Creativity Booster— Try Improv Painting!
Stuck in a rut? Looking for ways to loosen up or find your own style? Try Improv Painting!
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What is Creative Energy Journaling?
So many of us are over-busy, stressed and fully occupied with just getting a few more things crossed off our to-do lists. Deep down, we know we need a way to keep our thinking creative and flexible. We need a way to recharge and get back in touch with our dreams. But we get stuck on the “not enough time/space/skill” stumbling blocks. Creative Energy Journaling is a collection of the activities and practices I use and share with my students to keep my creative energy flowing even when life is biting me in the butt!
How I Use the Sketchbook Pro App to Plan Paintings or Changes to Paintings
Sketchbook Pro is a great tool for quickly planning changes to a painting in progress, and it’s free. This video introduces the small set of features I use in my planning process, so you can get started quickly without having to go through a lot of features you don’t need.
Dealing with Problem Paintings, Part 2: The Hyperactive Overachiever
In the last post, I gave some ideas for dealing with a “too boring for words” problem painting. The one you were never excited about in the first place. Our “problem child” this time is the opposite of boring, it’s trying to do too much. When I’m running into trouble with one of my own…
Deciding How to Reserve or Recover Whites and Lights in Watercolor
Some things to watch out for that make it easier or harder to reserve lights and whites in watercolor.
Postcard Paint-Along—Dragonfly
A simple dragonfly postcard, suitable for all experience levels.
Exercise, Exploration, Experiment or Artwork?
In planning an artwork, you often need to conduct related exercises, explorations and experiments. But it’s usually a bad idea to let them slowly morph into unplanned attempts at the artwork.