My Creativity Blog

“Observe Everything. Communicate Well. Draw, Draw, Draw.” Frank Thomas Thought: Disney animator, Frank Thomas, gave the advice above to young animators.  I believe this is solid advice for anyone wanting to be an artist or wanting to perfect your craft.  In order to create, you have to understand. In order to understand, you have to [...]

Welcome!  This is the first of a series of articles I plan to write as I work my way through The Creative Call by Janice Elsheimer.  Today I am writing about the introduction to the book titled, “Wondering”.  I hope you will join me in the study by reading along, writing comments and praying for [...]

I have been reading The Creative Call: An Artist’s Response to the Way of the Spirit by Janice Elsheimer. The book was given to me by a dear friend, Sara Parker. Sara and I go way back. I have written about Sara several times before. Sara read The Creative Call and decided that I needed [...]

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” Buckminster Fuller Thought: Do you give your art work a chance to develop or do you start criticizing it from the start? All art work is not going be beautiful throughout the artistic process. Sometimes I think my artwork looks [...]

Ever find a book you did not know you had? I was cleaning out my bookcase when I ran across an old book titled, Creative Teaching in Art.  I have no idea where this book came from.  It may have been given to me by someone when I started writing my creativity blog. I must [...]

There is an incredible amount of information out there on the internet about any subject imaginable.  There are blogs, websites, videos, and pod casts.  Creativity is a subject that many are writing and talking about. The purpose of my blog is to keep my readers informed about the resources available.  Today I want to give [...]

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord…..It is the Lord you are serving.” ~Colossians 3:23-24 Thought: I love this scripture.  It can be applied to anything, such as, creativity, life, marriage, education, physical fitness, etc. This week my former mother in law, Joyce Adrienne Paschal Holliday, passed [...]