Play!

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 131 min read

Play Passions Converge: Collage, Fashion and Line Art

Collage Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art Don’t Regret the Spill… New York State of Mind Slow Morning Visual:...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 121 min read

Play! Open Doodles

“Open Doodles is a set of free illustrations that embraces the idea of Open Design,” writes artist Pablo Stanley at opendoodles.com. “You...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 281 min read

Don’t Regret the Spill…

Use the paint. In the United States we are often obsessed with perfectionism. And catastrophize our failures. Luckily, failure does not...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 101 min read

Play: Yes, You CAN Draw

“When people say they can’t draw, I think it’s more to do with beliefs rather than talent and ability. When you say you can’t draw,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 112 min read

Play! Children’s Art Books

Why I like them (simple, easy, accessible). Where I get them (library). I’ve had so much pleasure playing with the techniques in the...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jan 211 min read

Play: What a Doll!

My interests in fashion, collage, paper dolls and play prompted me by happenstance to create these “Gina dolls.” I’m loving these. That’s...

Slow Morning Visual: Periwinkle Aardvark in a Mustard Suit

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 6, 20231 min read

Slow Morning Visual: Periwinkle Aardvark in a Mustard Suit

I awoke in slomo one morning with the phrase “periwinkle aardvark in a mustard suit” on my lips. I don’t know why. I don’t care. In my...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 4, 20230 min read

Goggles Must be Worn

Back in the Day Vol 1: Play’s Still the Thing

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 28, 20223 min read

Back in the Day Vol 1: Play’s Still the Thing

Some call the journey I’m on “decluttering” or “downsizing.” I call it “reducing the content footprint of my home studio.” Everything in...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 7, 20223 min read

Recipe for a César Vallejo Poem

In 2007 I took a poetry writing course at the Omega Institute for Holistic Health in Rhinebeck, New York. My key takeaway from that...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 17, 20211 min read

Autodraw

https://www.autodraw.com/ Just go with it.

Be the Frog. With Thanks to Nicolas Chamfort

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 17, 20212 min read

Be the Frog. With Thanks to Nicolas Chamfort

So, turns out that American man of letters Mark Twain did not famously say, “if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 10, 20211 min read

The Art of (Collage) Stripping

Junk mail collage art: Gina Greenlee Creating junk mail art is a great visual art practice if you don’t already have one. It’s the...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 3, 20214 min read

PLAY!

No Alarms, Doodling and You at Age 3 Ever notice how kids play? When they make up stories they roll from one idea to the next. Mikey...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 18, 20211 min read

Fun with Free Magazines

Very old ones donated to the library. I read ‘em then play with the images.

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 10, 20210 min read

Mailbox Oracle

Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 24, 20202 min read

Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art

Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative game that traces its roots to the 1920s Parisian Surrealist Movement. Usually played by several...

How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Art Life Museum by Keri Smith

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 3, 20202 min read

How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Art Life Museum by Keri Smith

“[The residual purpose of art is] purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmaton of life – not an attempt to bring order out of...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 28, 20191 min read

Scream Squat Run

“Screaming… …squatting… …running… …all those three things you should do every day.” Lynda Barry ◊ ◊ ◊ Don’t Take Yourself So Seriously

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 21, 20192 min read

Grab Hold of Your Joy

Motor scooters have been my preferred mode of transport in India, Bali, French Polynesia, Vietnam and the Caribbean. It’s one of my...