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New Year, New Beginnings: A January Update
January gets a bad wrap, but I love it For some, it's a month full of painful self-reflection and deprivation, but it doesn't have to be....

Noelle McManus
Jan 23, 20241 min read
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Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024
What did you do in 2023 that helped grow your creativity? Let me know in the comments! 2023 was a very strange year. It was a year full...

Noelle McManus
Jan 9, 20242 min read
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Goals for 2024
Take an Art Class. Why? Because I really enjoy taking classes and I realized that I haven’t in a while. I think the last time I actually...

Noelle McManus
Jan 3, 20242 min read
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Art and Advent
"The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world." Every year, I try to create art centered around advent....

Noelle McManus
Dec 9, 20232 min read
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Did I make it 250 portraits in the month of November?
Well... No… not a huge surprise there as it was quite a lofty goal BUT I did make it to about 125 so over halfway. Not going to lie, I am...

Noelle McManus
Dec 6, 20232 min read
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Unlocking Creativity (a Rant About Haystacks, Cathedrals, and Water Lilies)
For the month of November I’m trying to draw, sketch, and paint 250 portraits. I’m dedicating myself to doing some truly terrible artwork...

Noelle McManus
Nov 13, 20232 min read
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Getting Inspired by Van Gogh
I have always been the kind of person that loves assignments. It’s extremely helpful for me to have a starting place for my art. I think...

Noelle McManus
Oct 4, 20232 min read
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Sunflowers
Sunflowers always make me think of Van Gogh. His painting, Sunflowers, is why. He painted multiple artworks with sunflowers as the main...

Noelle McManus
Sep 2, 20232 min read
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Get Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh with Me...
I’m starting something new to push myself creatively. I’m going to take a different artist a week, do studies of their work, and...

Noelle McManus
Aug 28, 20231 min read
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My Monday Motto
My creative affirmation for this week - I will be patient and kind with with my creativity, myself, and with others. Journaling Prompt-...

Noelle McManus
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Get Inspired by Monet
Claude Monet, born Oscar-Claude Monet, was one of the great French Impressionists. As one of founders of Impressionism, Monet...

Noelle McManus
Feb 28, 20223 min read
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Mondrian and Humility
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” Piet Mondrian Mondrian, like Pollock or Rothko, are artists whose...

Noelle McManus
Oct 14, 20214 min read
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10 Things That Converted My Shed Into a Creative Space
Having a dedicated work space to my creativity isn't always something that I've allowed for myself. While working through Julia Cameron's...

Noelle McManus
Jun 17, 20213 min read
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Friday Artist Date Round Up
I'm going to try something new. I'm going share my Artist Dates from the past week on Fridays. I struggle to craft space in my life to...

Noelle McManus
Jun 11, 20212 min read
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The Universe Is In Her Hair: The Story Behind the Piece
We moved in October of 2020 from Maryland to Texas. Not a surprise, I knew that we would move in 2020 (my husband is a Marine and his...

Noelle McManus
Jun 9, 20212 min read
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Glimpses of Grace
I started conceiving this painting series about three years ago. From 2018-2020 my husband worked on a rotating shift schedule. This...

Noelle McManus
Apr 13, 20212 min read
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Courage and Kahlo
I love Frida Kahlo. Any who’s been to my house knows this (or seen me in my favorite t-shirt). I thought for Women’s History Month, I’d...

Noelle McManus
Mar 23, 20213 min read
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A Snowstorm in Texas and The Power of Art
I look up from my phone and meet my husband’s glance. I nod, he doesn’t have to ask the question. I see it there, hanging between us. I...

Noelle McManus
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Tuning In Rather Than Tuning Out
It’s early morning, and my husband has been gone over night for duty. I roll over and look at my phone. It’s 6:30. My daughter is crying,...

Noelle McManus
Feb 1, 20214 min read
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Art Challenge 2021
I knew that I wanted to do some sort of art project to start the year off. 2020 had been a tough year, a rough year. We moved from a...

Noelle McManus
Jan 11, 20214 min read
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