Inspired Me

Kelly & Ron Roberts Today, Ron and I are announcing the relaunch of our K. Simone Designs business. For those of you that are new to our work and site, click   ABOUT US   for more information.   In short, we started our business selling my handmade greeting cards in 2011. We sold and donated lots of cards and enjoyed bringing smiles to our customer's faces. In 2019, we took a long break. Since then, art has become my main interest and I have been drawing, painting and improving my skills. Art has been a wonderful outlet and joy for me and I have loved encouraging others with these creations.  So now K. Simone Designs will focus on our Inspired Art business. Our greeting cards are on hold for now but they are still apart of our brand. Also, I will continue to create YouTube papercrafting videos and add more resources to my arts and crafts directory. Our goal with all these creative products is to inspire others with love, hope, joy and peace. Here are so...

Today, I am sharing a new YouTube video. It is all about how I created my floral arrangement paintings from my 2024 "Inspired Blooms" art collection. In this video, you will see the supplies used and my painting process set to soothing jazz music. Take a look! Floral Art Painting w/ Time Lapse For those of you that missed my "Inspired Blooms" art show video, you can watch it here. Click Here These flowers were so relaxing and fun to create. I hope you enjoy seeing my process. Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy your holidays. P.S. Subscribe to this blog and my YouTube channel. Thanks!

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Today, I am launching a new artist directory on my other blog,  Inspired Me 411 . It is an artist resource page filled of websites I have collected over the years. The page consist of 11 lists.  CLICK HERE Here are the categories:  Art School  Art Supplies Artist Open Calls and Opportunities Artist Courses Artist Events Marketing and Business Online Art Retail Organizations Other Resources Southern California Museums and Galleries  Also, here are five of some of my favorite sites from the lists.  Stacy Bloomfield   - She offers various paid and free art licensing, marketing and general art business courses. I took one of her free courses and it was excellent. She also helps you discover multiple streams of income as an artist. Artwork Archive  - They offer multiple business services and resources for artists for a monthly fee. Also, they offer free online seminars that I have attended. Their services include inventory cataloging, online invoicing,...

Last Sunday, my husband and I went to the Orange County Museum of Art to see the "Yves Saint Laurent: Line and Expression" show. It was excellent and I am so glad we were able to go. Here is a video I made sharing our experience. Check it out. Video Link Here Yves Saint Laurent was a famous French fashion designer known for his YSL and Saint Laurent brands. After reading his Wikipedia page, he was quite a trailblazer in couture and ready to wear designs. As we walked the museum, we saw Saint Laurent's beautiful sketches and fashions. Before we got there, I was excited to see the gowns but the sketches surprisingly captured my attention. Seeing his hand drawings really personalized this global icon into a regular artist with extraordinary ideas. As a growing artist, his work inspired me to dream bigger and practice my sketching. Also, it was interesting to see his creative evolution from dark to vivid colors and styles.  I hope you watch this video and feel inspired to be ...

Today,  I am excited to share my "Inspired Blooms" Art Collection and video. All this art was made this year 2024 and boy was it fun. The video consist of 16 paintings featuring my inspired models, a portrait and flower arrangements.  Check out the video.  YouTube Video Here What inspired all these paintings? Well last Spring, we went to a flower exhibit called "Fleurs de Villes" at South Coast Plaza Mall and it was beautiful. They had local floral designers take a mannequin and decorated it with a particular theme. Each one was unique and told its own story. After, seeing all these creations, I was inspired to paint my own floral joys. I started with my "Inspired Sassy Stencil Girls" and those turned out so pretty. Then, I got the idea to try to make a floral arrangement. It turned out pretty good and that lead me to making 11 more. Also, I enjoyed adding words to some of the vases and even glitter on a few.  I just love flowers and have found them to b...