The joys of my mother's garden
My parents live in Delaware and for about 30 years my mother (with Dad's help) has created an oasis in their yard. She LOVES gardening,...
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Suzanne Allard
Jan 122 min read
Self-Compassion and Creativity for 2024
Hello lovelies! I have been reading about and meditating on self-compassion and learning to be a gentle friend to ourselves for some time...
Suzanne Allard
Sep 27, 20232 min read
Going out of your mind and Lake Michigan
Hello lovelies! We've been traveling around Michigan for the last month or so and I wanted to share some pics and some insights. When I...
Suzanne Allard
Aug 25, 20232 min read
3 Captivating artists from Spain I love
Hello friends! I wanted to share some recent discoveries I’ve made of contemporary artists from Spain whose work makes my heart go...
Suzanne Allard
Aug 3, 20236 min read
7 Strategies for overcoming Fear Of Painting (FOP🤣)
Why is painting/creating scary for many of us? We can all agree there is no danger there, it won't kill us, it won't even injure us...
Suzanne Allard
Jul 31, 20232 min read
A Delicious Palette
I hope you are finding creative time as spring is calling us outside! I'm squeezing in some playing and painting in between move-related...
Suzanne Allard
Jul 31, 20232 min read
My Top 5 Goals for Students
Well, we are heading to Virginia to house hunt for the next couple of weeks! Send house -finding energy my way lol. Wouldn't it be fun...
Suzanne Allard
Mar 30, 20233 min read
Confidence is a choice
There are many times in my life when I've chosen to be confident when I didn't necessarily feel confident. It just seemed to me a better...
Suzanne Allard
Mar 22, 20232 min read
New class: From Painting to Product - Simplified!
I'm so excited about this new class, "From Painting to Product - Simplified!" I can't wait to see your art on products!! You've been...
Suzanne Allard
Feb 23, 20231 min read
Did you say color?
This week, my licensing agent emailed me and said, "Would you be interested in working on some pigmented, bold color pieces with details...
Suzanne Allard
Feb 17, 20233 min read
Gratitude and the creative process
If gratitude were a pill, we'd all be taking it 🤣. There are so many studies documenting the many benefits of simply focusing on what we...
Suzanne Allard
Feb 8, 20232 min read
The ugly stage in paintings and in life
I often discuss the ugly stage of paintings in my classes, it's somewhere in the middle of the painting creation process and it's...
Suzanne Allard
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Limited edition prints are here!
Hello beautiful souls! I'm so excited to begin releasing limited edition, digitally signed, and numbered prints! Here are the first three...
Suzanne Allard
Jan 16, 20234 min read
Putting fear in its place
Happy Monday beautiful, creative souls! Since my intention and mission is to free creative spirits everywhere, I'm interested in anything...
Suzanne Allard
Dec 5, 20224 min read
The myth of talent
This may sound radical but I believe the concept of talent has caused untold damage to the human creative spirit. We are given messages...
Suzanne Allard
Oct 20, 20222 min read
Fauvist art and why it inspires me.
In 1905 an artistic movement exploded onto the art scene in Paris. It developed from expressionism in the sense that both used color as a...
Suzanne Allard
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Finding Your Style
“I REALLY want to find my style,” that’s what a recent student posted on our Facebook student group. Most of us can relate to this...
Suzanne Allard
Apr 20, 20222 min read
Getting through the ugly stage
There is a module in my online Sketchbook class called, "Getting through the ugly stage," where I begin an abstract painting, it gets...
Suzanne Allard
Mar 24, 20222 min read
We don't need permission to create
Permission to create and the whole notion of it has been on my mind over the last couple of weeks because I kept hearing about it from...
Suzanne Allard
Mar 3, 20222 min read
What are we trying to say with our art?
This question is a fascinating one to answer if we want to collect or create art. For the collector, we are drawn to art that causes us...
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