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Process Painting and Listening to Your Muse

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Process Painting by beginning with covering the canvas with various colors and layering shapes and form without thought... allowing the process of the painting to speak to you as you create. This is a very intuitive method of painting... As an artist, I am always experimenting with techniques, media and exploring the creative process. I believe that the most exciting part of being an artist is the process of creating. I believe creativity is like magic. I open myself to the possibilities of the unknown and allow my imagination, my intuition and creativity to marry. That is when the magic happens. I believe it is when I trust my own creative process, that I will experience that magic and again....

Creative Workshops in the Studio

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Profile of Joy's Creative Space in Photos

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Welcome to My Creative Space

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My Creative Space                                                                   Joy's Creative Space

Welcome to My Blog

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Joy Hellman Showing The Ladies of the Four Seasons Joy  Showing Her Whimsical Paintings Spring Fest at Artist's Alley Preparing Glass for Jewelry Joy's Creative Space                                                                                                                Joy at a  Creative Collage Workshop Joy Painting n Her Garden Thanks for visiting my blog. I will offer on -line classes and How to Videos on my blog soon so stay tuned....... Joy

My Creative Space

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                                              Joy Showing Her Art in the Wise Woman Series                                                       http://www.joyscreativespace.com/

My Own Creative Process

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Creativity is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the your comfort zone and fearlessly jump into the unknown , listen to the calling of your muse and follow her voice . What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. I always try to remember these sage words when I tackle a new class or a new project. And when I am learning something new I also try to remind myself that experts are not born, they are made. I also believe that we all start from the beginning each time we create.. That at one time they too were beginners, filled with self doubt, left wondering if they would ever learn whatever task it was they set out to learn. If I have a passion to truly learn something then I have to also learn to set aside my need for instant gratification and experience some discomfort in order to come out on the other side. And boy can that be difficult because our own self critic is a darn hard taskmaster. So as you start this new year, if you

Creativty is a Journey

Creativity is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the your comfort zone and fearlessly jump into the unknown , listen to the calling of your muse and follow Her voice  What you’ll discover will be wonderful! What you’ll discover is yourself! I always try to remember this wisdom when I prepare for a new class or workshop,  trying out a new technique or beginning  a new project. And when I am learning something new I also try to remind myself that experts are not born, they are made. I also believe that we all start from the beginning each time we create.. That at one time they too were beginners, filled with self doubt, left wondering if they would ever learn whatever task it was they set out to learn. If I have a passion to truly learn something then I have to also learn to set aside my need for instant gratification and experience some discomfort in order to come out on the other side. And boy can that be difficult because our own self critic is a darn hard

Impressionist Painting Demonstration2

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Impressionist Painting Demonstration

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                                                                           Sisters I am working on a painting for commission and demonstrating the Impressionist brush stroke and talking about my creative process. As I paint I am also talking about the theme of  the three sisters and I how I was inspired to  create it. The symbols of the three girls are the customer's three daughters.

Painting Presentation in my Studio

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I am painting a vase and flowers in an Impressionist Style and  using my fingers.This is more of an intuitive non thinking method of painting

THe Earth Enfolded in the Arms of the Mother

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                            The Earth Enfolded in the Arms of the Mother I created this piece by painted the plastic, transforming it in to a softer material and cut into random strips and heated to soften and form around the crystal sphere.

Wise Woman Face Pin

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  Wise Woman Face Pin I created this piece with painted and altered Eco Plastic. After I painted the plastic, I used the heat gun to transform the material into a wood effect. I also added  glitter to the surface as well as a piece of lichen that I found one morning on my walk. I made the face out of plastic also. I wanted to give  the effect in this  piece of jewelry as if were created by ancient artists.

Inner Wisdom Doll

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                                                          Inner Wisdom Doll Instead of naming this a worry doll, I think it needs to be called Wise Woman because it is when we tap into our own wisdom that we find guidance for our life and inner peace. This little pin reminds you of this when you wear it close to your heart. It is made from  altered and aged plastic from a milk jug giving the effect of bone.

We are Vessels of the Spirit

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We are Vessels of the Spirit I named this piece to remind us that we are vessels of the Spirit to hold love,  peace and compassion for  all life. I created it with altered and aged pop bottle plastic  and added a little urn for a necklace that I once wore and wanted to re-purpose. It had been waiting just for this time to have life once again
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Dance in Celebration of the Creative Fire

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 May I be open and receptive to the Creative Spirit, the Fire within. an instrument of the Divine in all that I am and do.

Creative Connection Group

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My Creativity Group working on their visual journal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVXO1nPww0Y Here is the video where I was working in my studio and you can hear Jamie Ridler talking in the background. It was so cool because I shared it with Jamie and she was so pleased that she posted my video on her website. This  a perfect example of how we connect and inspire each other. I really wanted to share it with you

Wish Casting Wednesday

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Wish Casting Wednesday What I wish to reclaim is my love and passion for connecting with others to use my ability to network. To share in the creative connection, to reach out of my studio and into the community as well as on the web through connecting with groups and sister bloggers.

Plastic is Beautiful

. I save my plastic in bins in my studio basement and paint it as I go sometimes with just paint that I have left over from painting projects in my classes I am ready to do a project I use either a blow dryer or a heat-gun depending on what I want to do and what kind of plastic I am using..When I use the heat gun on the plastic, I always have ventilation and most of the time I do my work outside. But I at least have a window or even a door open They all change in unique ways and create different effects.. I have experimented to discover how the plastic transforms and now even though I am open to the unexpected and there are always those in the creative process, I now work with it with purpose and a method that have improved upon in time. Plastic is a wonderful material for artists to use and I am just one among many who working with plastic as a resource in their work.After the pin piece is finished I use a variety of found objects sometimes entrapping them in the melted plastic and

Artful Pin Swap

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Artful Pins

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                                                                     God's Eye made with altered Eco Plastic that I painted in various washes of iridescent and metallic paints. I used a heat gun to melt and transform the plastic into the look of mineral and embedded a Lapis Lazuli in the center symbolic of God's All Seeing Eye Wise Woman in the Trees  I used the Eco Plastic to create a wood like effect added one of Wise Woman faces and moss. She symbolizes Mother Nature Gaia Goddess of the earth Healing Stone I used the Eco Plastic to create another mineral effect and added an Amythest in the center a symbol of the  healing which heals all things and brings compassion to the world.

Creative Transformation

Your life transforms into art when you listen to your inner guidance and follow your dreams. 7 Steps to Transforming your life into art 1. Pause and create the space to connect with yourself. 2. Let go of who you think you should be. 3. Ask yourself some deep reflective questions like: Who am I? Who do I want to be? What do I want may life to stand for? 4. Listen for your answers from your inner guidance. 5. Let your inner guidance create a delicious dream for you. What would be happening? Where would you be? Who would be there? 6. Feed the dream by taking action. Do something to give the dream life. 7. Follow your dreams.

Using Altered Plastic and Tin in My Mixed Media Art

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Using Recyled Material to create Art

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Creating with Green Material

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Tour of My Creative Space

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As an artist, I am always exploring materials and experimenting with throw-sways. This is my studio where I plan my classes and projects, paint, create my jewelry, do mixed media, teach art classes and facilitate creative workshops and art groups.I                                                  Joy of Art Studio                                                  East Pennsylvania Ave. B.                                                  Southern Pines, NC                                                   joyof_art@msn.com                                                    910-528-7283

Face Beads made from Polymer clay and Wire

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2012 Creative Vision and Intention

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