The Artist Notebook is a blog by Lake & River Studio, merged with Just Add cloth, featuring articles, news, latest works, and more.

How to Choose Art for Your Home

How to Choose Art for Your Home

Choosing Art for Your Home can be challenging, but no need to stress. Do you have a big blank wall staring back at you and it needs……something? Or maybe you just like having a piece...
Unleashing Your Creative Potential: Master Tactics for Visibility and Success

Unleashing Your Creative Potential: Master Tactics for Visibility and Success

Image via Pexels Unleashing Your Creative Potential: Master Tactics for Visibility and Success  Guest Article by Constance Ray from Recoverywell.org.   In an arena teeming with talent, the need to distinguish oneself is pivotal for anyone in the...
Roasted Guinea Fowl with Red Potatoes

Roasted Guinea Fowl with Red Potatoes

  Let’s roast a guinea………..saay whaaaat? If you have read here before, you might already know I have raised guinea fowl on occasion. The thing with raising animals on a homestead is….. sometimes  you slaughter...
Funky Pattern Art Prints

Funky Pattern Art Prints

  Using a pattern print as wall art is a fun way to walk the line between representational art and abstract art. You can take the object recognition and turn it into an abstract piece...
Art Sketchbook Theme: Black & White

Art Sketchbook Theme: Black & White

A sketchbook is meant for experimenting, exploration, and fun. Where all can you go inside your sketchbook? The minimalism and simplicity of limiting your sketchbook page to black and white can be a burst of...
Make Your Own Lotion Bars

Make Your Own Lotion Bars

At some point in time, we hit an age when our skin no longer retains its natural oils as well as it did in youth.  For some of us it happens already in our 20s...