It's a new year, I'm learning a new way to draw and I have a new journal to fill. That is a great start. How about adding a new attitude and a few new responsibilities? Nothing wrong with all that, unless you still have your old forgetful mind. I think I need a new day minder. Maybe my new Ipad has an App for that. Then all I have to do is try to remember to fill it.....
Lets get back to the new journal. I bought a cute little one this time. It's only 3.5 x 5.5 inches, has an elastic strap to keep it closed and a pretty red ribbon to mark my page. It's going to be fun filling it. I can toss it in my purse and take it any where. Drop a few pens in with it and I have all the art supplies I need to fill a few minutes while waiting for an appointment or while himself shops at Harbor Tools and I wait in the truck.
Following the prompt from Cindy Angiel's drawing web page http://rainbowelephant.com/ and the line weaving community site http://lineweaving.com, I'm will be thinking of the word Inspire while filling this little book.
Inspiring others to do something creative is part of who I am and I love showing others that there is creativity in all of us. Back in another life, I taught flower arranging, wheat weaving, even bow making. Now I have a great time teaching a weekly arts and craft class in the retirement park I live in during the winter. I look forward to that class every week because I get such a kick out of showing them something new and watching the students get excited about how well things turn out. This winter I have been teaching some tangle or repeat line drawing patterns and those classes have been outstanding. It's so nice to see that I'm not the only one getting inspired to try something new.
The line weaving community, and they are all over the world, are a great inspiration to me as well. As far as I can tell this phenomena started to really catch on in the past year or two so it's really in it's growing stage. Painters like me are moving towards repeat line drawings, scrap bookers are also finding it fun. Quilters are doing tangles with their sewing machines and embroiders are designing new repeat patterns for their stitching.
It's really amazing what some little lines with a pen in a little journal can do.... inspire a whole new movement of creativity!
What inspires you to create?
you know i have doodled like that my entire life I never knew it was an art form :-)
ReplyDeleteBlaine
Wow! What a wonderful art! Love your stars a lot!! (^^) See you in class, and here, of course! ♥
ReplyDeleteYou are so very right about how something as little as a few lines with a pen can do to inspire creativity!
ReplyDeleteAnd I truly love the creativity you are showing here on your blog. Your art does keep me inspired and striving to be creative everyday as well.
Keep up the great posting!