This is the last short video in the Going Wild Series. Let's recap our time together and I'll share some pages from my sketchbook that have been inspired by simple walks in nature. I...
05 – Wrapping Up Going Wild
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04 – Drawing Leaves
Let’s use repetition and re-creation in our art practice as a way to lower pressure, explore, and develop an idea. In this session, we will be drawing from observation using a fallen leaf or...
03 – Drawing with Scissors
Firstly, we will prepare our sketchbook page with a nice dark background with either ink or paint and let it dry. We'll then look at our photographs for inspiration to create nature-themed...
02 – Drawing with Twigs
Let’s use unusual drawing and painting tools, like the sticks and twigs we picked up outside, to draw with ink and make interesting marks on loose paper. Use your twigs to experiment with...
01 – Seeking Inspiration in Nature
We are going out looking for inspiration in nature. In this lesson we will go out into our nearest patch of nature searching for treasure. We will look closely at leaves, plants, flowers or...
Warm Up – Creating beautiful organic shapes with water and ink
Learn how to make striking organic shapes with a simple, fun art technique that uses water and ink.Supplies loose paper (thicker paper works best) a container of water a brush a bottle of...
Welcome to Going Wild
Here's what we will be doing in this glorious nature-inspired class. By the end of this introductory lesson, you’ll have a lot of ideas about finding inspiration from nature - a local park or...
Day 31 Un/finished
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: What is finished when it comes to art, anyway? Celebrate all the finishing you...
Day 30 Favourite
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Life is too short to hoard your favourite supplies! Take some time today to use...
Day 29 Sunburst
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:I’ve been noticing a trend in my journal pages lately… things are BURSTING with...
Day 28 MissTakes
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Let’s explore what we can do with supposed mistakes and learn how they can help...
Day 27 Archive
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Often times when I look back at my journals, it’s the smaller mundane moments that...
Day 26 Scraps
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Do you have a tidy desk? I certainly don’t. Hey, there is no shame in it! 😉 The...
Day 25 Collaboration
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Work collaboratively to help overcome many of the obstacles we all face as...
Day 24 Palette
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Do you ever struggle with selecting the perfect color scheme? Well, not today! We...
Day 23 Play
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Let go of expectations and tap into playfulness and possibility! Download Ingrid's...
Day 22 Identity
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Create three distinct background pages to represent three different aspects of...
Day 21 Lifelines
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Let´s see how one continuous line can break the blank page and lead us intuitively...
Day 20 Trust
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Journaling is the perfect way to rediscover your inner child and have fun. Nothing...
Day 19 Gratitude
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Did you take too many photos? Don't forget them in your digital storage. Print...
Day 18 Extensions
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Delve into page extension possibilities.
Day 17 Explore
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Set forth on a Creative Exploration with limited supplies.
Day 16 Clusters
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: Use old morning pages and masterboards to create interesting journaling clusters...
Day 15 Reimagine
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Create with as few distractions as possible to achieve a State of Flow.
Day 14 Let Go
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: Create a journal spread that encourages you to share kindness with others and...
Day 13 Serendipity
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:ser*en*dip*i*ty: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or...
Day 12 Renewal
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Take some time to reflect on your resolutions for 2023. Are you where you wanted...
Day 11 Notice
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: Take a look around you and gather bits and scraps that light you up. Grab some...
Day 10 Time
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: There’s often a barrier in our minds that say we need to have lots of time to...
Day 09 Layers
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: Gather at least four pieces of ephemera that inspire you and get started on an...
Day 08 Alchemy
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: Let’s transform a few basic office supplies into a beautiful expression of the...
Day 07 Garner
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Build a database of colors, patterns, designs, and subject matter that you...
Day 06 Patchwork
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Combining colours, emotions, and assorted aspects of our lives in our journals is...
Day 05 Elevate
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Elevate your page from okay to fabulous - simply by using paint, tissue paper and...
Day 04 Joy
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:What do you do when you are in a journaling rut? Do you ever find yourself...
Day 03 Brain Dump
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May: See HOW a brain dump can be used to create ease, BEFORE you get to the page....
Day 02 Expand
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Let’s explore how we can use Messy May as a catalyst to expand our creative ideas...
Day 01 New
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Create a new, dedicated home for your Messy May journey by binding an imperfect,...
Messy May 2023
Welcome to Messy May 2023, you beautiul tropical fish Messy May 2023 will be available until 30 June, after which it will be moved to the Get Messy Library. If you'd like to become a Get...
Visual Catalysts
ResourceVisual CatalystsBelow are tiny peeks of 21 of our most popular catalysts. Try these out at random, choose one that speaks to your heart, or pick one per day for 21 days to skyrocket your creative habit. These come from Your First 21 Days at Get Messy workbook.
Whimsy + Curiosity Prompts
Whimsy + Curiosity#gmseasonofwhimsy #gmseasonofcuriosityOne way we can bring more curiosity into our lives is by fostering whimsy and following it, to see where it leads....
Whimsy + Curiosity Artist Date
Whimsy + Curiosity#gmseasonofwhimsy #gmseasonofcuriosityThis season, the suggested artist date is a museum date. Artist dates fire up the imagination. They spark whimsy....
Whimsy + Curiosity Suggested Journal
Whimsy + Curiosity#gmseasonofwhimsy #gmseasonofcuriosityThis season, the suggested journal is a Handbound Journal. Need some inspiration? Here ya go!If you'd like to dig...
08 – Where to Go Next
Let's finish off this project, page through my journal, and figure out where to go next. DownloadDownload the worksheet for this lesson.Action Stepstake some ideas from this flip...
07 – Sketching with Thread
This lesson will take you through a simple collaged landscape using painted deli papers as the collage material. On top of this simple and colourful base, we will addd stitched lines...
06 – Into the Woods
This lesson will further explore collaged landscapes. We will build on this collage process by creating a forest landscape and adding a figure and a guide animal to explore that...
05 – A Stitched Specimen
This lesson will explore some of the inhabitants of our landscapes. Personally, I find butterflies to be such a source of inspiration and the perfect partner for our stitched meadows...
04 – Stitch a Meadow
In this lesson, we begin working in our journals by creating a collaged meadow landscape and adding stitched flowers. I’ll take you through my collage process and how I would build...
03 – Warm Up Collage + Front Cover
When I am feeling stuck, uninspired or unsure I love to make mini collages. Using all of my favourite scraps of paper ad small journal, I create these mini collages as a way to warm...
02 – Vision Boards
This lesson takes you through my process of creating a vision board centring around the theme of environments that inspire me. In this process, I take the time to go through and...
01 – Making the Journal
In this lesson I will take you through the process of making a simple and scrappy journal using mixed media paper and painted fabric strips as the signatures. The cover is made from...
Welcome to Imagined Landscapes
Welcome to Imagined Landscapes! Here are a few ideas for starting and some things to consider...DownloadDownload the worksheets for this lesson.Action StepsThink about what kind of...
Documenting Your Days Replay
This is a replay of the Documenting Your Days: Class Workshop.
Bonus
Twenty Prompts to Journal Print out these prompts I made for you. Add it to your journal and use it when you're looking for an idea or prompt for documenting your days.
Flip Through
Here’s a complete flip through of how I documented my days using The Diarist, the A5 journal I’ve used for the previous year.
Honing Your Habit
Sharing with you some habits and tips for your journaling journey.
Fun Formats to Try
This lesson walks you through fun formats to try with documenting your days.
Step by Step: Media Journal
This lesson walks you through a step by step process of creating a media journal page.
Step by Step: Monthly Recap
This lesson walks you through a step by step process of creating a monthly recap journal page.
Step by Step: Daily Entry
This lesson walks you through a step by step process of creating a daily entry page.
Ways to Document Your Days
This lesson focuses on ways to document your days, whether in monthly, daily, weekly, or quarterly formats.
Anatomy of a Journal
In this lesson, I share with you what is typically in a journal spread.
All the Materials
In this lesson, I introduce all the materials you can use for journaling. From different journal sizes, to pen types, to stationery, this materials overview will provide you some ideas on which tools you would like to add to your journaling stash.
Why Journal?
Why Journal? I share my journaling journey and why it’s so important to document your days.
Welcome to DYD
Hello everyone, and welcome to Documenting Your Days. This class is all about using journaling as a tool to document your days in whatever format you find useful for your process...
Mark making and materiality
Mark-making is the interaction between the artist and the materials they are using. It provides the viewer of the work with an image of what the artist had done to create the mark, reliving what the artist had done at the time. Materiality is the choice of materials...
Value
Value refers to the degree of perceivable lightness of tones within an image. The element of value is compatible with the term luminosity, and can be "measured in various units designating electromagnetic radiation". The difference in values is often called contrast,...
Texture
Texture is used to describe the surface quality of the work, referencing the types of lines the artist created. The surface quality can either be tactile (real) or strictly visual (implied). Tactile surface quality is mainly seen through three-dimensional works, like...
Space
Space refers to the perspective (distance between and around) and proportion (size) between shapes and objects and how their relationship with the foreground or background is perceived. There are different types of spaces an artist can achieve for different effect....
Form
Form is a three-dimensional object with volume of height, width and depth. These objects include cubes, spheres and cylinders. Form is often used when referring to physical works of art, like sculptures, as form is connected most closely with those three-dimensional...
Body of Art Replay
This is a replay of the Body of Art: Class Workshop.
Color
Color is an element consisting of hues, of which there are three properties: hue, chroma or intensity, and value. Color is present when light strikes an object and it is reflected back into the eye, a reaction to a hue arising in the optic nerve. The...
Shape
A shape is a two-dimensional design encased by lines to signify its height and width structure, and can have different values of color used within it to make it appear three-dimensional. In animation, shapes are used to give a character a distinct...
Line
Lines are marks moving in a space between two points whereby a viewer can visualize the stroke movement, direction, and intention based on how the line is oriented. Lines describe an outline, capable of producing texture according to their length and...
Welcome to Body of Art
Welcome An invitation into being vulnerable with yourselfWelcome I’m beginning this class with no makeup, no elaborate hair, and no pants. Just kidding. It’s a small gesture of vulnerability in the hopes that you’ll meet me with your own gesture of...
Body of Art Peek Replay
This is a replay of the Body of Art: Class Peek Workshop.
Expanded Spine Art Journal
The incredible Diana was so inspired by Claudette's journal in the Courageous Adventures in Art Journaling class that she played around, figured things out by pausing a video, and made a similar journal. And then another and another. And then we're...
Courageous Adventures Workshop Replay
This is a replay of the Courageous Adventures Workshop. During the part where we watch the lesson together, we recommend that you watch it through your own Get Messy library here.
Pleasure + Liberation Prompts
Pleasure + Liberation#gmseasonofpleasure #gmseasonofliberationHave you heard of Microdosing Pleasure? Many of us think/feel that making time for pleasure in our lives...
Pleasure + Liberation Artist Date
Pleasure + Liberation#gmseasonofpleasure #gmseasonofliberationThis season, the suggested artist date is a cafe date. Go to your favorite cafe in town or a new one in a...
Pleasure + Liberation Suggested Journal
Pleasure + Liberation#gmseasonofpleasure #gmseasonofliberationThis season, the suggested journal is an Altered Book Journal. Need some inspiration? Here ya go! (I've...
069 Pleasure + Liberation
Pleasure + Liberation#gmseasonofpleasure #gmseasonofliberationDear Messy Artist The Season of Pleasure + Liberation is all about doing things for the simple fact that it...
Courageous Adventures in Art Journaling Wrap Up
Well, we’ve come to the end of our Courageous Adventures in Art Journaling with all of you, and it wouldn’t be complete without a final flip through - but first, we want to thank...
Bonus – Tag It – Char
Tags are so versatile and fun. I must admit, I never understood the hoopla around tags before I started art journaling. My rationale at the time was because I was primarily...
Bonus – Tag It – Claudette
Tags are such a fun way to add some extra personality to our journals. While making our tags we play with stitching, threads, and fabric scraps. We use quotes, images, and...
06 – Wreck It – Char
The minute I shouted, “Wreck It!” during our brainstorm meeting, followed by Claudette replying with an emphatic, “YES, that’s it!” I knew I was in trouble. Seriously, how could I...
06 – Wreck It – Claudette
During this Wreck It part of our course we are going to be dunking our journals in coffee, closing our eyes so that we can randomly spray spraypaint throughout our journals, and...
05 – Color It – Char
The title “Color It” immediately makes me think of working with lots of juicy colors for a journal spread. Imagine my surprise when I ended up working with a limited color palette!...
05 – Color It – Claudette
In lesson 5 we are going to be making our own handmade stencils, as well as painted tapes and stickers that we can use to add pops of color and interest within our journal spreads....
04 – Explore It – Char
I thought this was a great time to explore and get reaquanted with soft pastels, because while I love them, I hardly work with them and they’re gathering dust. I remembered finding...
04 – Explore It – Claudette
In this lesson, we explore our journals again and have a look at the flow of our journals so far. We harness the energy of being courageous and adventurous as we make some bold...
03 – Grunge It – Char
I would argue that, “Grunge is in the eye of the beholder.” Of course, there are distinct and absolute concepts when it comes to grunge, but for me - and as in everything mixed...
03 – Grunge It – Claudette
One dictionary defines grunge as deliberately untidy and uncoordinated. I couldn’t have said it better. I love the wild freedom that grunge allows us to explore within our journal...
02 – Ink It – Char
I love inks and use them often when making collage fodder and using them in my background pages. They’re also great for adding that extra spark of color to your work. This time, I...
02 – Ink It – Claudette
Inks are such a fun supply to incorporate into our art journaling practice. In this lesson, we take a closer look at the difference between inks that dry to be permanent and those...
01 – Expose It – Char
When Claudette and I decided on “Expose It” as one of our lessons, I immediately knew that I wanted to share one of my favorite techniques: using negative space. It’s the literal...
01 – Expose It – Claudette
To start off this courageous adventure step of starting a new journal we are exposing its bones, examining all of its hidden parts, and exploring unexpected areas of inspiration....
Welcome to Courageous Adventures in Art Journaling
Welcome to Courageous Adventures in Art Journaling! Join Char and Claudette as they collaborate on an exploration of courageous adventures in art journaling. This class is for you...
Barbara Martin uses art journaling to express her feelings
Interview with art journal artist, Barbara Martin.