Debasree Dey

Why Creativity Can Feel Hard (and How to Move Past It)

ALL BLOGS, Creative mindset

Ever find yourself staring at your art supplies, wanting to create but feeling completely stuck? Maybe it’s the fear of imperfection, the overwhelm of a blank canvas, or just not knowing where to start.

Trust me, you’re not alone.

Starting is often the hardest part of the creative process—but it doesn’t have to be.

Here’s a simple mindset shift and a few practical tips to help you overcome that stuck feeling and get back to creating with joy.

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Black-and-White Floral Line Art with Messy Flower Doodles

ALL BLOGS, Mixed Media Paintings /

In this easy autumn reflection painting, we’ll create a tranquil scene featuring a canal framed by the beauty of turning fall. With muted greens, oranges, and yellows, the landscape captures the early stages of fall, where leaves are beginning to change color and float gently on the water.

This visual tutorial will guide you step-by-step with images to help you paint this vibrant scene, making it perfect for beginners who want to explore reflections and the soft hues of early autumn.

If you love autumn paintings, check out Fall Foliages.

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🌸 A Flip Through Of My Handmade Artist Book For Flower Fest

ALL BLOGS, Art Journal

I recently created a handmade artist book for Flower Fest—a soft, intuitive celebration of florals, texture, and mixed media expression.

Instead of starting from scratch, I gathered pieces from my creative past: old floral artworks, fabric scraps, coffee-dyed papers, and floral printables—and gave them new life in this book.

The result is a layered, tactile art journal that feels like a blooming garden of stories, stitched together by hand.

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easy winter landscape with snowy pine trees

Easy Winter Landscape with Snowy Pine Trees in 10 easy steps

Step By Step Paintings

In this easy autumn reflection painting, we’ll create a tranquil scene featuring a canal framed by the beauty of turning fall. With muted greens, oranges, and yellows, the landscape captures the early stages of fall, where leaves are beginning to change color and float gently on the water.

This visual tutorial will guide you step-by-step with images to help you paint this vibrant scene, making it perfect for beginners who want to explore reflections and the soft hues of early autumn.

If you love autumn paintings, check out Fall Foliages.

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Vintage Collage Mastersheet

ALL BLOGS, Mastersheets

Crafting a collage mastersheet is an exciting way to create unique backgrounds and textured layers for art journaling, mixed media projects, and other creative endeavors. With just a few simple materials, we can layer and build textures, bringing depth, contrast, and personality to our work. This guide will take you through each step, offering tips to spark creativity and encourage exploration. Let’s dive in and create a versatile, vintage-inspired mastersheet!

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Easy Autumn Reflection Painting with Muted Fall Colors: Step-by-Step Visual Tutorial

Step By Step Paintings

In this easy autumn reflection painting, we’ll create a tranquil scene featuring a canal framed by the beauty of turning fall. With muted greens, oranges, and yellows, the landscape captures the early stages of fall, where leaves are beginning to change color and float gently on the water.

This visual tutorial will guide you step-by-step with images to help you paint this vibrant scene, making it perfect for beginners who want to explore reflections and the soft hues of early autumn.

If you love autumn paintings, check out Fall Foliages.

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Fall Reflection Landscape with Pine Trees: Easy Step-by-Step Acrylic Tutorial

Step By Step Paintings

If you love the bold textures of fall, this tutorial is perfect for you! We’ll be creating an easy fall landscape reflection scene, using thick acrylic layers to capture the beauty of autumn leaves.

With a brush technique and impasto-like effects, this painting features trees leaning over a lake, leaves floating on the water, and their reflections shimmering below. By using complementary colors like purple and yellow, you’ll bring out the vibrancy of the season.

This easy fall landscape is beginner-friendly and a great way to practice painting with thick body acrylics for added texture.

If you love autumn paintings, check out Fall Foliages.

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Easy Fall Landscape Reflection: A Step-by-Step Fall Painting Tutorial for Beginners

Step By Step Paintings

If you love the bold textures of fall, this tutorial is perfect for you! We’ll be creating an easy fall landscape reflection scene, using thick acrylic layers to capture the beauty of autumn leaves.

With a brush technique and impasto-like effects, this painting features trees leaning over a lake, leaves floating on the water, and their reflections shimmering below. By using complementary colors like purple and yellow, you’ll bring out the vibrancy of the season.

This easy fall landscape is beginner-friendly and a great way to practice painting with thick body acrylics for added texture.

If you love autumn paintings, check out Fall Foliages.

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Abstract Mark Making Play – Colors & Expression

ALL BLOGS, Mastersheets

Abstract Mark Making Play – Colors & Expression is an exploration of how color can carry emotion, movement, and meaning without needing representation. By working with one main color and gradually shifting its value, intensity, and interaction with other materials, the page evolves into a layered conversation rather than a planned composition. This practice is

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