Digital vs. Analogue illustration
An artist I follow asked on Instagram if when drawing digitally (on iPad or other) if it feels like cheating. I just had to comment but then the…
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Skillshare for Creative Thinking
Learning online has become an addiction for me, however in the beginning I was constantly striving to try to recreate the same thing that the teacher did. Quickly…
Advice for New Creatives
I find it realistic to say that you will only get good at your craft after a minimum of two years of hard practice. Quantity does not mean…
Montreal Brunch
One of the most intriguing things I’ve come across is how patient Canadians are when it comes to brunch. On Saturday I went for a walk along Rue…
Alejandra Pizarnik
Sometimes there is a world of words that want to come out but they don’t. They accumulate at the base of the throat and before you know it…
A Summer Without Instagram (and most Social Media)
By the middle of June I was done. I looked around my studio and felt such overwhelm despite having fulfilled a lifelong dream: a room of my own.…
How do you curate your own artwork?
Short answer: you curate without mercy. I spent the week alone. My husband was traveling and I stayed home with my pup.Of course I had epic plans. And…
Why the name FlowArte?
The word Flow represents so many things: movement, ease, softness, something that is constant, evolutionary but mostly it’s something without beginning or end. Infinite. One initial idea behind…
Five Things Friday
The begining of my reconciliation with Yoga. A 30 day journey. For years I said I didn’t like Yoga. I first tried it almost three decades ago…
One Month in France, week four
I’m writing this from Montreal. The month in France came to its conclusion. We are home. It feels strange to look out the window and see the same…
One month in France, week three
I am in a city that does not have the stereotypical French glamour. It’s not Paris and it’s not the charming little wine village. Some days I…
The humble “watercolor process”
I’ve mentioned Marc Taro, a watercolor artist from Montreal. He is an Urban Sketcher and Fine Artist and I’m a bit obsessed with his most recent watercolor process.…