Dream of the Perfect Studio

My Studio!, originally uploaded by *Heather Bailey*.

This beautiful Fancy Shmancy Studio is the incredible space of Heather Bailey, the fabric, paper, pattern designer. This is from her flickr Photostream.
She has one of the best eyes for color and texture ever! Her website Hello my name is Heather is a fantasy in itself for any creative junkie!

Heather Bailey's Designs are so incredible Check out her website Hello My Name is Heather,  for a real Treat!

Art in Progress

Il mio disordine..., originally uploaded by ladycupcake80.

Artist Space maybe the most sacred space of all. Check out Lady Cupcake's studio space that she works on her adorable creations. I'm sure most of us would agree that there is many projects and just not enough space or time! Creative energy is about to pop out of the picture. I love It!

These creations are the artwork of Silvia in Italy and can be found at her flickr photostream. She has an adorable blog Rainbow in the Dark.

Painting in Combinations of Paint and Passion

A small clear idea
5 x 7 inches
oil on canvas board

These beautiful paintings are  the  creations of Halima Washington. Halima is an artist who lives in Atlanta, Georgia and paints with a combination of a palette knife and a brush. She "loves using the impasto technique because she wants the viewer to be aware of the paint and her passion for it and  wants people to see everyday ordinary objects and surroundings as extraordinary". Halima has a beautiful blog SMALL WORKS
Simple and thoughtful daily paintings by Impasto painter and art instructor, Halima Washington.Her blog  is full of her magnificent pieces of work. If you're lucky enough to live in Atlanta Halima teaches at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center and has her work available at the Anne Irwin Fine Art Gallery. You can also find out more at Halima's website.

Ruby Center
8 x 8 inches
oil on canvas

Layers of Green and Gold
8 x 8 inches
oil on linen canvas board

Red, White, Blue and a cupcake too!
8 x 8 inches
oil on canvas

Precious Pastels from TomCat

These beautiful Little critters are the work of Matouenpeluche (Plush TomCat) Samantha Battersby a Sydney based artist in Australia. She has her pieces for sale at Made It the Handmade Market out of Australia.You can also find fun stuff at Samantha's blog and her Etsy Store.

Samantha works with Pastels and has been producing original drawings, cards, posters, prints and badges. She has "been drawing and making things enthusiastically since before she can remember.Her favourite thing is to spend the day drawing - preferably lovely looking girls - drinking cups of tea and listening to music."

Chalked up to Reality

Julian Beever by David Shankbone



Julian Beever is an English, Belgium- based Chalk artist who has been making pavement drawings for over ten years. He creates drawings known as "Anamorphic Illusions which are a special distortions made  in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint". You may have seen the email that went viral were  many of his incredible pieces were shown off. Check out his website where you can see more of his incredible art.