Pinterest Perfect
Use pinterest to grow your following and promote your business. Practice these simple tips to using pinterest to promote services and products. Perfect for beginners. Running your own business and selling your products online isn’t as easy as it sounds. You know that you make great work, and that your services can change people’s lives, […]
3 Ways to see how creative you really are.
Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. William Pollard Creativity isn’t the easiest thing to test…… as in it’s pretty darn hard to make it fit onto a scantron sheet. However, there are accurate test […]
Pre School kids art class
Kids summer art exploration is a series of creative mornings for your child to spend 1.5 hours at a Lancaster County art gallery while you run errands, enjoy shopping, or relax and slowly drink a cup of coffee or tea at a local cafe, sounds like dream come true right? All classes will be taught […]
stop labeling: how labels hurt students
we started losing them and hurting them as soon as we started labeling them. my classes are rather loose. students working, walking around, talking, music playing. this type of environment works well for developing ideas, a side effect, is that i hear and am included in a lot of conversations. perhaps i’m more sensitive to […]
11 things i don’t understand about schools
I have a lot questions, 11 things that i don’t understand about the schools? 1. why do we care so much about capital letters, i don’t like typing them, they require me to hit another key 2. why do we require students to write a certain number of pages on a given topic, […]
Make an impact and a FREE workbook
If you’re keeping your creativity a secret from the world, maybe even a secret from yourself… ie, you’re not making anything, you’re hiding the best part of yourself. That seems a little harsh I know, so let’s flip it, and get off on a better foot. If you’re sharing your creativity with the world and […]
Learning to ask the right questions
Often the hardest thing about being creative and making art on any level is getting started. You’re unable to start because you’re asking the wrong question. Perhaps your question is too broad, allowing for too many solutions. Your question might not be something that you’re actually excited about working on, or it might be guiding […]
Push your work to the extremes.
It’s easy to get stuck in you comfort zone, which isn’t great for your artwork. Today’s video is about asking the right questions to push your work to the extremes. Watch the video below. creative video 1 edited from louise kane on Vimeo. Leave a comment sharing how you’re going to push your work to […]
The solution to all of your problems.
Need a new idea, but feel like you’re stuck? When it comes to artists and creatives, sometimes it can be hard to step away from your work and develop new ideas and new connections because you’re so close to the work. An idea generation chart is a fun, fast, and easy way to get the […]
The Creative Process of Elaine Brady Smith
Elaine Brady Smith expresses her creativity through collage, mixed media and encaustic art. To see more of work, and to find out about her workshops, visit her website. I get the best creative ideas when I’m…. When I least expect them!!! They usually come to me when I am […]