Select Episode 98: Learning Curve 97: Pillow Talk 96: Paper Wings 95: Card by Card 94: Flower Power 93: Covered in Seed 92: Carving Space 91: A New Angle 90: A Do-Over 89: Do What You Love 88: Watching the Flowers Grow 87: Marking Time 86: Unexpected Spring 85: Pass it On 84: One Stapled Book at a Time 83: Have Mug, Will Remember 82: Unexpected Wings 81: One by One 80: Birds on a Bell 79: A Twist of Ribbon 78: In the Mail 77: 2 tsp Ginger 76: The Spirit of Things 75: Not to Scale 74: Thankful 73: X Marks the Spot 72: Pink Leaves 71: A Walk in the Woods 70: Queen's Tea 68: More than Meets the Eye 67: The Shape of Paper 66: Birdsong 65: Shake It Up 64: Finding Flow 63: Be Gentle 62: Best Laid Plans 61: Shades of Grey 60: Loose 59: Just Chalk 58: In Plain Sight 57: A Group at the Pond 56: A Bird in Hand 55: A Window and a Wall 54: A Simple Wish 53: Rainbow Hair 52: Yellow Balloon; Blue Sky 51: Of Robots and Trashcans 50: Light a Candle 49: Not Sunscreen 48: I'll Bring the Pencils 47: Of Moon Bridges... 46: A Mom's List 45: Tale of A Blank Book... 44: A World in Focus 43: Have Index Card, Will Draw 42: Dip, Dip, and Scratch 41: Facets... 40: Spilled Milk 39: The Middle "A" 38: A Bit of A Slump 37: Camera in Hand 36: Little Squares of Paint 35: The Fabric of Memory 34: A Memory Proven 33: Finding Time 32: A Year of Yes! 31: Holiday Log 30: Christmas in Review 29: Music Special 28: Do You Hear the Bell? 27: A Ghostly Snowman 26: It's a Crown. It's a Bird. It's an Owl! 25: They Came By Boat 24: A Distracted Fish Doodle 23: Little Red Easel 22: Mama, I Have a Question 21: Paper People 20: All in the Family 19: The Ants Come Marching 18: We Give 17: Dragon Days 16: "I'll Take This, That, and One of Those" 15: Sticks in Motion 14: Piece by Piece 13: A Steady Hand 12: At Water's Edge 11: Simple But Wonderful 10: The Rhythms of a Day 9: Fueling the Flame 8: This and That 7: A Stack of Blanks 6: Bins and Bags 5: Varied Mediums 4: A Focus on Self 3: Layer by Layer 2: The World Around Us 1: Make It Special   
• Home
 
• About
 
• Newsletter
 
• Sponsorship
 
• Submissions
 
• Donate
 
• Blog
 
• Book List
 
• Etsy!
 
• Contact

« August 2007 | Main | October 2007 »

September 25, 2007

Episode 66: Birdsong

~ birds, leaves, and thoughts on looking and seeing
~ the return of (a very short) Creative Mom Essay ("Pressing Fall")
~ a thematic creative prompt: "perspective"
~ the ATC theme for October: "Tell Me a Story" (suggested by Poppins)
~ wonderful book on Audubon
~ teacher's guide for Audubon book
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 37 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Jon Schmidt ~ Hymn of Nature [PMN]

Brian Turner ~ Change of Autumn [PMN]

Listen to Episode 66

Posted by Amy at 8:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

September 19, 2007

Episode 65: Shake It Up

~ a self-reflective look at 'process' (watercolor in Moleskine, ink vs. pencil, shipping tags, etc.)
~ Noodler's ink
~ a thematic creative prompt: "change"
~ visual Haiku
~ Haiku Monday on the CMP Yahoo! list, Haiku Mama, and haikuoftheday.com
~ a Dr. Seuss biography for the kids
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 41 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
David Ippolito ~ One Word [PMN]
Amy Ayres ~ A Little Time [PMN]
Heavy Mellow ~ Bright Side [Magnatune.com]

Listen to Episode 65

Posted by Amy at 10:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

September 11, 2007

Episode 64: Finding Flow

~ a bit of continued discussion of "time" - but this week... a focus on "flow"
~ a thematic creative prompt: "flow"
~ a lesson on hatching (and shadows)
~ a kid drawing ruined
~ I start reading Kaleidoscope: Ideas And Projects to Spark Your Creativity
~ a funny vocabularly moment
~ a great, great kids' book [I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!]
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 43 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Monique Rhodes ~ Time to Break Things Down [PMN]
Jon Schmidt ~ Waterfall [PMN]
Great Big Sea ~ Something Beautiful [PMN]

Listen to Episode 64

Posted by Amy at 3:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

September 4, 2007

Episode 63: Be Gentle

~ extended discussion of "time" - and finding and making time...
~ Congratulations to JujuArt and Poppins - both won Koh-I-Noor pencil sets for participating in the CMP sketchcrawl and uploading sketches to Flickr. Thanks to SunnyNole of Halfway There for sponsoring the sketchcrawl!
~ a thematic creative prompt: "need"
~ a bit more knitting, the Chevron Scarf from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, and a thinner Chevron from Domesticat
~ painting in a Moleskine
~ kids and "jokes"
~ "dog clouds"
~ 3-d ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet by Bob Raczka
~ The City ABC Book
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 51 min )

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Katy Pfaffl ~ Catch Me [PMN]

Listen to Episode 63

Posted by Amy at 11:23 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)