Get Messy

Season of Habit

with Ella Gallon

This season, a host of incredible artists take you on a creative journey focused on what Get Messy believes is the most important part of being an artist: habit. These artists show you how they fit an art habit into their full, rich lives. Learn creative warm-up exercises to get you started, how to build a 20 minute art break into your schedule, how to keep a digital art idea notebook, and how to utilize the Get Messy hangouts and community towards your art habit. This season shows you exactly how, in very actionable steps, to make a creative habit as second nature as brushing your teeth.

Ella Gallon

Ella’s art journey began in elementary school when she annoyed all of her teachers by excessively doodling on ALL the worksheets. After overcoming awkward phases of gaming fan art, crazy freaky art clubs in high school where it was custom to wear at least three differently colored striped socks, and creative blocks all during university, today she lives a double life as digital marketer from 7 to 7 and abstract artist from 7:01 to however late she manages to stay up (spoiler: mostly, not very late).

Misty Granade

Misty is ever-so-slightly obsessed with paint, glue, and paper. Her interests range across a variety of arts and crafts such as contemporary visual art, mixed media, bookbinding, crochet, and yarn spinning. When she isn’t in her studio slinging paint or glueing things together, she loves to read, cook, and spend time with family and friends.

Alyssa Griese

Living in Canada, with a BA in visual arts, Alyssa is a maker and lover of all things handmade. For Alyssa, embracing imperfections and chasing after “happy accidents” is the true magic of art journaling. Anything goes within the pages of her art journal and it has become an important place for her to process, to experiment and to play.

Gilly Welch

Gilly is an avid paper lover and creates in some form every single day. She lives on the north coast of Cornwall (UK) regularly walking the coastal path for inspiration. She is constantly learning new skills and loves nothing better than finding different ways to incorporate all or part of these into her art journals.