Art of Gratitude * Featured Artist Interview * Lara Cornell

So thrilled to be Celebrating Life & the Art of Gratitude with 8 other lovely artists.

I’ll be featuring an interview and info about each artist’s creative projects leading up to the start of the e-course on October 4th.  Lara Cornell is today’s featured artist and has the joy of offering the content and projects for the fourth week of the course.

Collage above created by fellow contributing artist, Julissie Saltzberg

What are you most grateful for?
My family. I have an incredibly supportive and understanding husband who knows how to ground me but also encourages me to spread my wings and follow my intuition. I also have three children ages 3,7 and 8 who challenge me every day in so many ways. They are at the ages where they ask a lot of questions, and a lot of them related to what they see in the world around them. They are wise beyond their years. They are also incredibly happy to tell people that their mama is an artist and it makes me tear up every time. The whole package is what I have dreamed of.

How do you prefer to show your gratitude?
I’m a hugger. A lot of the time I can’t seem to find the right words to express my gratitude and sometimes words aren’t enough anyway. So I hug.

What are your favorite fall season traditions?
Fall is absolutely gorgeous in Minnesota and it’s by far my favorite season. I redecorate the house in fall colors, bring out cozy blankets, and more throw pillows, and harvest scented candles. I adore going to apple orchards with my family. There are quite a few in Minnesota.

Do you have any favorite fall season art/crafts/etc…
For me, fall is all about gold. I crave gold leaf, gold foil, gold pens, gold paint, gold glitter…. I think of something new to “attack” each year!

Why did you decide to be part of this group of artists for this project?
How could I say “no”?! Living life with gratitude and expressing it through art speaks to my soul.

Week 4 * Intuitive Gratitude with Lara Cornell Oct. 25-31st 

We will throw all caution to the wind, release all negative thoughts, and jump in with no plan this week! It’s all about intuition, flow, gratitude, a child-like curiosity and desire to just play.

In this class we will start by making background layers with inks, experimenting with how they flow around the page and how the colors blend (should you choose to use more than one color) and how they react with water. I highly recommend you do more than one at a time so you don’t feel pressure. It’s just about playing and not worrying about the outcome.

Then we’ll add papers and tap into our inner child for guidance (a helpful tip, if you happen to have children in your life, ask them!), and start doodling/drawing on the paper.

We will also be using pinterest to build an inspirational quote library to add to your piece to make it uniquely yours (if you don’t have pinterest, google searching would be just fine as well).

Leave the inner critics out of it and let’s just have fun!     Join us now