Inspiration | kellieDAYart

October 6, 2026

Make Gorgeous Little Paintings, 20 Minutes at a Time (Video)

An easy way back to your art, even when life is busy … If you love to paint but finding time is hard, this video is for you. In this video, I’ll show you exactly how a little painting comes together in 20-minute sessions. I’ll give you three tips you […]

October 2, 2026

How to Choose a Color Palette for Your Painting – A Color Video

I’m making 12 little mixed media paintings this fall, and so many of you asked the same question – how do you choose your colors? In this video I share a variety of simple ways you can pick a color palette for your painting, including some tools that make it […]

September 18, 2026

The Bright Spot You Make with Your Art

I want to share with you one of the most incredible stories I’ve heard from my students. Today in our mentoring group, my student Tiffany was telling me how she’s going to be putting on a show with 36 of her paintings. She wasn’t sure what to title her paintings, […]

August 14, 2026

ARTIST INTERVIEW with Cindy Franck - From a 15-Year Break to Her First Solo Show

ARTIST INTERVIEW with Cindy Franck – From a 20-Year Break to Her First Solo Show

Cindy had a “twinge” for a very long time to do her art. It was always in the back of her mind. But she told herself she wasn’t good enough, didn’t know how to draw, and had no formal training. So she stopped herself from even trying. After 20 years […]

August 2, 2026

Painting over the one that didn’t turn out

There’s nothing like making a giant painting and just getting lost in the paint. This one’s about five feet tall, and I’m reworking a huge buffalo painting that didn’t turn out! LOL… I love the freedom of a large canvas, making tons of drips and spreading gorgeous colors around – feels […]

August 2, 2026

kellie day painting wildfires in colorado

The painting I had to make about the wildfires

Last week I made a painting about the wildfires we’ve been having here in Colorado. It was very emotional for me, because the wildfire was right next to our town for the month of July, and we had to exist with the smoke, and watch our friends get evacuated. I […]

July 19, 2026

What’s happening in my studio this summer

Hi! Here’s a quickie video from my studio this summer. Right now I’m making a lot of art, and not necessarily art I will show. I’m not exactly sure where it’s going, but I’m giving myself the freedom to just follow my muse. Colors I want to explore, shapes, themes, […]

July 8, 2026

Summer Painting Inspiration – This Is Your Permission to Make Art

Hello beautiful artist, I made something for you. It’s a short film, just three and a half minutes, and it’s for anyone who’s been thinking “summer is almost gone and I haven’t made any art.” I don’t do these very often. But I felt called to make this one, because […]

June 25, 2026

When painting feels like a conversation with your soul

I’ve had a house full of company all summer. How ’bout you? But in the in-between moments, I started a new painting. It’s big. Five feet by four. And I’m having so much fun with it. Right now I just want to be in the flow when I paint. I’m […]

May 1, 2026

Mariposa butterfly painting by kellie day

I’ve been gone. Here’s what happened

Do you have a secret dream you tell no one about? Mine was to take a month or two off between my mentoring groups and focus on my painting. I was never able to figure out how to make it happen. In the meantime I was neglecting myself and my […]

March 8, 2026

March Mindset Tip for Artists

When you take on a new endeavor that’s bigger than what you’ve done before, it can be terrifying. In this video I’m sharing the mindset shift that has created enormous growth for me opening up to even bigger confidence and creativity. Watch it below and enjoy! Thanks to all the […]

February 12, 2026

From Full Time Job to Full Time Artist – Artist Interview with Sharon Duncan

I want to tell you about Sharon Duncan. A year ago, Sharon was working full-time at a university in Kentucky. She loved art — had always loved art — but she kept putting everyone else first, and her creativity stayed on the back burner. She’d take a class here and […]

December 27, 2025

Make this the Year of Your Art

Happy New Year! I put together a little video for you to inspire your art in 2026. It’s just clips of painting moments and projects from my studio this year to light your spark! Watch it below and feel how art inspires you! If you’re sad because another year went […]

December 16, 2025

New art + my recipe for a creative, centered holiday

Happy December! I’m writing to you from my studio, where I’m finally painting again after being off track for a while. It feels amazing to be back in my center and my creativity. (See my new Rose Gold Aspen painting below). Lately I’ve been feeling incredibly wiped out because I […]

December 13, 2025

Artist Interview – From stuck to creating a series: How Nora found her art again

What if I told you that the thing standing between you and your art dream isn’t talent, time, or age—but joy? Nora Miller spent most of her life as a caregiver. She raised two kids as a single mom starting at 19. She worked her career in the medical field. […]

November 9, 2025

What to Do When You Hate Your Own Painting

Recently, when I was making an art project for my advanced students, I couldn’t seem to finish my painting. We were doing funky still lifes full of papers and wonderful colors, stencils and spray paint, but I just wasn’t able to get this painting to a place where I loved […]

November 2, 2025

See these artists’ successes: from stuck to stunning

Hey beautiful artist, Lots of you have been asking me to show my student galleries larger so you can see them up close. So I made a fun little video for you where you can actually see their art and get inspired for your own painting. You’ll get to see […]

October 24, 2025

The Importance of Being Unproductive in Art

Hi there, Remember a few weeks ago when I said I was filming a video about all the “unproductive” things I do in my studio? Well… it took me longer than expected to get it to you with all the art retreat stuff going on. … But here it is! […]

September 15, 2025

student paintings on gallery wall after working with kellie day

See the paintings these four women made

Today I’m sharing photos of my recent graduates’ work hanging on mock gallery walls, 4-5 paintings each. Something beautiful happens when you see their pieces together. … You can actually see each artist’s unique voice emerging. Sharon’s pieces carry an energetic yet peaceful vibrancy in her beloved birds and flowers. […]

September 6, 2025

What Happened When I Stopped Being Productive and Started Being Creative

Hi there, For years, I lived by the productivity habits that made me successful in my previous graphic design business: Check off the to-do list. Be productive. Meet my deadlines. But when I tried to apply those same rules to my art, something weird happened – I got stuck. This […]