Messy May No. 4 - Free

32 messy artists

Messy May No. 4

For one month, you are invited to create daily-ish.

That's right, daily- ish.

This is a free challenge where above all, it's totally okay if you miss a day.

It's a challenge where if you complete even one out of the 31 challenges, we'll be celebrating.

This is a challenge for the mess makers and recovering perfectionists. It's for those who miss their creative practice, want to jump start it, or are absolutely rocking one.

Messy May is for you, exactly as you are right now.

Messy Collaboration

We call ourselves Messians. We’ve held solo and group gallery shows, published books, been in magazines and actual newspapers, created online art schools (and art communities of our own), been featured by Instagram, led retreats, sold our art, collaborated with other artists, quit our job for art, and taught art live.

Mainly, we’ve created a LOT of art.

Kiala Givehand

Kiala is a Creative Alchemist who uses fountain pens as magic wands, binds books to create sacred spaces for storytelling, and guides women through the alchemical process of returning home to the most authentic & highest vibrating version of themselves. Along with her husband, Damon, she leads a thriving & transformative online academy filled with courses, workshops, and retreats to support the playful creative who is serious about knowing themselves fully, seeking spiritual awakening and connecting to their deep inner wisdom.

Tamara Egem

Tamara is a mixed media artist living in the South of Germany. After the birth of her son she rediscoverd her passion for painting, sketching and collage-making. She converted the winter garden of her house into an art studio to follow her passion constantly. Inspired by nature and the endless possibilities of abstract mixed media art, she found joy in the process and a way to let go perfectionism.

Lily Sol

Lily Sol is a vibrant painter from Berkeley California, who loves to create colorful work inspired by feminine energy, connection, and the natural world. Her mixed media artwork often features a Goddess with tropical plants, a sun or moon, and has a bohemian vibe. She wants people to feel alive & inspired to be uniquely themselves when they see her creations.

Cait Sherwood

Cait Sherwood is a mixed media artist working into sketchbooks. She lives on a farm in Maryland

Marianne Burger

Marianne lives on the West Coast of Namibia. Influenced by her love for paper, nature and fashion, she works predominantly in mixed media and hand-cut (analogue) recycled paper and magazine collage, creating whimsical postcard art as well as more reflective pieces and journal spreads. Her work is a whimsical twist on the everyday as she believes collage can defy logic and brings forth a sense of wonder and playfulness in simple compositions. Find more of her work at www.marianneburgerstudio.com

Meg

Meg is a twenty-something art and junk journal lover who is obsessed with florals. She hosts the month-long prompt challenges #JunkJournalJanuary and #JunkJournalJuly on Instagram. She loves reading, cats, crochet, and a nice cup of tea.

Traci Taylor

Traci is a growing artist, seeking to find the beauty & magic in life and put it on the pages of her journals. She has the joy of living in the same little community she was born and raised in, nestled right below a beautiful mountain. Married to her best friend, they share three amazing children, and three exceptional grandchildren! Her big loud beautiful family is her heart!

Mona Stamm

Mona, the face behind "monaschreibt", is 40 years old and lives near Munich, Germany. She is a mixedmedia artjournal artist and free lance interior designer. Mona always loved to design, paint and create but artjournaling is her favourite way to spend her arttime and free her mind.

Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd

Vanessa is a Canadian artist living abroad. She creates spaces for like-minded creatives to explore archetypes, art witchery and the self. Using her knowledge from her work as an archaeologist, she leads communal spaces to explore art and dig deep into ourselves at the same time.

Tamara Łuć

Tamara Łuć is a South African mixed-media artist based in Poland, known for exploring raw emotions and life's complexities through her art. She uses painting as a means of self-discovery and healing. Alongside her artwork, she offers workshops and resources to inspire others, while also hosting a podcast featuring insights, interviews, and discussions on art and personal growth.

Susanne Müller

Susanne has loved being creative with a variety of materials since she was a child. It wasn’t until she was an adult that she discovered artjournaling and immediately knew that this was exactly her thing. In her handmade journals she can finally combine all media in one project. Susanne was born and lives in Germany. She works as a psychotherapist and creates art in her free time.

Nicole Warrington

Nicole Warrington is an artist and educator on Vancouver Island on Canada’s West Coast. She works with watercolour and mixed media to create art that is deeply inspired by her connection to the landscape and natural world. She is passionate about using her creativity as a practice in mindfulness and self-care. Nicole enjoys trail running, yoga, meditation, and exploring the forests, mountains and beaches with her husband and two daughters.

Shawn Petite

Shawn Petite Has been teaching and creating for over 25 years in many different mediums but found her at soul mate in mixed media. She produces her own line of stencils, creates soulful and informatiave online workshops and sells her originals , prints and products at shawnpetite.com.But most importantly, Shawn tries everyday to encourage, uplift and give meaning to our everyday lives throught the creative process and with her paint brush leave her little corner of the world a better place.

Laura Dame

Laura is a mixed media artist based in Austin, TX. She loves to play around and experiment in art journals, and also enjoys dabbling in abstract, collage, and floral artworks. Laura’s favorite thing about art is that there are no rules - the only requirement is that whatever you create makes you happy!

Brooke Henry

Brooke has always felt a deep-rooted desire to be creative and work with her hands. She is a multi-passionate artist who loves all things textiles and paper. She loves teaching and helping others embrace the playful side of creating.
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Eugénie Billotte

Eugénie aka SupermamaDesVosges is a French maker. She thought for a long time that creative arts were not made for her. Full time job, family life, daily routine: no way! But then curiosity overcame all other concerns and she started filling a journal with mixed media techniques, her art journal! She thinks that being an artist is not about being gifted, it's about willing to try, to have fun, to improve. She invites you to join her in a creative adventure where the only limit is your curiosity.

Amanda Trought

London-born Amanda is a Mixed Media Artist whose work has been exhibited globally, earning her numerous awards for her sculptural art and textile wall hangings. Her art has been featured in several publications and explores the use of art and creativity and its impact on health and well-being. In addition to her artistic practice, Amanda teaches both off and online and shares the use of developing an art journaling and creative practice. She curates an Arts in Health Network, and shares her expertise through podcasts, YouTube, and writing, inspiring others in the process.

Jennifer Wilkin Penick

Jennifer studied studio art at the undergraduate level and earned an MA in (Italian) Art History. She works predominantly in collage and mixed media, and enjoys layering textures and materials, images and colors.. She adopts an eclectic mix of imagery in her work and frequently incorporates hand-painted elements.

Jane Davenport

Jane Davenport is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her vibrant and whimsical approach to art journaling and mixed media. She designs high-performance art supplies that enhance the creative experience for artists of all skill levels. As an author and educator, Jane has dedicated her career to teaching others how to embrace their artistic voice through best-selling books, workshops and online courses.

Shanna Noel

Shanna Noel lives in the PNW with her family and loves creating in her studio filled with color and disco balls. She is the owner of Illustrated Faith and loves connecting with women across the world and creating beautiful products for them to journal with!

Sarah Hannevik

Sarah Hannevik is an artist based in Oslo, Norway. She uses vintage and modern materials in her compositions which give them a thoughtful quality. She uses her art journal as an incubator for ideas, emotions, inspiration and peace.

Aimee Bishop

Aimee is a gatherer. A creative. A lover. A beauty seeker. She thinks the act of expressing ourselves through making is one of the most powerful and important parts of being human. Art making is healing, grounding and expanding. It builds connection and truth. Let’s explore together this most beautiful gift.

Viola Hortová

Viola is a mixed media expressive artist with a love for capturing landscapes and nature. Viola believes that we are the creators of our lives and that intuitive art making and capturing nature around us can not only be beautiful and therapeutic, but also very transformative to our view on life.

Betsy Walton

Betsy Walton is a contemporary artist based in Portland, Oregon. Her work primarily explores themes of nature and mysticism through vibrant, intricate paintings. Betsy's art has been showcased in numerous galleries and exhibitions, earning her a dedicated following since 2007.

Jessica Swift

As a child, Jessica Swift sported a nearly-permanent Crayola marker stain on her left arm, from pinky to elbow. She grew up and, naturally, became an artist. Jessica creates colorful, uplifting artwork and manufactures her own products in her studio in Portland, Oregon. She also collaborates with inspiring companies and publishers to create branded products such as fabric, stationery, puzzles, books, and more. She's the author of 3 books and teaches online classes on topics including intuitive art-making and pattern design. Two rambunctious, creative young children call her mama.

Ammie Williams

Ammie is a full time artist living in Atlanta, Georgia. During the day you can find her hand painting ceramics and designing bisque shapes that can be found worldwide in paint your own pottery studios. On the weekends, she can be found on the floor of her living room, surrounded by paper, markers, glue, and ephemera working in her Hobonichi Cousin and watching Real Housewives.

Andrea Okeson

Andrea is an Artist and Designer living, working, and exploring in the Twin Cities.Her artistic journey began in sketchbooks, thick with glued ephemera and secrets, lept off the page onto large canvases, and now happily bounces between the two substrates. She can be found on Instagram at andreaokesonart and can be contacted at andreaokesonart@gmail.com

Amanda Domagala

Amanda is an abstract and comic artist from Vancouver, Canada. Her work focuses on mixed media and colourful expressions to play with art. She hopes to encourage others to embrace the chaos of life.

Nathifa Sligh

Nathifa is a mixed media artist and resident magic keeper of Juicy Christians Studio. She loves to encourage others with her work.

James Burke

James is an Australian Mixed Media Artists and Professional Dancer. Having stumbled upon a love for Art Journaling after a career-changing car accident, James aims to nurture the inherent creativity in others with encouraging, empowering, educational and accessible journaling content, tutorials and products. James strives to share the joy of his artistic expressions with others and enjoys seeing the pure happiness that comes from people feeling completely creatively fulfilled.

Erin Fairchild

Erin Fairchild is the founder of Journal As Altar and Collective Action Consulting. She has been making meaning through journaling and paper craft practices since she was tiny - nourishing her spirit and uncovering her creative voice. Journal As Altar offers a stationery shop and creative hub, supporting people to come home to themselves one page at a time.

Job Airam

Job Airam is a Canadian journal artist and designer based in Long Beach, California with a passion for stationery, photography, and design. By day, he works as a Creative Designer, while dedicating his evenings and weekends to his passions including journaling, illustration, photography, and creating videos for his YouTube channel. In 2015, Job founded JOBSJOURNAL, which has evolved into a content hub and stationery brand focused on journaling, stationery, and illustration, aiming to provide tools for others to document their lives creatively.