derwent artbars Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/derwent-artbars/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:08:48 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg derwent artbars Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/derwent-artbars/ 32 32 Art Supplies I Should Not Use Anymore https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-supplies-i-should-not-use-anymore/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-supplies-i-should-not-use-anymore/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:40:50 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=30158 When I look at my art supplies, there are many that just take up space and don’t bring me joy anymore. Recently, I have tried to use them up, but one crayon, for example, can last a long time. Maybe I should just stop using them and give them away? This blog post is a […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-supplies-i-should-not-use-anymore/feed/ 10 Filling an Art Journal https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/filling-an-art-journal/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/filling-an-art-journal/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:36:40 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=29873 One of my projects this summer is to fill one of my art journals – Dylusions Creative Journal Square. I hope that these pics from my current in-progress journal, inspire you to start filling your art journal! Reaching Saturation Point in Filling Art Journal I think art journals have a saturation point. When most of […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/filling-an-art-journal/feed/ 2 Art Supplies and Emotions https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-supplies-and-emotions/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-supplies-and-emotions/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:17:30 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=25124 This week, we ponder what kind of feelings and emotions our art supplies raise in us. Do you remember these small paintings from a few weeks ago? I now got the fourth one finished, and I couldn’t resist taking a photo of them together. These are only 6 by 6 inches, and the small size […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-supplies-and-emotions/feed/ 6 Revamp Art Journal Pages So That They Spark Joy! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/revamp-art/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/revamp-art/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:07:33 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=16076 Here’s an art journal spread that I just finished. First, it was just a couple of old black and white drawings that – like Marie Kondo would put it – didn’t spark joy. But I used the old floral drawings as an inspirational foundation for the revamped spread. How and why revamp art? Keep reading! […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/revamp-art/feed/ 14 Little Assistants – How Pets Help with Art Making https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/pets/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/pets/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:49:59 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=12849 I work at home with two dogs and four birds. My husband leaves early in the morning and then there are only us, the gang of seven. One of my little assistants is a beagle called Stella, a very cute little angel to every human but I think she would describe herself as a hungry […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/pets/feed/ 40 Intuitive Painting with a Reference Image https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-painting-reference-image/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-painting-reference-image/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:51:31 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=12198 Intuitive painting with a reference image – can it be possible? Let me show you how! Here’s a painting from my sketchbook. It’s called “Madama Butterfly.” My reference image was this Renaissance painting called “Flora” by Tiziano Vecellio, 1515-1520. I took the photo last summer when visiting Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. There are very little […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/intuitive-painting-reference-image/feed/ 12 Passion for Color? – Try This Method! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/passion-color-method/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/passion-color-method/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:27:09 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=11836 Create a color-focused art journal page! You can choose as many supplies as you want but just one color! Step 1 – Pick Your Color! What color speaks to you today? Red, blue, yellow, green, brown, black … Pick any that you feel drawn to! Collect the art supplies that you have in that color! […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/passion-color-method/feed/ 22 Mixed Media Sketchbook as a Tool for Self-Discovery https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/mixed-media-sketchbook/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/mixed-media-sketchbook/#comments Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:25:17 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=11826 This week, I am talking about using a mixed media sketchbook or an art journal in a new way. Mixed Media Sketchbook – Watch the video! Bloom and Fly! – Set Your Goals and Start Creating! My community Bloom and Fly is for all who want to start and keep on creating. You can get […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/mixed-media-sketchbook/feed/ 2 How to Make Your Art More Captivating https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-captivating/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-captivating/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:13:34 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=11730 Captivating is a big word, but I like to explore it from many angles. In this blog post, I give you six tips with examples. The first two are more related to the process of creating art than to the result. I believe that if the process itself doesn’t captivate, it’s less likely that the […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/art-captivating/feed/ 16 Lazy Art Journaler? – Try This Method! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/lazy-art-journaler/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:51:35 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=11688 Do you keep an art journal or a sketchbook? Are you struggling to find your motivation for filling it regularly? Try this method, geared for a lazy art journaler and for those who have big creative blocks! “How to” for a Lazy Art Journaler 1) Create one small area at a time like you were […]

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]]> From Decorative to Expressive Art https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/from-decorative-to-expressive-art/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/from-decorative-to-expressive-art/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:36:07 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=5360 Last Friday, I traveled two hours by train to a yarn shop at Tampere. Not just to purchase new yarn, but to meet a famous knitting pattern designer Stephen West who had been invited to Finland. While I was attending his workshop, I was excited by the knits he showed and the stories he told. There were silent moments. […]

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