Everybody can make art

We live in a time when we are judged by our quality. When you make art it has to be beautiful and seem difficult to make. All I can do is wonder who makes those standards and who makes the rules of what’s beautiful and what’s not. The things I like and find beautiful might be different from the things you like.

The most important thing in art for me, is to see what’s special about the artist. How someone’s eyes see the world around him or her. A lot of artists are inspired by others, but you can always see their personality shining through their art.

For this post I was inspired by James Luke Burke on YouTube. He is an amazing artist who has a lot of influences from Jane Davenport. He always shares his art with others and encourages people to use his artwork to get inspired and create their own. A lot of the art he makes originates from collage work. The following piece is made with loose pieces of a body, head, legs etc. I stuck it on a background of acrylics I just dropped on the page.

The piece looks difficult to make, but in fact I was only busy for half an hour! It always brings me a lot of joy to finish an art piece and think it looks good. I feel accomplished, even though I didn’t have to put much effort into this kind of art.

Now comes the fun bit! I put together a page of collage bits just for you guys to play and make it your own. If you Click here a new tab will open with the high quality image you can print and cut as much as you like. Don’t forget to post it on instagram using the #tinylittlesunrays so we can all admire you’re beautiful pieces.