What is your muse? Do you need one? What do I create about? This is the basic question that we ask when we start. What is my muse? This is the next question we ask as our art practice develops. This season we are going to learn how to choose what we create about and...

In February, 8 women gathered together in Folly Beach, South Carolina for the Get Messy Art Retreat. This week was full of art, good food, friendship and walks along the beach. For me, Lauren, this was a dream come true experience: to spend a week in a...

Hey you. Perfectionist. Tell me. What is stopping you from starting that art journal? What's standing in the way of you incorporating making art into your everyday life? Your high standards are what makes your life great, but it often leads to not trying in case of...

  We all love to read about creativity, fill our homes with beautiful giant books with art photos, patterns, and photography in them. These books are as beautiful as they are educational. But living a creative life as an artist begs for more depth and inner...

What does creativity look like in your life? Are you living a creative life? How do you know? Where do you find inspiration? This month at Get Messy we are going to help you answer all of these questions. We will teach you where great artists find inspiration and go...

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Why prompts? Why not just create whatever you want? Why revisit prompts? If you’re a member of Get Messy you’ll notice that we are big on prompts around here. Each Monday we release a handful of prompts related to our season theme and encourage everyone to create a...