Do you ever find yourself wanting to draw something but feel no inspiration? Sometimes starting with a simple pattern can inspire a “bigger picture”. Last week I pulled up A Little Lime‘s website and settled on this pattern design using the … Continue reading
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The art challenge for week 12 of the Documented Life Project 2015 was “As a Focal Point” with the journal prompt, “Coming into Focus”. The phrase focal point means the center of interest or activity. So in an art piece, … Continue reading
Each month the Documented Life Project issues a new overall theme for the weekly art challenges. For March the theme was “making your mark” with doodles and mark making. We were both a little challenged by this– perhaps because Melinda … Continue reading
It’s easy to transform something that doesn’t look that great into something that looks wonderful. It’s even easy to take something that is perfectly good and useable (to someone) and transform it into something else (like taking a bridesmaid dress … Continue reading
The art challenge for week 48 in the Documented Life Project was to: “Depict Gratitude in a creative way.” Although every week should be a week of gratitude, this week is when those in the USA focus on gratitude with … Continue reading
The art challenge for the Documented Life Project for week 43 was to: “Sketch what you see right now.” Jan: Usually when the challenge is issued (on Saturdays), I read it but don’t always have opportunity to start the challenge right … Continue reading
The art challenge for Week 40 in the Documented Life Project was to: “Paint or color with three colors you never use.” Jan: I don’t think that there are three colors I never use, but I tried to think of … Continue reading
Week 39’s challenge in the Documented Life Project was to:”Add splatters and drips.” Jan: For my drips and splatters I decided to do a fall watercolor. The tree trunks were created by dropping brown paint at the edge of the … Continue reading
The art challenge for week 38 in the Documented Life Project was: “Draw, paint, doodle, sketch a feather onto your page. Don’t draw, paint, doodle or sketch? Incorporate a real feather onto your page! Get creative and have fun!” Jan: … Continue reading
Week 11 challenge of the Documented Life Project was to “Draw, photograph or collage a bird onto your page.” Jan: While pondering what I wanted to do with my bird challenge, I noticed the front cover of a map/brochure of … Continue reading