This backyard art studio was created for a retired art teacher who still loves to create art and share the experience with her two daughters.
Twelve easy ways to make an art studio in your home, no matter how small or cluttered!
A collection of whimsical art studio spaces. Find inspiration for your art studio here along with practical organization tips for your art studio.
La mini maison vitrée en Argentine de l'artiste Catalina Ruiz, est son atelier, et l'endroit parfait pour créer entourée par la nature
A collection of whimsical art studio spaces. Find inspiration for your art studio here along with practical organization tips for your art studio.
The place where you do your best work must be the place where you feel more inspired. Check out these 50 Artistic Home Studio Designs that will help you become more work-ethic and motivated
JP in the studio on Day 4. (You can find out more info on the 'news' page of my website at; www.ThistleCreekStudio.com, or at NVOpenStudios.com)
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The place where you do your best work must be the place where you feel more inspired. Check out these 50 Artistic Home Studio Designs that will help you become more work-ethic and motivated
Is your garage currently a wasted space in your home? If you don’t drive, or you have other outdoor parking where you can safely park your car, your garage could be utilized in a far better way for your house and needs. Check out these garage renovation ideas.
I don't know about you, but I have never felt more ready for summertime. Everything feels more alive (both internal and externally), and for the first time in a while I'm feeling excited about new ideas. May was a month filled with colorful paintings, long walks, wildflowers, and landscapes. Here's a quick highlight reel from the past few weeks: The Williard Gallery opened in Maine, and I'm thrilled to have a handful of paintings in the beautiful space, including the two little landscapes pictured here. The six landscapes I sent to The Willard Gallery. Pepperminty Mountain Laurel seen on my morning walk. The new canvas landscape prints are available! Dog days in the studio with Finn. A new 36 x 48
My first studio space after college was the corner of the living room in my Atlanta apartment on Collier Road. My designated space had beige walls we weren’t allowed to paint, carpeted floors, and measured approximately 5 ft by 5 ft. Since then I’ve rented studio space in two different Atlanta locations, and four in North Carolina before moving into the space I have now. There was the Goat Farm, where I rented a third of a plywood-walled room with no windows (shared with a photographer friend and a playwright who I rarely saw), a lovely place in Roswell where I occupied the front sixth (approximately) of an open concept co-working space, the light-soaked sunroom in my first NC rental home, the studio on King Street where I met my friend Emma, and the next couple studios on the second story of a historic downtown Brevard building with no heat or AC, where Emma and I continued to be studio neighbors before both moving our studios to our own homes. While each space came with its own quirks, charms, perks, decor choices, and frustrations, after inhabiting all eight (!) studios, I’ve zeroed in on a few simple things that make ANY studio, regardless of size or quirk level, feel inviting, functional and conducive to creativity. And if you’re new to the habit of getting creative, I have something to help you with that, too. Now, on to setting up your studio… View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize 1) The first thing I recommend setting up is some kind of tiered cart. This can be as tall or tiny as you need it to be, but a place to store your paints, brushes, and any other medium you use is essential. Having the cart on wheels is especially helpful if you are working in a space that doubles as a living area or guest room, and your studio needs to be consolidated or tucked away regularly. If you need help choosing the paints, tools, and materials to stock your cart, check out my Materials Guide. 2) The second element of a functioning studio is a table. I use a stainless steel table which has plenty of room for my palette, most frequently used paints, a few brushes, and whatever small painting I’m working on at the time. If you’re carving out a space at home, try setting up a card table you won’t worry about getting messy, or if you don’t have the space, spread a canvas or vinyl drop cloth over your kitchen/dining table and roll your paint cart right up next to you when it’s time to get to work. 3) Third, you need a chair or stool. I use a stool when I’m painting larger canvases since I’m roughly the same height sitting on a stool as I am standing, and can easily transition between the two depending on how much physical movement is required for the actual painting process. This might sound ridiculously obvious, but I’ve had studios without an actual chair in it, and there’s something that’s an inherent bummer about getting tired and having to sit directly on a concrete floor (that may or may not have wet paint on it) instead of on a chair. These next two are optional depending on the scale of your paintings. If you only paint small and on paper, you might not want an easel, and likewise if you are limited on space, there’s no need to set up a shelving system. 4) If you paint on canvas or panel and have the space, I recommend using an easel. Easels can be small, one foot tall tabletop easels, or they can be eight foot tall pieces of furniture requiring a space of their own. The key benefit is that they elevate paintings to eye level so you’re not constantly straining your neck. In that first apartment corner, my “easel” was two level nails in the wall I hung canvases on to paint. One fateful day I stumbled into the Blick store on 7th and Peachtree and in the back of the dimly-lit sale section was the nicer version of the easel I wanted but was too expensive at the time, heavily discounted and ready for immediate sale. I’ve been using that easel ever since. 5) Lastly, if you have a space carved out for your creative practice that is relatively stable (not something you have to break down and put away after each painting session), shelving is a simple element of a studio that will immediately make you ten times more organized. I have a set of wire utility shelves from Target that store all my packing envelopes, pads of paper, small canvases, extra paints, power tools, canvas scraps, you name it. These are the things that accumulate as you develop a more regular painting practice, but can make your space feel cluttered and distracting. Just a set of utility shelves (small or tall) to store it all works wonders in keeping your studio organized. These are the five things I have in my studio that make all the difference. The key to a functional studio space is having a place for everything, and if it’s at all possible leave your space set up!!! Half the battle is getting out your materials and setting up your space, so if there’s anywhere you can leave your paint cart, have a few shelves, and keep a canvas at arms reach, by all means carve out that space and make it your own! If your studio currently looks a lot like my first studio (a corner of a shared space), start by focusing on those first three simple elements: a paint cart, a table, and a chair. You likely have at least two out of three already, and it’s all easy enough to break down and re-assemble if you’re unable to leave your creative space in tact from day to day. Do you have a studio space you’re working from? Even if it’s just a spot at the kitchen table? Let me know! Click HERE for a downloadable PDF with the 5 Elements to make your studio space functional & inviting. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR SOMEONE CREATIVE LIKE YOU: - Six Steps to Kickstart Your Own Creative Practice -- My Top 5 Essential Studio Tools -- 15 Sketchbook Prompts -
La mini maison vitrée en Argentine de l'artiste Catalina Ruiz, est son atelier, et l'endroit parfait pour créer entourée par la nature
The place where you do your best work must be the place where you feel more inspired. Check out these 50 Artistic Home Studio Designs that will help you become more work-ethic and motivated
Here are some of my favorite inspirational studio spaces of artists, designers, and crafters (plus a few solid pieces to get you started!)
If you're dying for a home art studio, but you're short on space, this post is for you. I'm going to share 5 art studio solutions for small spaces that you can squeeze into the tiniest of homes.
For Lydia Cambareri, the pleasure of creating one-of-a-kind pottery pieces in the studio is is doubled, because her studio is a converted, 1920s train carriage.
This backyard art studio was created for a retired art teacher who still loves to create art and share the experience with her two daughters.
We are constantly inspired by female creatives. So we went inside Alexandra Valenti's art studio to see her process at work. Take a look
Partir de un campo de fútbol para crear un espacio atelier de arte es un reto curioso, intrigante y bien resuelto por Miriam Barrio.
The place where you do your best work must be the place where you feel more inspired. Check out these 50 Artistic Home Studio Designs that will help you become more work-ethic and motivated
A collection of whimsical art studio spaces. Find inspiration for your art studio here along with practical organization tips for your art studio.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Scientists may never know the answer to this tongue-twisting question, but we do know one thing about wood: woodworkers worldwide are working hard to turn wood into wonderful works of art.
Twelve easy ways to make an art studio in your home, no matter how small or cluttered!
