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9. Spend a day drawing only red things.

Posted by: tealstripes on: 06/18/2009

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I didn’t literally spend all day drawing red things, but I sat down and thought about what was red and drew some different red things. They’re quick drawings, but a fun exercise. I should do this with each color. CRAB! This could be a red velvet cupcake…or just a red cupcake. A red ball…not very [...]

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8. Find a photo of a person you do not know.

Posted by: tealstripes on: 05/16/2009

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Write a brief bio about them: So I found this random photo on http://www.flickr.com/photos/prettywarstl/335373460/#mce_temp_url#… Colleen is a 37 year old woman who likes to collect seashells. Living in Long Beach, CA, she has easy access to the shoreline. She owns a guinea pig named Value, which does sound a little strange, but she decided to [...]

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7. Expose yourself to a new artist

Posted by: tealstripes on: 04/19/2009

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Describe what moves you about it. I’m assuming it refers to their artwork. Jack Stuppin creates these wonderful landscape oil paintings, but what’s different about them is he uses vibrant colors and he leaves brushstrokes visible. You can see basically how he paints the painting. I love seeing brushstrokes in paintings for some reason, maybe [...]

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4. Draw your dinner.

Posted by: tealstripes on: 04/12/2009

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A slice of pizza from Pizza My Heart, with root beer (best combo ever). Pizza wasn’t actually yellow and orange, but thats my interpretation of melted cheese. Used various pens…A brief note: Do not buy those Micron 500 pens, they suck and the tiny tips will quickly become either smashed or somehow pushed up into [...]

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3. Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create…Use it everyday.

Posted by: tealstripes on: 04/07/2009

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While I haven’t found a way to use it everyday, I did buy this small pack of gems that you usually put on clothing. I bought this pack of 3 sets, for probably about 50 cents altogther from SCRAP (this wonderful reuseable art materials warehouse in San Francisco…I love going there now. I can find [...]

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2. Write a letter to yourself in the future.

Posted by: tealstripes on: 03/30/2009

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Dear Courtney, Hello, how are you? What are you doing? What are you creating? Do you still paint? Are you married or just have a boyfriend? Who is he? I hope you are teaching art and enjoying it. Do you teach high schoolers or middle schoolers? Do you work in California, or have you had [...]

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100 ideas by Keri Smith

Posted by: tealstripes on: 03/25/2009

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Keri Smith is an illustrator, you may have seen some of her work in stores…I own her Non-Planner Datebook, which I’ve actually been using this year. She also created the Wreck this Journal book, which I really really want to buy because it looks fun to use. On her website, she has a free 100 [...]

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