Category Archives: Books/DVDs

I LOVE these–you can find them about almost anything you want to know more about.

Your Money or Your Life

Posted on February 2, 2011 by CarolWiebe

Years ago I read a book called Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. It was a life changing book, for me, as it opened my eyes to the fact that the money I made represented how … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Books/DVDs, Creativiity, Inspiration, Life Strategies, Writers | Tagged cancer, choice, discipline, freedom, hyper-choice, Joe Dominguez, Liberating Limits, limits, money, spiritual path, Vicki Robin, Your Money or Your Life | 3 Comments

Add to Your Own Mix with Wikipedia’s List of Colors

Posted on January 3, 2011 by CarolWiebe

I love looking at color groupings, and can spend inordinate amounts of time fingering the paint samples in a building supplies store, or the rows of embroidery floss at a craft or sewing store. I took a number of classes … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Artists, Books/DVDs | Tagged Color, Color Wheel Artist, comprehensive, embroidery floss, Gunnel Hag, hue, Ikuyoshi Shibukawa, list of colors, mixing colors, paint samples, shade, Shirley Williams, tint, tone, Wikipedia | Leave a comment

Steeling You For Revelation

Posted on September 8, 2010 by CarolWiebe

Read the introduction on poet David Whyte‘s page, and your spirit will be utterly seduced by his: P O E T R Y The poet lives and writes at the frontier between deep internal experience and the revelations of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Books/DVDs, Inspiration | Tagged David Whyte, Everything is waiting for you, frontier, Lazarus, malaise, no going back, poetry, Revelation, spirit, steeling you for revelation, The Lightest Touch | 2 Comments

What Can I Say, Except WOW!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by CarolWiebe

I have written about Maggie Grey in this blog a number of times. Her artistic output is legend, and every book she has published is replete with ideas, suggestions, techniques and illustrations to blow your eye sockets (and your mind). … Continue reading →

Posted in Books/DVDs, Carol's Art, Carol's Art Processes & Techniques, Carol's Writing, Handmade Books and Journals, Products | Tagged A Series of Paper Quilts Evolve Into an Art Book, Crochet, e-book, ebook, generous, Maggie Grey, Turn a Series of Small Quilts into an Art Book, Workshop on the Web, WOW | 10 Comments

The Benefits of Being Silly

Posted on August 13, 2010 by CarolWiebe

Carla Sonheim is teaching an online drawing class called Drawing, Collage, Color, and Silly. Here’s her scoop: Each day I will create an Activity Sheet just for you. Worksheets may include one (or more) of the following: drawing exercises (can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Artists, Authors, Books/DVDs, Humour | Tagged activity sheet, Carla Sonheim, drawing, drawing exercises, drawing worksheets, limerick, online drawing class, silliness, silly, Snowball Journals, worksheet | 2 Comments

Celebrate Chaos

Posted on April 10, 2010 by CarolWiebe

I have written about Susan Cornelis before, because her work and her words are fresh, full of energy, and never fail to lift my spirits. Her blog is positive and encouraging. Her humor will have you giggling as you stop … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Artists, Books/DVDs | Tagged art journals, art teacher, Carol Wiebe, celebrate chaos, Control Chaos, Conversations with the muse, imagination, impetus, innate artistry, life drawing, love of nature, map, seed, sketching, Susan Cornelis, territory | 6 Comments

Textile Bod

Posted on March 22, 2010 by CarolWiebe

Prolific, creative, funny, confident, seriously weird (in a great way: she’ll try anything in her artwork), Maggie Grey describes herself as a textile bod. I have just about every book Maggie has written and am panting for more. Just glancing … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists, Books/DVDs, Videos | Tagged Bonnie McCaffery, Carol Wiebe, free online classes, Maggie Grey, mixed media, textile bod, textile translations, Yahoo | Leave a comment

Art Books That Give You the Tools and Impetus to Create Meaningful Art

Posted on January 6, 2010 by CarolWiebe

Last night I got home from work and found a BIG box from Amazon sitting on the inside step. My heart performed a little leap. I waited until supper was done, made myself a soy chai latte, and sat down … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Artists, Authors, Books/DVDs | Tagged acrylic paint, Aimone Art Services, Art books, Artists, Blank page problem, books, Carol Wiebe, Collage Journeys, Donna Seager Gallery, Inspiration, Jane Davies, journaling, Julia Andrus, never mind the press, New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook, painting, Paper arts, Paper Transformed, Rheni Tauchid, Steven Aimone, Tri-Art | Leave a comment

Merle Rosen Stays Tuned to Her Internal Dialogue

Posted on November 16, 2009 by CarolWiebe

It seems to me that Merle Rosen is doing exactly what she wants to do. For one thing, there is a wide variety in her work. She is breaking that rule about getting really good at one thing. Her acrylic … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Processes & Techniques, Artists, Books/DVDs, Inspiration, Videos | Tagged Acrylic Materials, Acrylic Revolution, acrylic techniques, acrylics, Carol Wiebe, CityBeat, Expressive Painting, Golden Working Artist, Katie Moser, Merle Rosen, Nancy Reyner's Acrylic Revolution, Nancy Reynor, North Light Shop, pencil, Step-By-Step Guide To Acrylic Collage With Merle Rosen, yupo | 1 Comment

I Am MAD at Audrey Niffenegger

Posted on October 30, 2009 by CarolWiebe

Before I made an art book of my own, I was only marginally aware of the vast world of hand made art books. Now I can’t stop investigating that world, and Audrey Niffenegger has had some significant success in it. … Continue reading →