Endless Song of Hope
This week I had to share this beautiful poem by Gaby Comprés. I love how she captures the possibility of a moment. We are the blank...
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Suzanne Allard
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
What Can We Control?
This simple question has many layers to it but in the answer, lies an opportunity for peace. The ancient Stoic philosophy explored and...
Suzanne Allard
- Nov 28, 2020
- 2 min
You showed up and I thank you.
When I started this art journey a few short years ago, I was excited and scared. I was excited because I was following my passion for...
Suzanne Allard
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Learning to want what we already have
From time to time I pick up one of my books on the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. I find it very helpful when I feel unsettled or...
Suzanne Allard
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
Q and A with Skillshare Students
I thought I'd share some of the questions I've gotten from students and my responses. As well as some of the lovely paintings they've...
Suzanne Allard
- Aug 10, 2020
- 1 min
Painting as a Healing Endeavor
Recently, a woman who found me on Instagram called me and told me that after going through cancer treatment last year she emerged knowing...
Suzanne Allard
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Developing a creative practice: my two-step formula
I believe that we all have a creative spirit that wants (needs?) to be nurtured. Creation can take many forms - not just painting or...
Suzanne Allard
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Acceptance leads to discovery
In some ways I've been in Covid denial; refusing to accept the new normal and telling myself it won't last, etc. In hindsight, I've...
Suzanne Allard
- Jun 30, 2020
- 1 min
Another new class!
Woot! This one will free your creative spirit for sure :). It is playful, loose, and encouraging. We use different tools to make marks...
Suzanne Allard
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
Discovering color and shape with mixed media
Sometimes the most beautiful things are simple. Compositions that explore a variety of shapes with even a few colors can become very...
Suzanne Allard
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
Art and fear go hand in hand
Fear is normal in the creative process. Here are some of the most popular fears related to making art: What am I doing? Who do I think...
Suzanne Allard
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Free your creative spirit!
Any of us who have been drawn to (obsessed with?) making things can attest to it not really being a choice. We have to make things or we...
Suzanne Allard
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
A creative wave is sweeping the world
Have you noticed it? It's been building slowly, first, it was just people sending me notes that they finally have the time to learn to...
Suzanne Allard
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Using this strange time well
So there's the comfort zone we all know about and then there's outside the comfort zone. Well, I think we can all agree that our current...
Suzanne Allard
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
My new online class, "Paint an Abstract Garden," is live on Skillshare!!
I had such fun creating my previous class, Paint a Joyful Bouquet, that I wanted to create another class (and many more!) to continue the...
Suzanne Allard
- Mar 29, 2020
- 1 min
Social distancing evokes memories and hopes of social closeness.
I've been wanting to express some of what is happening in our world with my art. There are so many emotions one could explore, from the...
Suzanne Allard
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
The comfort of rhythms and small things
Well, it's a different world than when I published my last newsletter two weeks ago, isn't it? We awake every day trying to make sense...
Suzanne Allard
- Mar 3, 2020
- 2 min
Art opens the door into the soul.
My wise mother said this to me last week. We were talking about how we are drawn to certain art at different times and she said, "Art...
Suzanne Allard
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
The meaning of color
I'm sure you’ve noticed that I use a lot of color in my work. I have my favorites, a deep rich navy, a teal, coral and green are in all...
Suzanne Allard
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Envious vs Inspired
There is a huge difference between these two emotions. Feeling envious and feeling inspired seem to come from a completely different...
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