LOOK for the FREE in life.... there is so much out there

I am just finishing up on a 12 day class from Sketchbook Revival were Karen Abend got together quite a few unique artists to teach a 20 to 30 min art class on line. This was all FREE… Thank you Karen !! They started us out creating something out of a blob from Carla Sondheim . Carla said that “if you put a beak on anything it becomes a bird” … I was set out to test that theory… and guess what….. it does!!.

One of my favorite classes was on creating a wild garden, all I can say was Fun and MESSY… it was great!. Other classes included ones like “ How to Draw like an Architect” creating a “ Quirky Bird” , people made so many different ones. There were classes on expressing yourself with words, drawing words, incorporating words. We even had a class where we learned to draw cupcakes. I am still working on these classes they were so wonderful and really took my art in new directions. A great distraction while at home.

I always find creative people are so creative because they create. The more you do the more the ideas flow.

Below are just some of my attempts … I am sure you could do better

Sketchbook Revival

assorted free classes…what I came up with

Sketching Food

from Charlie O’Shields

Quirky Bird Class

by Tamara Laporte

Bring on the Flowers

It has been so hot here.... I am not complaining but that just isn't normal for the Seattle area.  We love our sun,  when it comes out we want to take advantage of it.   So when it gets hot here ( I am talking above 80- don't laugh)  and we have to find a cool shady space I have been hiding out in my studio with a great fan blowing away.   So my choice of painting flowers has been a no brainer,That and I am taking this awesome class from Lynn Whipple colager extrodinaire.  

Bowl of Flowers

A little distraction

Have you ever had an overwhelming desire to learn everything and all?  From the time I was very young I always remember not wanting to feel left out or not learning something.  I am sure that is why the TV was on even when I wasn't looking at it.   " There might be that one subject that comes on that amazes me or that event that is right next door that no one knows about, and there it is.

Well for the past few weeks I have been learning different art techniques and just LOVE it !  I can't get enough,  what happens with my business is that it gets put on the back burner and i ignore it for a while.   These techniques will be wonderful when I get them incorporated in my business but now I am just doing things for the fun of it with no intention of selling it or even hope that someone else likes it,  i forgot how fun and freeing that can be.

What would you do if you were not judged, if it only was your opinion that mattered ?   

I encourage you to experiment and find that feeling.