The end-of-year sketchnote is a great way to summarize your creative year as a beautifully illustrated sketchnote.
Episode 472 of the Creativity Matters Podcast — Closing out October drawing and permission to “stop” a project that isn’t working
Episode 471 of the Creativity Matters Podcast — Urban sketching, Inktoportraits and October drawing, and maybe a bird or two
Episode 470 of the Creativity Matters Podcast — Letting yourself begin, being a beginner, beginner mindset, the importance of repetition, and a bird story.
Episode 469 of the Creativity Matters Podcast — Mindfulness, slowing down, finding your voice, and a review of Draw Yourself Calm by Amy Maricle.
Episode 468 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: A continuation of the discussion on loosening up, staying loose, and balancing the loose and the tight in your art, sketchbooks, and creative processes.
Episode 467 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Thoughts on loosening up, staying loose, and balancing the loose and the tight. (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 466 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Cleaning out the trunk, finding a “lost” notebook cover (when I wasn’t looking), and thinking about why we make and keep art
Episode 465 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Planning for a summer series, Index-Card-a-Day, enjoying and finding your creative lane, and more
Episode 464 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Are you waiting for someday rather than living your best creative life right now?
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Episode 463 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Creative nudges, a list for April, and some regular spiraling creative life.
Episode 462 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: An artist? Not an artist? The value of doing the work and doing what you love.
Episode 461 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Some thoughts on the 100 day project, finishing the 100 day dress challenge, and a series of inspiring quotes
Episode 460 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: Continued discussion of the stitch journal embroidery project, choosing an icon a day, and similar approaches in a sketchbook or journal
Episode 459 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: A morning parked by the ocean, a stitch journal embroidery project, and an icon a day
The end-of-year sketchnote is a great way to summarize your creative year as a beautifully illustrated sketchnote.
50 Before 50 Journal Flip-through
Thinking about my own ICAD 2021 series and 50+ Ideas for Index Card Art series you might consider for your summer series.
Amy
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Thoughts on ICAD 2021 and a look back at prior years of index card art for the summer Index-Card-a-Day Challenge.
Amy
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Episode 443 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: aimlessness, circles, the power of habit, and the 100 Day project.
Episode 442 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: the open road, illustrated journals, and a book on painting calm.
I’ve been using Notion for several months now. Many people use it for notes, and some use it for setting up databases. In the notes arena, there are tons of students using Notion for advanced study, and that’s how I first heard about it. Once you start using Notion, however, if you are a tables,… more…
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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.