Thoughts on choosing a project for #the100dayproject 2019.
The end-of-year sketchnote is a great way to summarize and illustrate highlights from your creative year.
A short timelapse and a discussion of inking portraits. Plus, talk of December 2020 #illustrateyourweek for illustrated journaling.
Creative books to consider for your own wishlist, library shelves, or to give as gifts.
Large-format sketcbhooks for drawing, pen and ink, and illustrated journaling.
A short timelapse from the illustrated journal and a portrait drawing set of prompts for October 2020 – inktoportraits.
Episode 386 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the need to process, track, and have time to simply “be” in the middle of this pandemic.
Episode 385 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: mindfulness, self-care, balancing, and a contour-based mindfulness drawing exercise.
Episode 384 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: books, reaching out during times of social distancing and shelter-in-place, and drawing daily
Episode 383 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: mindfulness, drawing in the midst of anxiety, whimsy, and teapots in a tree.
Episode 377: drawing monsters, chairs, a desk, and more. Plus, a late bloom.
Episode 376: the this and that of the last few weeks and the sewing of a striped pillow.
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Episode 375: paper cranes, snowflakes, drawing ornaments, and an inspiring book about women in art history.
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Episode 366 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: I check “try ukulele” off the year list! Plus, a review of a great folk art book, Imagine a Forest.
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Episode 362 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: looking at each week’s work as a whole with a #52weeks grid and scrolling your feed.
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Episode 361 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: random talk at the start of a new year, a list in the making.
Amy
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Episode 360 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: in celebration of the wonder and whimsy around us, a non-lemur moment, and more.Â
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Episode 359 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: thinking through what to take for your creative projects when you travel! Simplify!
Episode 358 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: visual- and word-based thinking, storytelling, associative memories, and visualizing a teapot.
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Simmer. Percolate. Stew. Consider. Contemplate. Ponder. All of those things! Over the weekend, I suddenly thought, “I should make my ICAD series a series of possible logos for the CMP.” That idea has merit. It really does. A series of 61 cards all with the intent of being used as cover art (or maybe a… more…
A look at my involvement in ICAD through the years, from stuffed things to ballpoint to Copic marker and portraits.
Episode 356 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the 100 day project and a series of simple contour drawings of everyday people.
Episode 355 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: get inspired by storybook affirmation of creativity with whimsical illustration from Peter Reynolds.
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Episode 354 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: discussion of the inspiring The Painted Art Journal: 24 Projects for Creating Your Visual Narrative book.
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Episode 353 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a “three things” mentality, thoughts on #the100dayproject and #oneweek100people, and cake.
Thoughts on choosing a project for #the100dayproject 2019.
Episode 352 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: a look inside Samantha Dion Baker’s Draw Your Day and thoughts on the value and importance of keeping a visual or illustrated journal.
Episode 351 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: appreciating and being open to the possibilities offered by points of pivot. Pivots come in all sizes, but they can be powerful!
Episode 350 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: tagalong projects that you can’t let go.
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