My Creativity Blog

Here is a simple activity to do when you get stuck and don’t know what to do with your creativity. Go for a walk with your camera or camcorder.  Before you head out, pick one of the Elements of Art as a theme for your photo shoot. The Elements of Art are: value, space, shape, [...]

I just recently flew home to Hawaii from the mainland. I was lucky to get a window seat.  When I wasn’t sleeping or writing,  I watched the cloud formations in the sky. The sun was setting slowly in the west, but as we moved westward we were catching up with daylight. The cloud formations over [...]

According to dictionary.com, an artist is defined as: 1. a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria, 2. a person who practices one of the fine arts, esp. a painter or sculptor, 3. a person whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of design, drawing, or [...]

I became the official family photographer for my daughter, Lara, and her family when I was asked to paint a portrait of her three small children.  Lara wanted me to do a watercolor of all three of her children together in a natural setting. Since I use my own photographs as reference material when I [...]