Melinda VanRy

Seeking, finding, sharing beauty.

  • What is Art Journaling?
  • #My100DayArtJournal
  • The 52-Week Art Journal Journey
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  • What is Art Journaling?
  • #My100DayArtJournal
  • The 52-Week Art Journal Journey
  • Activity
  • Members
  • #My100DayArtJournal,  #The100DayProject

    100/100!

    / May 25, 2022

    Creativity! It’s good for mental health. I stumbled across The 100 Day Project at just the right time. My 100-Day Art Journal was just what I needed to reclaim my creativity, and establish…

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  • #My100DayArtJournal,  #The100DayProject

    Adding Art to My Words

    / May 24, 2022

    These words… stick with me… still. As I’ve said, art inspiration is everywhere. Including the art of our writing.

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  • Or was the point always to continue without a sign? - Louise Gluck
    Blog,  What I'm Reading

    The poetry of new friends and not knowing

    / October 19, 2020

    "Or was the point always to continue without a sign?" Sometimes other's words resonate. A line from 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Louise Glück.

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  • this moment
    Blog,  Identity

    This Moment… Welcome to my morning…

    / September 19, 2019

    A pileated woodpecker makes his presence known, chortling over the carriage house. Like a cat, I follow the languorous patch of sunlight. This is the moment I'm living. Are you living your moment?

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Work in progress for #AcrylicLandscape2023… Can Work in progress for #AcrylicLandscape2023… Can I just take this opportunity to say I hate working with reds. I mentioned that in this week’s video, and here we are. Doesn’t look like a murder scene, though, so there’s that. I THOUGHT the red I chose would help me get a decent color for the ground in the reference photo I chose. No. Just, no. Anyway, I may or may not try more to fix this forest floor tomorrow, as well as brighten up my sunbeams. Never stop learning, right? My first acrylic landscape. Ooh, I just saw how much better it looks from a distance. 😆🙂 Approximately 7”x5.5” on random thick textured paper I found in a closet. Liquitex Basics pyrrole red, phthalo blue, cadmium yellow deep hue, transparent mixing white, and I think there may be a tiny bit of ivory black mixed in somewhere. Thanks, jeddorseyart and acrylicuniversity #acrylicpainting #paintexperiment #landscapepainting #paintingtrees #liquitexbasics
Leftover paint means more gorgeous collage paper. Leftover paint means more gorgeous collage paper. Would you have guessed quinacridone magenta, phthalo blue, and cadmium yellow deep hue? It’s fun and interesting how many colors can be made with a limited color palette, and how they can go together because they’re created from the same. #collagepaper #colormixing #liquitexbasics
Having some craft-acrylic-paint fun (because recla Having some craft-acrylic-paint fun (because reclaiming your creativity doesn't have to cost a lot) creating the impression of flower gardens this week on the 52-Week Art Journal Journey. Link to prompt in bio. It's never too late to join! #artjournalwithmelinda #reclaimyourcreativity #52weekartjournaljourney #paintfun #artideas #artwithme #craftacrylicpaint #easyart
Nature inspiration + neurographic art = happy hear Nature inspiration + neurographic art = happy heart. Try it! Link in bio. melindavanry #neurographicart #creativeselfcare #artvideo #artidea #artjournalwithmelinda
So much art inspiration in nature. Check out this So much art inspiration in nature. Check out this week's 52-Week Art Journal Journey Neurographic Monarch Wing small-art prompt. Link in bio melindavanry #monarchbutterfly #artprompt #neurographicart #creativeselfcare
This week we're revisiting neurographic art to cre This week we're revisiting neurographic art to create monarch-wing closeups. Make art with me! It's never too late to reclaim your creativity and join the 52-Week Art Journal Journey. Link to full prompt in bio: melindavanry #artjournalwithmelinda #reclaimyourcreativity #52weekartjournal #creativeselfcare #neurographicart #monarchbutterfly #butterfly #butterflyart #sharpieart #watercolor #abstractbutterflywing #abstractart #latesummer #mightymonarchmigration #cnyartist #mixedmediaartist #orange
Practicing creative self-care with my daughter. 😊 There’s still time to relax with this week’s prompt before a new one starts tomorrow. It’s never too late to join the 52-Week Art Journal Journey and reclaim your creativity! Link to full video in bio melindavanry #artjournalwithmelinda #52weekartjournal #reclaimyourcreativity #artidea #artvideo #creativeselfcare #sharpieart #betterwithart
Craft-acrylic-paint-scraping fun relaxation I thou Craft-acrylic-paint-scraping fun relaxation I thought would also be part of a 52-Week Art Journal Journey video prompt. But it doesn't look like that's the way it's going to work out. That's okay. My tired body and brain needed the art break. How have you been practicing creative self-care this week? #creativeselfcare #reclaimyourcreativity #paintfun #paintplay #taketimetoart #maketheart #breathe #abstractart
Closeups of experimental art-making inspired by lo Closeups of experimental art-making inspired by louisefletcher_art’s Find Your Joy, marabethquinart’s Learning to Paint with Paper, yuvalzommer’s “Big Book of Blooms”… as well as some themes I’ve had going on this year. Take time for creative self-care, Friends. Make the art. #reclaimyourcreativity #creativeselfcare #makeart #abstractart #collage #acrylicpainting #learningtopaintwithpaper #tissuepapercollage #asemicwriting #mixedmedia #findyourjoy #bigbookofblooms
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