December FREE Check List Artist's Birthdays

Demember FREE Check List             Artist’s Birthdays
1. Maya Lin   October 5
2. Eric Carle   June 25
3. Frederic Remington   October 4
4. Grandma Moses   September 7
5. Vincent Van Gogh   March 30
6. Fancisco de Goya   March 30
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Wayne Thiebaud   November 15
9. Janet Fish   May 18
10. Claude Monet   November 14
11. Rembrandt   July 15
12. Michelangelo   March 6
13. Jim Dine   June 16
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Dale Chihuly   September 20
16. Mary Cassatt   May 23
17. Akiane Kramarik   July 9
18. Henri Matisse   December 31
19. Rosa Boneur   March 16
20. Grant Wood   February 13
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Salvador Dali   May 11
23. Piet Mondrian   March 7
24. Albrect Durer   May 21
25. Beatrix Potter   July 28
26. Benjamin West   October 10
27. Leonardo da Vinci   April 15
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Paul Cezanne   January 19
30. Winslow Homer   February 24
31. Louise Nevelson   September 23

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so very Thankful for each of you as you follow along, reading this blog as we travel together embracing a Creative Life.

Enjoy your friends and family today, I will be back tomorrow with some tasty ideas for your Thanksgiving Day leftovers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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November FREE Check List Art Careers

November FREE Check List                        Art Careers

1. Graphic Designer
2. Architect
3. Typographer
4. Set/Stage Designer
5. Toy Developer
6. Art Therapist
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Floral Designer
9. Interior Decorator
10. Special Effects Designer
11. Animator
12. Museum Curator
13. Potter
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Sculptor
16. Product Designer
17. Painter
18. Landscape Architect
19. Photographer
20. Illustrator
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Printmaker
23. Game Designer
24. Advertising Director
25. Fashion Design
26. Cake Decorator
27. Media Communications
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Jeweler
30. Art Dealer / Art Conservation

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October FREE Check List Famous Art Works

October FREE Check List                Famous Art Works
1. Broadway Boogie Woogie   Piet Mondrian
2. Mask of Agamemnon   Ancient Greek
3. Pieta   Michelangelo  
4. The Last Supper   Leonardo da Vinci
5. Monticello    Thomas Jefferson
6. Night Hawks   Edward Hopper
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Impression Sunrise   Claude Monet
9. Starry Night   Vincent Van Gogh
10. The Thinker   Auguste Rodin
11. Falling Water   Frank Lloyd Wright
12. Mona Lisa   Leonardo da Vinci
13. David   Michelangelo
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. American Gothic   Grant Wood
16. Balloon Dog   Jeff Koons
17. The Little Dancer of 14   Edgar Degas
18. The Sower   Vincent Van Gogh
19. LOVE   Robert Indiana
20. The School of Athens   Raphael
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. The Kiss   Gustave Klimt
23. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling   Michelangelo
24. Café Terrace at Night   Vincent Van Gogh
25. Stonehenge   Neolithic Artists
26. Campbell’s Soup Cans   Andy Warhol
27. The Baptistery Doors   Lorenzo Ghiberti
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. The Artist’s Mother   James Abbott McNeill Whistler
30. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of LaGrande Jatte   G. Seurat
31. Prince of Peace   Akiane Kramarik

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September FREE Check List American Artists

SEPTEMBER:                 AMERICAN ARTISTS

1. Winslow Homer
2. Mary Cassatt
3. Edward Hopper
4. Dale Chihuly
5. Wayne Thiebaud
6. Harriet Powers
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Georgia O’Keeffe
9. Norman Rockwell
10. Ansel Adams
11. Mark Rothko
12. Louise Nevelson
13. Maya Lin
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Jasper Johns
16. Romare Bearden
17. Frank Lloyd Wright
18. Janet Fish
19. Frederic Remington
20. Eric Carle
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. George Bellows
23. Grant Wood
24. Alexander Calder
25. Jackson Pollock
26. Helen Frankenthaler
27. Andy Warhol
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Thomas Cole
30. Andrew Wyeth

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June FREE Check List Collection of Art Galleries or Museums

JUNE CHECK LIST      ART GALLERIES OR MUSEUMS
1. Portland Art Museum Portland, Oregon
2. The Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands
3. Whitney Museum of Art, New York City, New York
4. The National Gallery of Art, USA, Washington, DC.
5. The National Gallery, London, England
6. The Louvre, Paris, France
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
9. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
10. The Prado, Madrid, Spain
11. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
12. American Folk Art Museum, New York City, New York
13. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. The Tate Modern, London, England
16. Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery, DC
17. The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
18.Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
19. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
20. Lascaux International Center of Art, Montignac, France
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
23. The Museum of Modern Art, USA, New York City, New York
24. Rijkmusuem, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
25. RISD Museum, Rhode Island
26. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
27. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York
30. The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy

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MAY FREE CHECK LIST : ART MOVEMENTS

MAY  FREE CHECK LIST                               ART MOVEMENTS

1. Post Modern
2. Rococo
3. Impressionism
4. Paleolithic and Neolithic Art
5. Pop Art
6. Realism
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Art Nouveau
9. Ancient Greek
10. Cubism
11. Early Christian
12. Contemporary Art
13. Gothic Art
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Early Renaissance
16. German Expressionism
17.The Baroque
18. Photo Realism
19. Neoclassical
20. Post-Impressionism
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Regional
23. Modern
24. Ancient Rome
25. Fauvism
26. Romanesque
27. Abstract Expressionism
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Mesopotamian Art
30. The High Renaissance
31. Naturalism

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April FREE Check List Famous Artists

APRIL CHECK LIST                              FAMOUS ARTISTS

1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Henri Matisse
3. J.M.W. Turner
4. Caravaggio
5. Paul Cezanne
6. Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Michelangelo
9. Claude Monet
10. Artemisia Gentileschi
11. Diego Velazquez
12. Marc Chagall
13. Peter Paul Rubens
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Vermeer
16. Paul Gauguin
17. Thomas Gainsborough
18. Berthe Morisot
19. Albrecht Durer
20. Hokusai
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Edgar Degas
23. Sir Christopher Wren
24. Pablo Picasso
25. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
26. Cave artists of Lascaux
27. Georges Seurat
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Rembrandt
30. Vincent van Gogh

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2019 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship AKA My Quilters Challenge

My 2019 Quilters Challenge has begun! Hope you have your supplies ready! And are well rested there will be several challenges throughout the Championship.

First Challenge.
Choose your teams and fill out your bracket! Always hard for me...do I fill it out with teams I know will win or do I fill it out with teams I want to win or do I fill it out by the colors of the teams! Keep reading, you will understand more about the team colors.

Challenge 1:
Using only the colors of your teams selected in the 2019 NCAA Men's Championship Bracket create your creative project. {Quilt, table runner, mug rugs, beach totes, painting, flower garden, spring wardrobe, cookies...}

Here is a link to the 2019 bracket, once you select your teams, research and use their team colors as your palette.
https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/images/2019/03/17/ncaa-bids-2019-bracket-march-madness.pdf

For Challenge 1 I will be creating a basic 9 Patch Quilt top / picnic blanket and using a low contrast neutral sashing between the blocks.

Happy Spring! So thankful Winter has gone and the flowers and bird song has returned to my corner of the world.

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Oh Happy Day~ It Is the First Day of Spring!

SPRING!
I hope that the weather is delightful in your corner of the world today.
CELEBRATE!

Song of Solomon 2:11 - 12
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.

What have you been anticipating with the arrival of Spring?
I have had Spring Fever since January, I am excited with the arrival of Spring and my return to the Garden, creating Art En Plein Air.


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Selection Sunday~ Let the Games Begin!

March Madness begins today, Selection Sunday and St Patrick's Day. Looks like a full day of exciting adventures awaits!

Now time for a confession. I am not a huge basketball fan, that is until the tournaments begin. Years ago, I even had a 'career' keeping stats for all of the basketball teams at my school. I was raised in the heart of the SEC where Football is King and where basketball was a sport to 'fill in' the year until Baseball / Softball season and the return of Football.

So why now do I print brackets, watch the games and follow the hype during tournament season? I relocated a while back to the heart of the ACC / Basketball World. So, to be fair, during tournament season, I become a fan of Basketball. And what can I say, tournaments are a great excuse for Game Nights and Game Food celebrations. Watch for Gluten Free Snack ideas throughout the tournaments, as I will be posting recipes for tasty treats.

Also, just because the tournaments will be beginning soon in earnest it is NOT the time to neglect your creative efforts. There will be several creative challenges posted to carry you through the season.

As for St Patrick's Day~
Do you wear Green or have other traditions to celebrate the day?



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National Quilt Day!

Ready. Set. Quilt!
Truly an exciting day. A day set aside for all of your quilting pleasures. Are you a quilter or a quilt collector? Or...a fabric hoarder? I can personally answer yes to two of these questions. I collect quilts and create quilts and I also collect fabrics to create more quilts. You can insert hoarder her if you want, however, a hoarder never uses their fabric stash.

Seriously though, quilting brings much pleasure to so many. In creating quilts out of need or for gifting with every stitch love is sewn into the quilt. We all recognize the world could use more love. Which is comforting to those of us who feel there is always room for one more quilt... There is always room for love.

Were you aware that currently in the USA there are over 10,000,000 active quilters? Quilting is no longer a hobby or recreational activity for the retired! Research and demographics indicate quilting has been embraced by a much younger crowd. Long live quilting!

I hinted at a quilt pattern a few days ago. I'm going to keep it simple...who am I kidding...I am sharing one of the most versatile patterns I use. The humble 9 patch. 9 squares to create 1 block...I have yet to reach the end of the possibilities with this pattern!

Dust off your templates or create a new set, gather your scraps or raid your fabric stash, sharpen your scissors, clean your machine and prepare your work area for my 2019 Quilters Challenge. You will need the following templates: 5 inch square, 4.5 inch square, 2.5 inch square, 1.5 inch square and 2.5 X 4.5 rectangle.

I am excited, keep a close eye here for all the details concerning my 2019 Quilters Challenge.

Happy Quilting!

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Youth Art Month

March is Youth Art Month! An exciting time for youth to have their creative efforts acknowledged and encouraged by the communities in which they live. It is great to have dedicated an entire month for this purpose however as an artist I long for the time when everyday is Art Day! 

How will you be celebrating Youth Art Month? Need ideas?
1. Take an adventure and visit as many art galleries and museums as you can visit.
2. Purchase art supplies and invite the neighborhood children over for Art Day.
3. Donate art supplies to a local school, the art teacher will thank you!

Below is a teaser from my recently published book, Hidden in Your heART to encourage you to embrace your inner artist as you celebrate Youth Art Month.

16. Psalms 1:3 Like a tree planted by the rivers of water
     Like a tree planted by the rivers you too are receiving from those around you, you are maturing, growing and becoming a creative individual. Consider your family: are there artists or creative individuals known to you within your family tree? What about your coworkers? Who inspires you to excel? Where do you gain inspiration throughout the day? Like a tree, you have deep roots which are supplying resources of creativity. You are multifaceted, consider the limbs of the tree how they provide shelter, shade, oxygen. You also bear fruit of your labors and your creative force within stands out, you are unique in your presentation of life.


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A Whole Month to Celebrate Quilting!

March is National Quilting Month, as well as National Youth Art Month and Crochet and Knitting Month along with many more celebrations. Today's focus will be on Quilting. Brace your self, I could talk for hours about Quilting. Mark your calendars~ March 16th is National Quilt Day!!!

Quilts, quilting..... what comes to mind?
Are you a quilter or are there quilters in your family?
Have you always wanted to quilt but were not sure where to begin?

I know, questions questions questions....

Quilts are magical in a way. Quilts can warm or comfort us in a time of need as well as, transport us into a world of fantasy where the quilt draped over furniture becomes a cave or a castle. Or wrapped or tied can become clothing for royalty or even a magic carpet. Quilts are also gifts of love, an investment of time and creative flow most often given to those loved dearly by the quilter. Quilts can be a record of events and keeper of the past guarding memories cherished of those we love. Quilts range is size from quite small to enormous! They can be used as decorative installations or more utilitarian purposes, bed coverings or picnics come to mind. And the saddest quilt of all, is the quilt boxed and placed in storage out of sight. Quilters intended and intend for their quilty creations to by used frequently.

March 16th, National Quilt Day I will be sharing more about quilts in today's society. Quilts have come a long way from their roots in many ways and still remain 'traditional' on other aspects of the process. There will also be a FREE quilt pattern available for you.

Happy Quilting!





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Are you Ready?

So hard to believe today marks the end of February 2019! Did you accomplish all of your creative adventures planned for February? Did you test the waters and try something new?
You have less than 24 hours which project are you going to complete or work on today?

On the topic of creative projects~
You do know it is perfectly acceptable to walk away from a work in progress and begin other projects? Most of the time, this is when you will discover the creative energy and solutions to complete the first project...even if it is a few years! before you return. Today I am giving you the keys, the freedom to walk away from your current creative adventure to explore other options. Seriously, it is okay to walk away for a time, your creativity will not let you abandon the project forever, you will return and complete the work.

Quick teaser for March: Creative Adventures are on the Horizon! Are you ready? Spring is coming!!

Enjoy your day!
Release your Creative Voice!


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And the Answer is.......

I have been asked, "Why there are no photos, no images, no art posted on your blog?"

I suppose it is strange for an artist, creative individual to write a blog without visual illustrations, photos or art. The reason? The purpose of What Box? Living a Creative Life is to bring you small bits of inspiration to assist you in embracing Your creative life. I find photos or visual illustrations to be limiting at times. GASP! An artist said that?! True. When trying to capture ideas I have found it best to begin with thoughts, a blank canvas or slate and later during the process images. The lack of images also is freeing by allowing multiple ideas and not the anchor from the work of another artist's creations.

You are Creative and have Fantastic ideas! If you are uncertain or unsure if the world is ready for you to share your Creative Masterpieces, Doodle. Keep an art journal, a diary, sketchbook anything to record your thoughts and drawings, projects, experiments. However, do not keep these to yourself for too long! The world has need of your Creative Expression!!

"Will there ever be photos on your blog?" Possibly. I have learned never to say never, especially when the Creative Process and artists are involved.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Thanks for following along and sharing the journey embracing a Creative Life.
My Valentine's Day treat for you~

A FREE copy of my eBooks available TODAY  February 14, 2019, on Amazon.

Hidden in Your heART

and

Art in the Kitchen  A Starving Artist's Survival Guide  A Gluten Free & Time-Saver Cook Book

You can find the FREE eBooks here today, Valentine's Day 2019:

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National Haiku Writing Month

Haiku. Are you familiar with this form of poetry? I think that it is fitting we celebrate Haiku during February, as Haiku is known for being 'contained' to 3 simple lines and a set syllable count.

Haiku doesn't have to rhyme. A plus for many testing the waters as they begin writing poetry. The basics: 3 lines. First line has 5 syllables. Second line has 7 syllables and the Third line has 5 syllables.

Here is an example of Haiku which will also be in my soon to be published book of poetry.
Sneak peeks are always exciting.


 Blue Haiku

Navy, Royal, Sky
Turquoise, Indigo, Cobalt
Lapis Lazuli


Looking forward to reading your Haiku!



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Hidden In Your heART

Hidden in Your heART was written for creative individuals and for those who believe they do not have any creative abilities. Every individual is a creative being. My task, through Hidden in Your heART is to assist you in the discovery of your creative voice.

You will find the encouragement needed to take the steps and activate your creative abilities. You will be challenged to explore, experiment, exhausting every possibility as you embrace and thrive living a creative life. Daily prompts and artistic challenges will assist you in your journey. Who benefits from your creative life? We all do! Every segment of the global population exists and is driven by creativity and by leaders willing to think “out of the box” beyond the status quo. Would you like to know a secret? Being creative is not the same as being an artist or even artistic. Creative individuals allow their self the freedom to explore all options, to experiment, to ask questions, to try new things that may not work. Becoming artistic or being recognized as an artist is often a benefit of being creative. Just as becoming a leading scientist, an expert in a medical field, a concert musician, a ballerina, an architect or engineer each of these leaders were willing to explore creative avenues. Creativity takes courage. Be bold. Be courageous! Experience has taught many to hide their creative thoughts, skills and talents. However, this need not be the case. Each individual has a unique creative voice, a set of creative solutions which they are destined to release. Hidden in Your heART was written to assist you in further developing your creative voice as you overcome any negative thoughts or past experiences. Creativity is not bound by the confines of an art room or studio. Creativity is the driving force behind every question, exploration, discovery or trial and error. Creative individuals are present within every segment of society. You are creative!

One of the methods I find most useful when assisting others in releasing their creative voice is by using the art of Doodling. Doodles are not 'threatening" as a form of art and allow many possibilities when developing and discovering creative skills and talents. Hundreds of creative prompts have been provided within the pages of Hidden in Your heART.

This book as well as others I have published are available on Amazon to purchase.

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Do you have January-itus too?

I'm currently pinching myself! Quite possibly I have found my groove for writing or at least until the weather turns warmer and Spring returns to my garden. The first light of day and the following 2 - 3 hours are delightful in the garden. There are days, I wander out bare foot, in anticipation of the sunrise, to enjoy the increasing light and listen to the morning. But not in January.

It's not a true cabin fever, more like January-itus. Waiting on snow, the emergence of snowmen through out the neighborhood, lazily reading by the fire and savoring snow days.
January-itus is a time for mapping and planning vacations, spring plantings, exploring local galleries or museums, baking, reading seed catalogs, sewing, painting basically anything to create a distraction as I wait for the first icy crystal snowflake to fall in January.

Today I will continue to write, the book is coming along nicely. I will paint, well maybe not, as it is a painting of a snowy winter street scene. Possibly I shall quilt, I need a new Spring Picnic Quilt, dreaming of warm sunny days is certainly a distraction from snow. Disclaimer, there is no snow in our forecast for today, however, this weekend we may have Snow! I'm just hoping for long walks in a snowy winter wonderland. Maybe, I should Doodle snowflakes.

How do you anticipate the arrival of snow?
Do you gather Art Supplies, Books, Movies, mountains of Snacks and Comfort food?
Are you constantly checking the weather on you phone or social media contacts?




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