselfcare #artideas #betterwithart #watercolor

Watercolor Flow

Watercolor Flow

Mind-Quieting Lines #artideas #journaltherapywithmelinda #creativeselfcare

Mind-Quieting Lines #artideas #journaltherapywithmelinda #creativeselfcare

Line-making this week on Better With Art

Line-making this week on Better With Art

Mind-Quieting Lines... Because We All Have Our Moments

Mind-Quieting Lines... Because We All Have Our Moments

What do you see in Solace? #mixedmediaart #art

What do you see in Solace? #mixedmediaart #art

Winter Wonder Collage

Winter Wonder Collage

Get Creative With Watercolor Blobs

Get Creative With Watercolor Blobs

Embracing Imperfection With Blind Contour Drawings

Embracing Imperfection With Blind Contour Drawings

Check out 52 weeks in 20 seconds & join me for more! Music: A little trip Musician: Xuxiao

Check out 52 weeks in 20 seconds & join me for more! Music: A little trip Musician: Xuxiao

Better With Art: Resolutions and Resolution

Better With Art: Resolutions and Resolution

Week 52: Artful Resolutions

Week 52: Artful Resolutions

Week 51: Give Yourself the Gift of Creative Self-Care

Week 51: Give Yourself the Gift of Creative Self-Care

Week 50: Black & White Space to Breathe

Week 50: Black & White Space to Breathe

Week 49: Watercolor Ornaments

Week 49: Watercolor Ornaments

Week 48: Relaxing Night Sky

Week 48: Relaxing Night Sky

Week 47: Last Leaves of Autumn Watercolor

Week 47: Last Leaves of Autumn Watercolor

Week 46: Autumn Watercolor Woods

Week 46: Autumn Watercolor Woods

Week 45: Colorful Watercolor Tangles

Week 45: Colorful Watercolor Tangles

Week 44: Creative Frames

Week 44: Creative Frames

Week 43: Abstract Calla Lilies... or Something Else Entirely

Week 43: Abstract Calla Lilies... or Something Else Entirely

Week 42: More Mind-Quieting Lines

Week 42: More Mind-Quieting Lines

Week 41: Unwind With Watercolors

Week 41: Unwind With Watercolors

Week 40: Beautiful Blobby Pumpkins

Week 40: Beautiful Blobby Pumpkins

Week 39: Autumn Color Mixing

Week 39: Autumn Color Mixing

Week 38: Painting an Impression

Week 38: Painting an Impression

Week 37: Neurographic Monarch Wing

Week 37: Neurographic Monarch Wing

Week 36: Finding Rest in Creative Self-Care

Week 36: Finding Rest in Creative Self-Care

Week 35: Capturing Shadows

Week 35: Capturing Shadows

Week 34: Winging It with Watercolor

Week 34: Winging It with Watercolor

New mixed media in progress. Fun flowers next. #art #asemicwriting #mixedmedia

New mixed media in progress. Fun flowers next. #art #asemicwriting #mixedmedia

Week 33: Translucent Acrylic... Lines and... CATS

Week 33: Translucent Acrylic... Lines and... CATS

Week 32: Continuous Line Drawing

Week 32: Continuous Line Drawing

Week 31: More Hidden Writing

Week 31: More Hidden Writing

Week 30: Asemic Writing

Week 30: Asemic Writing

Fun watercolor geodes on the 52-Week Art Journal Journey #artjournalwithmelinda #artjournalprompts

Fun watercolor geodes on the 52-Week Art Journal Journey #artjournalwithmelinda #artjournalprompts

Week 29: Fanciful Watercolor Agate

Week 29: Fanciful Watercolor Agate