52 projects: Creative prompts for a creative life – week #11 ~ November 6th-10th ~ Welcome to week 11 of the 52 week project Normally I have already started my project by now, but alas it has been an unusually trying week. I’ve been working through sickness, funerals, projects, encroaching winter weather and to…
Tag: embellishing your art
working small for big results
52 projects: Creative prompts for a creative life – week #10 ~ Oct. 30-Nov.3 ~ Week 10 Yo!! I have to be honest, long term commitments have never been easy for me. (shhhh! Don’t tell my husband 🙂 For instance, I love handmade quilts. The patterns amaze me, and I just love to place them…
Daily Creative Prompts: week #9
Daily Creative Prompts ~ October 23-27 As promised, here we are in week #9 of 52 projects: Creative prompts for a creative life Here are the 5 prompts for this week to be used daily in an effort to keep yourself working creatively: WATER NEUTRAL HIDE CONTRAST SING These can be interpreted in whatever way…
when your dance gets ugly
Daily Creative Prompt ~ October 20: DANCE Dancing isn’t really my gig. In the formal sense of the word anyway. But we can also dance with joy in our spirits …dance our paintbrushes across a page …and it can also be used to describe something that you are doing, a project that you are…
the poetry of color
Daily Creative Prompt ~ October 19: INDIGO As a color, INDIGO is among one of my favorites. It has a depth to it that poets write about. Depending on who you are, INDIGO could summon thoughts of unusual children with supernatural traits. Or maybe it puts you in a certain mindset. In color psychology, INDIGO…
seeing art in unusual places
Daily Creative Prompt ~ October 16: BRUSH Happy Monday Creatives! Monday’s are always my favorite art days. Heading into a new week, the days feel so full of possibility, and today is no exception. There are many directions I could have gone with today’s prompt. A beeswax collage had occurred to me as you would…
note to self:
Daily Creative Prompt ~ October 13: SHINE Even those with the gift of encouragement occasionally need to receive it. Giving of words, time, and self can be a huge drain and if we don’t fill up every now and then, there won’t be anything left to give. It’s great if that encouragement comes from…
Finishing your flag: embellishments and beyond
I’m terribly sorry about yesterday’s video not being available. Sometimes LIFE happens, you know what I mean? We are on the final day of creating our prayer/intention flags. Up to now we have painted, papered, sewn and pondered intentions. Today we will add the finishing touches. You know, those pieces that just make it stand…
