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Jan Avellana

Honolulu

...a mixed-media artist, mommy, wife, sister, friend becoming...

Interests: • sleeping • les miserables • reading artsy, god books • the ocean • eating chick food • parker palmer (let your life speak) • elizabeth o'conner (the eighth day of creation) • madeline, europe... • mocha java/starbucks + girlfriends + honest-soul-baring conversations • mixed-media collage/ painting • encaustic art • dreaming t

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Lilla Rogers, “Make Art that Sells” E-Course: Week 2, Home Decor

"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control." ~ Julia Cameron It was all about a fresh take on florals and dinnerware design in Lilla Roger’s class this week! I began with some research and a quiet walk... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Lilla Rogers, “Make Art that Sells” E-Course: Week 1, Bolt Fabric

My creative focus this summer is to refine my portfolio and take my art to the next level so that I can seek art representation for licensing by a studio later this year and next. I am more than ready...freaked... Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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New Mixed-Media Art, Available on Etsy

Prints available in my Etsy shop! :) Happy summer! Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Adobe Illustrator Tutorial: How to Rotate a Simple Object

In Adobe Illustrator, draw a simple object. You can either leave it as an outline or add in color now if you want. I’m adding color now so that it’s easier for us to see. Now, for some easy maths!... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Book Love: “I Just Like to Make Things”, by Lilla Rogers

“I Just Like to Make Things”, by Lilla Rogers is s huge ray of summer sun from the front cover, to the very last page! Not only is it chock full of art-eye candy in a variety of styles and... Continue reading

Posted May 28, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Moxie Monday: Submitting My Work to Somerset Studio Magazine

I am (finally) ready to submit my work to Somerset Studio Magazine!!! So I'm sending off a letter and praying and crossing my fingers and toes... I am putting my whole heart into this package and tying everything up with... Continue reading

Posted May 27, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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The Basics of My Creative Process: A Quick Mixed-Media Collage Tutorial

My process usually begins with a sketch or two. Sometimes, I’ll pull a sketch I’ve done months and sometimes even years ago, and it will finally make it’s way onto canvas. At other times, I’ll sit down with something in... Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 6: Weekly Wrap-Up

{ Shine Bright :: © Jan Avellana, 2012 :: Original mixed-media } We’re here, and we made it together! The final day of our 6 week journey. As for me, this has been a project near and dear to my... Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 6: Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches? by Mary Oliver

No matter the seasons that have passed you by, no matter where you are in your life today, no matter how far you might feel from achieving your dreams—in this poem, poet Mary Oliver invites us all to live fully.... Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 6: What I Want to Tell You

I hope during our time together you’ve received love and more confidence to let YOUR light shine in the darkness. Remember, God Himself calls you to your life—and if He calls you, He trusts you! Go and be! Continue reading

Posted May 22, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 6: Split the World Open

{ Cody :: 2008 } We’ve been doing lots of reflecting, looking back, stopping to breathe and think and feel in this very moment. This week is about looking at the road ahead. ******* The Wanderer by Antonio Machado Wanderer,... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 6: There is a Season

{ Sunset Beach, North Shore, Oahu } I am 43 years old. I sit here writing my heart out, and in the background I can hear my children playing and laughing. The summer sun is setting outside my screen door... Continue reading

Posted May 20, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 5: Weekly Wrap-Up

{ Me + April on a tribal outing } Dear Awesome Girl, When people gather around a common interest or value, community is born. But whether or not that community will grow and thrive and foster healthy, loving, honest relationships... Continue reading

Posted May 17, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 5: On Being a Safe Person

{ me, grade 1 } True story: A woman at my old workplace would go out of her way to be super-duper friendly to me. She’d stop me in the street as she drove by, rolling down her car window... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 5: Building Community—A Tribe to Call Your Own

{ My Hawaii tribe enjoying Seattle! :) Cat, Ape and Me } Safe community begins with us. Where there is no safe community to be found, it’s up to us to gather our own people together. People who will love... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 5: Belonging to a Tribe

{ Transcending :: Kelly Corrigan } A tribe is more than just a random group of friends, it is an intentional community with a purpose, whether spoken or unspoken. Your purpose could be something as structured as joining together to... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 5: The Yearning to Belong (Belonging to Yourself First)

When I was first making my slow way back to art, I stumbled upon a website called “Another Girl at Play”. The site featured interviews of 25 female creatives along with links to their websites and blogs. I remember sitting... Continue reading

Posted May 13, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 4: Weekly Wrap-Up

{ The fabulous April practicing the art of self-care. } So, how are you doing…really? Are you feeling good about where this is all leading? Do you have a sense of priorities in your life shifting for a more real,... Continue reading

Posted May 10, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 4: Feeding the Artist’s Soul

{ Your very own “SELF-CARE-FOR-THE-ARTIST” notes! Download the .pdf now! :} How many times a day, a week, do I tell my children: “Be kind to your brother.” “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t talk.” “Speak politely... Continue reading

Posted May 9, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 4: Answering the Call

{ Throwing pottery in Ibaraki-Ken, Japan :: 2002 } Earlier, I mentioned that during the course of trying to figure out my life, I took a 10 year hiatus from all things art related. Is it any wonder, that during... Continue reading

Posted May 8, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 4: Self-Care 102 and Depression

Kataran ni amari ni kanashi tsutsuman ni Kokoro modayuru ayumishishi michi “I cannot speak the sadness of past or hide it Alas, ’tis the path I have followed.” ~Kurenai Tsuneko Hongo, Petals of the Vanda (My Paternal Grandmother) Looking back... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 4: Creative Project — Heart Walk

This week’s creative project is a little different. Take a nature walk; it could be a hike, a beach walk, or just around your neighborhood. Go by yourself and take a camera with you—choose something that you can take a... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 4: Self-Care 101

For about 4 years, I ran myself into the ground trying so hard (so hard!) to make this indie artist life work. I wanted so desperately for my business to be a financial blessing to my family and for my... Continue reading

Posted May 6, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Lilla Rogers, “Make Art that Sells” E-Course Student!

I am giddy with excitement and nerves about Lilla Rogers’ upcoming summer E-course—“Make Art that Sells”!!! I have secretly been drooling over Lilla’s site for years now…in awe (awe, i tell you) of the artists she represents, and so quietly,... Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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Week 3: Weekly Wrap-up

“We must learn neither to seek nor to take our own advantage in any matter, but always to find and procure the advantage of God. For God does not give gifts, nor did he ever give one, so that man... Continue reading

Posted May 3, 2013 at Jan Avellana | Art + Words

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