Inspiration Collaboration - 3 Magazines - Have a Look!

Our Inspiration Collaboration project is closed (for now!). We created 3 magazines showcasing all the artwork created during 2020 and 2021. Head over to Blurb.com and search for Inspiration Collaboration to view the complete magazines.

Or click these direct links

2020-21 Magazine, Helen & Sara

2021 Group Magazine

2020 Group Magazine

 

Inspiration Collaboration 2022 - Final Project Complete

 Dear Friends,

Our magazine is complete!

Here’s the link that will take you to it.

https://www.blurb.ca/b/11033560-inspiration-collaboration-2021

The link will be good to enjoy the preview, make a purchase, or share. (This was not a money-making venture.  There is a 0% mark-up on the cost of the magazine.)

In case you haven’t visited lately, click below to find us on your favorite social media:
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2020 Magazine

This project has been a pleasure.

Helen & Sara

December 2021 Inspiration Images

Click HERE to read the story behind each image.

We'll be accepting submissions through the middle of January to give time to complete whatever you've created and want included in the 2021 Inspiration Collaboration Magazine. 

Poppies (Palette Knife)

I don’t know much about poppies.  I’ve never grown a poppy, and I’m really not sure I’ve ever seen one growing.  I know the poppies in The Wizard of Oz almost put Dorothy to sleep, and I know that opium somehow comes from poppies.  Those aren’t very positive, but I recently learned that poppies are a symbol for remembering fallen soldiers. That’s good to know. 
I do think they’re beautiful flowers, but my favorite kind is spelled a different way… My four (five soon) grandkids are so lucky to have my Ron for their Pop-E.

I do love the way this poppy painting turned out.  I'm going to enjoy it on my wall until someone decides they need it for their own. I painted them in response to Sara's beautiful poppy portrait photograph on November's Inspiration Collaboration.

Original Palette Knife Oil Painting on 8"x 16" Wrapped Canvas

Click Poppies if you'd like to purchase this painting. 

November 2021 Inspiration Images

What a pleasure it has been to be a part of a community of ladies who've created art together!  Although physically very far apart, our art has brought us together.

We hope one of these images will cause you to create with us again this month.

It's easy to be a part. Click HERE for instructions.
We look forward to seeing your art!

October 2021 Inspiration Images

Only three opportunities left to join us in creating art together!

Maybe one of these images will inspire you your art.

It's easy to be a part. Click HERE for instructions.
We look forward to seeing your art!

Cherry Tomatoes on the Vine

Another summer is giving its best.  Hopeful blooms turn into vegetables to be harvested. These little cherry tomatoes hold all the joy and color of the season of sun.

This painting as well as these words were inspired by Sara's Preserving Summer on this month's Inspiration Collaboration.

Original Oil Painting on 6"x 6" Wrapped Canvas

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September 2021 Inspiration Images

Just four chances left to join us in creating art together!
Maybe one of these images will inspire you to make something of your own. 

It's easy to be a part. Click HERE for instructions.
We look forward to seeing your art!

Cottage Flowers

Each month I look at Sara's Inspiration Image and read her thoughts. Then I let it simmer in the back of my mind for a while and wait for an idea to come to me for my next painting.  This month was different. I kept being pulled back to and in to her photograph. I loved everything about it.  

1st... It featured my favorite color combinations.

2nd... It held a story.  I don't know the story, but I can wonder... 

• Who planted the flowers?  Maybe he gave her the flowers as a gift and she planted the bulbs. 
• What once grew in the window box? Maybe it was more flowers or some herbs.
• Why did they paint the window frames turquoise? Maybe it was her favorite color and made her smile.

3rd... It fit within my favorite descriptive combination: 

    Elegance within simplicity.

This painting was done as my submission to August's Inspiration Collaboration.  Thank you https://www.instagram.com/saraharley.studio/ for your lovely photograph/inspiration image/reference photo.

One more thing...

I have a nail in this tree and always hang my paintings here to photograph them once they're finished.  My butterfly plant (I'm sure it has a name...) is blooming purple right beside it right now.  love, Love, LOVE!

Oh, how I'm going to enjoy seeing this on my own wall while it waits for its forever home.  Full disclosure, as soon as it's dry enough, I plan to touch the textured surface with my fingertips each time I pass by it.

Original Palette Knife Oil Painting on 8"x 10" Wrapped Canvas

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August 2021 Inspiration Images

Join us this month as we create art 

based on one of these inspiration images.

Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each one.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

July 2021 Inspiration Images

Summer is a special time of year..
Maybe one of this month's inspiration images will inspire you to join us. 
Create some art of your own!

Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each one.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Inspiration Collaboration - June 2021

Spring brings the colors and smells and sounds that we've longed for all winter.  

Maybe one of this month's inspiration images will inspire you to join us. 

Create some art of your own!

Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each one.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

May 2021 - Inspiration Collaboration

We hope one of this month's inspiration images will inspire you to create some art of your own. Sometimes it's the image that gives an idea, and sometimes it's the story written for it that image that gives the inspiration.

Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each one.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Inspiration Collaboration - April 2021

April's images may take your thoughts outdoors. We hope one of them will inspire you to create some art of your own. 

Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each image.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Inspiration Collaboration - March 2021

 Happy March!

This month's images couldn't be more different! We hope one of them will inspire you to create some art of your own. 

Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each image.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Inspiration Collaboration - February 2021

Happy February!

We hope these rosy images inspire you to create some art of your own. Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each image.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Inspiration Collaboration 2020 - Final Project Completed

Dear Friends,

12 months
15 participants
48 inspiration images
134 works of art created
 

Our magazine is complete!

Here’s the link that will take you to it.

https://www.blurb.com/b/10524970-inspiration-collaboration-2020

 
The link will be good to enjoy the preview or to make a purchase for the next two weeks. (This was not a money-making venture.  There is a 0% mark-up on the cost of the magazine.)
 
This project has been a pleasure of 2020.
Now… it’s 2021!
Are you ready to create once again?
Most parts of Inspiration Collaboration will stay exactly the same. 
You may have noticed that there are two (instead of four) inspiration images.  We hope you’ll come up with some wonderful submissions in response to them. 
You may also have noticed that the blog looks completely different.  We hope you like the new layout.
 
In case you haven’t visited lately…
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspirationcollaboration/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/wordweaverart/inspiration-collaboration/
Blog: https://inspirationcollaboration.blogspot.com/
 
Helen & Sara

Inspiration Collaboration - January 2021

New year! New images! 

We hope you're inspired to create art of your own.   Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each image.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  

We look forward to seeing what you create!

Inspiration Collaboration - December 2020

Four new images have been chosen to inspire you to create art of your own.  Click HERE to read the thoughts behind each one.

It's easy to be a part.  Click HERE for instructions.  We look forward to seeing what you create!

A Sprinkle of Color

We face a very important choice before we dip... What flavor?

We face another decision after we dip...What will we sprinkle (or pour) on top?

Me? It's cake batter ice cream with almonds and Heath bar sprinkles... or French vanilla with almonds and raspberries... or soft serve vanilla with caramel and Snickers pieces...

What do you choose?

This painting was done in response to the November art challenge, A Pop of Colour, from Inspiration Collaboration.

Original Oil Painting on 6"x 8" Wrapped Canvas
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