Inspiration Videos

These videos are so artistically inspirational. I borrowed them from one of my favorite painters blogs. :D

The Omo People - Tribal Body Art

I've been fortunate enough to stumble on a YouTube video going around on the internet with beautiful images of the Omo people. They are a group of tribes in the Omo Valley of Ethopia. They use their bodies as canvases and their amazing body art is totally spontaneous and for their own pleasure!

Hans Silvester created a book featuring photos of the Omo people. Natural Fashion: Tribal Decoration from Africa. Very inspiring! I hope you enjoy their art as much as I do.

My New Sketchbook

I have a new place to sketch ideas for paintings! I'm proud to say I made this little sketchbook. Well, I covered this little sketchbook.

I love the fabulous deep pink velvet and the vintage looking flower print paper. The great thing is you can use any papers or fabrics to cover any book. I made a journal for my friend Christina with Eiffel Tower paper and this same deep pink velvet paper. Delicious! I customized mine with my initials in gold.

It's nice to have a spot to keep my ideas in. I've got a few pages filled up already!

I love pirates and Halloween is coming, so I thought a pirate skull would fun to sketch. He's got a bandana with stars on it and an eye patch to boot. He had style, this pirate.

Have a lovely day!