A Creative Tip from Vincent Van Gogh

I'm taking a fantastic art journaling class with Dina Wakley.  The class features art challenges and journaling challenges based on four different artists.  This art journal page features a bunch of Vincent Van Gogh techniques, mainly using different types of brush strokes and thicknesses of paint.  It's not my favorite page artistically (my favorite so far is posted here), but I do love the journaling.  It features a creative tip from Vincent Van Gogh that Dina put into her lesson and which really grabbed me.  Apparently, Van Gogh kept a basket filled with balls of yarn in all different colors.  He could grab a couple of balls to see how the colors looked together.  How cool is that!  If I ever get a studio When I get a studio, I am definitely going to get a big glass fishbowl and fill it with balls of yarn in all kinds of colors! Do you have any new creative tips to share?  I'd love to hear them.
Also, if you're looking for some scrapbooking inspiration, check out my friend Kathy's new blog:  365 Challenges.  It will feature a new scrapbooking challenge everyday for the year!  Go Kathy!
And there's a weekly scrapbooking challenge blog here.  I hope to join as a challenger soon, but I'm having technical difficulties!

Don't forget - last day to enter the card recipe challenge. Details are here.  Entries close tonight, Sunday, Jan. 3, at 9:00 p.m. California time.