The Art Witch Blog
I’m a mythical artist, photographer, designer, intuitive and all-around creative based in the Norwegian mountains and this is my blog.
This is where I share my creative expression and do my best to inspire, empower, share tips and information, and give the occasional kick in the butt so you can have a more fulfilling life. You’ll also find a lot of art, some behind the scenes and works in progress, as well as some strong opinions, and a swear word or two. If you enjoy the posts, please share them.
– Kim Nance
This Coloring Book Is Not Like Any Other You’ve Used
Sure this coloring book has pages with flowers and plants, but it has some very special instructions. The instructions are meant to help you stretch your creative boundaries. There’s also some information about each herb. It comes in a compressed file format with PNG...
A Portrait of a Singer and a Songbird
I was so busy creating this portrait that I forgot to post this on Friday when it was finished. It's a spirit animal portrait of Lisa Robbin Young, the first portrait I've ever done in watercolour, and the first spirit animal portrait. I decided to make one of Lisa...
Creating 9 Portraits of Women With Their Spirit Animal
I've decided to make portraits of women with their spirit animal. The idea actually came from a business coach who had the idea in the shower. The first ones will be made to use as examples on the website, but they are real women and their actual spirit animals. I've...
How You Can Have Quality and Creative Time Without Sacrificing 1
Do you think you have to sacrifice quality time with your kid or maybe cut down on something else you enjoy to be able to get some creative time? Let me tell you that you don't! [tweet_dis]Make it easier for yourself by including your kids in your creative...
Experiment with baby wipes between cards and coloring pages
If you know me, you know I love to experiment and explore to learn new things. This is one of those experiments. The reason I chose baby wipes is that I saw what they did to the crayons and I wanted to see if they would do the same coloured pencil. Some colours...
“Will you walk into my parlor?” said the spider to the fly
This is what I've been up to the last few days. Well, in addition to correcting some issues in the webshop which took a lot of time. They're the first two drawings for the Pages in the Arthropoda Tarot deck. The IndieGoGo event may have ended but I'm still creating...
Sometimes it takes a virtual 2×4 to get the message
It seems this is a lesson I need to learn again and again. My body decided that I have been working too much and hit me with a virtual 2x4 to get the message through. On Monday, I was diagnosed with a viral infection in my lungs and sent home with Prednisolone (a...
Drawing an Ant dragging something up a hill
I've been doing a lot of coloured pencil drawings lately, to create the Arthropoda Tarot deck, and I still have 40 more drawings to do. In this video, I'm starting the drawing for the 9 of Wands, and Ant dragging a pine needle up a hill. I had planned to finish this...
Cast your vote for which bug should be the Fool
Now, I know I haven't started working on the Major Arcana yet, but I want to have clarity about which bug gets to be on which card anyway, and you can help. Look at the list of insects below and leave me a comment with your favorite insect for the Fool card. If you're...
Using indiegogo to get the tarot deck out to you
Bugs are extremely valuable to our ecozystem and food chain. We need them to pollinate fruits, flowers, and vegetables, or we would get almost none. We need them to act as a recycling system, to bring dead animals and vegetation back to the Earth. Some plants, like...
The creation of the last strange bird in the series – A hawk
This is a video of the complete process I used when creating the last bird in the Strange Birds series, the Hopping Dashed Hawk. All the 15 birds are now finished. This particular bird already has a new home, but there are still 9 other birds for you to adopt over in...
Stop putting your amazing creative project back in the drawer
Do you let limitations stop you from even starting that creative project you'd love to try? If you are, what's getting in the way? I know limitations very well. I've had more than one time in my life when I felt limited. For example, I couldn't explore creativity...