Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 120

We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!

Here’s how it works:

We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:

Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet

Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2026 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy

Quote of the week…

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”

— Helen Keller

Inspiration of the week: Suzanne Valadon

Marie-Clémentine “Suzanne” Valadon 23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter who was born at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo.

Valadon spent nearly 40 years of her life as an artist. The subjects of her drawings and paintings, such as Joy of Life (1911), included mostly female nudes, portraits of women, still lifes, and landscapes. She never attended the academy and was never confined within a set tradition or style of art.Despite not being confined to any tradition, she shocked the art world as the first woman painter to depict a male nude as well as less idealized images of women in comparison to those of her male counterparts.

She was a model for many renowned artists. Among them, Valadon appeared in such paintings as Dance at Bougival (1883) and Dance in the City by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883), and Suzanne Valadon (1885) and The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (1887–1889) by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Suzanne Fortin

Suzanne Fortin is associated with contemporary experimental calligraphy and expressive lettering.

Her work explores the relationship between written language, visual composition, and artistic mark-making.

Career and Recognition

2016: Her work was featured by Calligrafile, an online publication devoted to contemporary calligraphy.
Artistic techniques: Her featured work demonstrates an interest in expressive lettering and experimental folded-pen calligraphy.

International recognition: Her lettering has circulated within the international calligraphy community through Instagram.