When I was a child, I was really into art. That never really changed. I always had glue, scissors, tape, makers, a ruler and paints around. I loved letting my creativity shine.
During school I excelled in my art classes. In high school, I had an amazing art teacher who inspired me to full out pursue my passion and talent in a big way. From there I was accepted into one of the number one art colleges in the nation!
The first year at Ringling College of Art & Design {no matter your major} is a foundation year. You take the most amazing art classes that define your passion, interests and fine-tune your skills. I drew, colored, penciled, ink, welded, soldered, char-coaled, printed and painted my way from project to project. It was fantastic and HARD. Design school simply put- hardest four years of my life.
After my first year, the next 3 years was focused on my major- interior design. I loved it… everything about it was meant for me. I excelled in my classes and graduated with my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design. From there, you know the story- I interned and landed some amazing opportunities. I worked those out for a few years, gained the experience and business fundamentals I needed and then A Design Story was born.
In the midst of blogging, designing locally and virtually, being a wife and full time member of my family, I seem to have less and less time to explore my creativity apart from interior design. This summer I decided to make time for the things I like to do… I have spent more time at the beach, more time reading and more time trying new recipes. The other thing I really want to get back into: painting.
There is nothing like brushing fresh paint onto white canvas. I had tons of acrylic paints and brushes, but recently good ol’ Michael’s Craft store was having a fun summer sale. I went out and grabbed some canvas and some more paints. I can’t wait to get started and get my painting creativity flowing again…
Here are a few pieces that made my heart flutter and inspired me to start painting again…
{Image Sources: David Bromstad, Cocoa & Hearts, Etsy’s Nature & Art & Laura Trevey}
Related posts:
Updating...
About Me
Subscribe to our blog.
Hi! I am tickled pink you found my design blog! I hope you’ll find everything you need to be inspired to desi gn a new story for your interior! I hope ADS becomes your go to site for all things design! 
I can’t wait to see what you create. I am no artist… I wish I could be! Maybe you can give some tips when you showcase your work??
Wish that I was more creative, I can usually recreate something similar, but I can’t come up with creative things on my own!
Hi Deidre,
Do you like to paint? I love it! I think it is totally ok to get inspired by someone else’s work and try your hand at it for fun! I am going to give out some fun tips when I showcase a few of my paintings… stay tuned!
I’m so excited to see your work! I really love photography and I’d like to get back into taking beautiful pictures, and not just for the blog.
Hi Katie!!
Thanks for the sweet words. I love photography too… I took in in highschool and college. I have been pretty good at taking fun photos because it less time consuming for me… painting takes some time so it has become less of a priority… getting back to it will be great! What do you like to take photos of?
YES! My textile artwork! I just graduated from VCU in Dec with my BFA in Craft and Material studies, focusing in textiles. However, since graduating I’ve been working on starting and building a home staging and interior decorating biz. Gotta find a way (and the time) to get more of my artwork back into my routine.
Thanks for the reminder to do that!
Can’t wait to see your paintings and if you’re ever back in the RVA area let’s get together!
How sweet Lindsay! thanks for the shout out
and happy painting ~
xoxo Laura