Create Mixed Media

Embracing Spilled Paint

Guest post by Melanie Rothschild

Spilling fresh paint provided Melanie with a fresh perspective. Read her introduction to turning mistakes into a new perspective on creativity.

Do You Use Photo Apps?

Guest post by David Hayes

Dave’s Recipe Book Project is a fun way for you to not only share with others the cool creations you make with you phone, it’s a way for you to learn how to do even more nifty tricks to soup up your artsy photos! Learn more about it here.

Art Chooses You: Fear on the Path to Success

Savvy Marketing Advice by Jen Cushman

To take a leap of faith is to attempt something you’re not sure you’re capable of. See what Jen has to say about her own leap.

Artist Spotlight

Carole Rodgers

Carole Rodgers, author of the recent North Light book The Beaded Bracelet: Beadweaving Techniques and Patterns for 20 Eye-Catching Projects, has a wandering soul. She and her husband LeRoy spend most of their days traveling the great American West in their RV. The landscape, the culture and the people, it seems, are great inspiations in Carole’s work, as she tends toward native materials and colors and stitch patterns that have been handed down across hundreds of years.

Global Inspirations

Roxanne Krystalli

Roxanne Krystalli strives for positive change. She specializes in the post-conflict reintegration of women affected by war-into-peacetime communities. She finds creative inspiration in being a storyteller of the beauty she sees around her despite the conflict.

FREE WEBINAR

Flavor for Texture

Join us on Friday, June 1, at 1 pm for our next FREE webinar, hosted by Mary Beth Shaw! Flavor for Mixed Media author Mary Beth Shaw will cover all matters relating to how and why to add texture to your next piece of art and lead you step by step through the creation of a texture tripych.

On The Bookshelf

The Pulse of Mixed Media

In this book—a complex survey of artists around the globe—there is much for you to discover. Author Seth Apter has curated curated a diverse and talented group of 31 artists who share their thoughts and opinions, through both words and visual art, on everything from color, media and tools, to emotions, secrets and self-revelations. On sale now in the North Light Shop.

Video + Podcasts

Kelly Buntin Johnson

Everything about Kelly Buntin Johnson is creative, from her fabulous work to her hand-built house and studio to her vintage wardrobe and custom haircut. In addition to creating her intricately detailed bead work and Intercessor figures, she grows and forages in the woods for all her food and has taught herself both gardening and canning in the process. She’s one of those people who give me hope that you can keep the common, pop-culture world at bay and craft a creative life that works for you and yours. Read her blog (art, gardening, and more) here. And listen in on our recent chat in this podcast.