May 2, 2015 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
Sea shells – where did the art go? Sea shells capture the beauty and childhood memories of people world wide. This naturally created art-form has inspired the ancient Greeks with Aphrodite, famous artists such as Botticelli, and many wonderful crafters,...
May 11, 2014 | Browse and chat, Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
All photos by Dina Goebel ©2014 What a lovely Mothers Day this weekend! It started Saturday with a new sewing machine from Ray to replace mine which was 30 years old and always losing its tension. Then a beautiful bunch of flowers and stuffed Maaathers Day sheep...
Dec 21, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
All photos by Dina Goebel ©2013 In Brisbane I had a dedicated art studio for the ArTTable, over the course of 5 years I ran weekly mosaic workshops as well as workshops nationally for different community groups. Here is an example of some of my students works .. gosh...
Sep 8, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
After strolling the sculptures of the Heide Museum’s gardens, I then ventured indoors to see which Australian artists were lurking inside. To my delight I was served a combination of history and modern Australian art from Albert Tucker, Stephen Benwell and Luke...
Sep 7, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
All photos by Dina Goebel ©2013 What a lovely thing to do on a day off work, popping into the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne. I didn’t have any reason or plans, just the sun was shining and I was driving past. With camera in tow I enjoyed strolling its...
Jun 28, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
Peacock Blue is defined as “a brilliant shade of blue tinged with green.” The problem is that color is subjective so peacock blue can mean many different things to many different people. For artists there are so many blue-green options to mix, here is one...
Jun 17, 2013 | Creative inspiration, Renovate & Decorate, That Creative blog
Are you looking to create a new look for your home, your art or your jewellery. Try grabbing a new palette of colors to play with – but how do you break from the same ones you always grab due to familiarity, ease and comfort? How do you jump into fresh green,...
Jun 7, 2013 | Ball Joint Dolls (BJD) by Dina, Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
I remember barbie dolls, large dolls and the occasional boy doll or Ken. However since I had sons, dolls haven’t been in my life for over 30 years and all of a sudden they seemed to have grown up! Barbie is no longer the doll of today, it’s all about...
Jun 1, 2013 | Browse and chat, Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
I have really learnt a lot about my current artistic taste since starting my blog 6 months ago. I am not sure what exactly has created the change, but I do know it is remarkably different today than it was even 5 years ago. When finishing the ArTTable I was still...
Apr 28, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog
In my artistic career I often get caught in the balancing act of making creative art which comes purely from my soul and art which is also creative but has more appeal commercially. Heck they don’t call us starving artists for nothing and after a while having a...
Apr 7, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog, Work-in-progress
So here we were at our beach house holiday. Our plan was to do nothing except draw, beach walk and photograph for relaxation. I have not drawn for at least 6-8 years and I simply wanted to get my hands back in action. So I kept it simple, my materials this trip were:...
Mar 27, 2013 | Creative inspiration, That Creative blog, Work-in-progress
Thinking about my blog last night merged into thinking about our holidays next week. It’s Easter and we have a lovely isolated week at a beach house on the Great Ocean Road. I was thinking about what to write and all of sudden I remember how inspired I used to be by...