Finishing Inktober/Starting NaNoWriMo
Finished with Inktober, prepped for NaNoWriMo and ready to get started! My thoughts on both challenges, creative growth and the need to tailor your self challenges to your personal goals […]
Inktober Update & Preptober
Inktober is over half way over and as of this writing I am caught up but by the time this posts–well, we’ll see. This year has been more challenging for […]
Grief is a Curious Thing
Spring has been a bit of a doozy this year. My mother, who had been in decline for over a decade, passed away right before Mother’s Day. The timing was […]
Sketching Vs. Improvising
Whether you are a writer or an artist there’s the uniform recommendation to make an outline of your story or a sketch of your work in order to provide yourself […]
May Check-in
I’m going to be fully honest and say that I didn’t plan ahead for today’s post so I figured that a check-in would be a good alternative to a regularly […]
Finishing What You Start
So, you’ve been inspired lately and you’ve worked on translating the idea in your head into a creative medium. You work on it for awhile and although it seemed like […]
Finding Inspiration & What to do After
There are several layers to the topic of inspiration. As the child of artists I’ve found it readily available but being inspired and knowing what to do with inspiration are […]
Grasslands Ghosts
I’m very excited to share my new series of paintings titled “Grasslands Ghosts” inspired by the urban nature of Jacksonville.
Inktober, NaNoWriMo and Getting Caught Up
There is not a day in my life that I have ever been bored. Not to say that I haven’t engaged in activities that are tedious, monotonous or mind-numbing but […]
Jax Makes – Updates and Thoughts
On Saturday I was a vendor at the Jacksonville Public Library for the Jax Makes event. There were 70 vendors split between three floors on the library. I have a […]
C.R. Elliott - Clara Black Ink 