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May 15, 2016 by Cynthia Morris 1 Comment

Sunday in my Paris art studio

Some bright sunlight today and my Paris art studio. It’s been a lovely Sunday working on paintings and illustrations and gathering ideas on paper. I hope Sunday is bright with your creativity too!
Some bright sunlight today and my Paris art studio. It's been a lovely Sunday working on paintings and illustrations and gathering ideas on paper. I hope Sunday is bright with your creativity too!
Photo taken at: Paris, France
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May 12, 2016 by Cynthia Morris Leave a Comment

So many people

These days I’m practicing drawing people, especially faces. In a class I’m taking at Sketchbook Skool, drawing a face a day was one of the assignments, so I was right on track for getting lots of practice. Sometimes I get very overwhelmed when I think about how many people there are in the world. Every person holds a million stories.
All those stories! All the hopes, dreams, fears and lives that are changing every single minute. It makes my head spin. And my heart break. I will never know all those stories. I can only know my own and the stories and lives of a few people I know.
This piece is for all the people in the world. May we all have peace, love and a sense of home.
These days I’m practicing drawing people, especially faces. In a class I’m taking at Sketchbook Skool, drawing a face a day was one of the assignments, so I was right on track for getting lots of practice. Sometimes I get very overwhelmed when I think about how many people there are in the world. Every person holds a million stories. All those stories! All the hopes, dreams, fears and lives that are changing every single minute. It makes my head spin. And my heart break. I will never know all those stories. I can only know my own and the stories and lives of a few people I know. This piece is for all the people in the world. May we all have peace, love and a sense of home.
Photo taken at: Paris, France

Filed Under: Creativity Tagged With: 100cynthiamorrispaintings, art, Creativity, drawing, illustration, Paris, people, portraits, sketchbookskool, the100dayproject, watercolor

April 13, 2016 by Cynthia Morris Leave a Comment

How to Sell Your Art Online by Cory Huff, illustrated by moi!

It’s a big day here! My advance reading copy of How to Sell Your Art Online arrived!

This book by Cory Huff  shares everything we need to know to make a success of our art online. I was honored and delighted to be the illustrator for this book. It was a great way to silence my inner critic who doubted my ability to make money from my art.

I took it as a sweet nudge from the universe that I was hired to illustrate a book all about how to make money from art. Get your copy of How to Sell Your Art Online here.

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March 9, 2016 by Cynthia Morris Leave a Comment

Work in Progress Board in the Studio

One day last week I woke up and realized that I needed to put my Journey Blessings on my work in progress board to see them all. It makes me happy to see them here and I have about 30 more to make. Pure joy and play!

I love my art life! This morning I woke up and realized that I needed to put my Journey Blessings on my work in progress board to see them all. It makes me happy to see them here and I have about 30 more to make. Pure joy and play!

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March 6, 2016 by Cynthia Morris Leave a Comment

Today's Journey Blessing: Your luggage goes with you.

I travel a lot and have used this blessing to make sure that my luggage always arrives with me. So far it’s worked, and I’ve never had lost luggage. Sending prayers of gratitude to the travel gods!
Today's Journey Blessing: Your luggage goes with you. I travel a lot and have used this blessing to make sure that my luggage always arrives with me. So far it's worked, and I've never had lost luggage. Sending prayers of gratitude to the travel gods!
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Filed Under: Creativity Tagged With: adventure, art, blessings, bonvoyage, Creativity, handlettering, illustration, journey, journeyblessings, prayers, travel, watercolor, workinaseries

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