If you are looking for a place for free art lessons, Derwent Academy offers 6 video online lessons. You just watch the video, complete the assignment, take a photo, or scan your project and upload the picture to Derwent. They … Continue reading
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The Documented Life Project challenge for week 36 was simply: “Black and white.” Jan: When I did this post on using leaves for gelli printing, I played around with using just black and white paint. I really liked how some … Continue reading
Last week Melinda and I opened up our creative play time to some other ladies who were longing to do something creative. We first read through our Declaration of Creativity to get in the right mindset for creating. Our activity … Continue reading
Paul Smith was a typewriter artist. He had severe spastic cerebral palsy and a creative mind. Watch these two videos and be inspired by an amazing man who chose not to be held back by his limitations. … Continue reading
The art challenge in week 35 of the Documented Life Project was to: “Draw, sketch, paint, doodle a face or cut and alter one from a book or magazine.” Jan: In spite of my desire to keep drawing faces regularly … Continue reading
Week 34 of the Documented Life Project’s art challenge was: “Fill the page with numbers that relate to your week (4 trips to the grocery store etc.)” Jan: This challenge was not inspiring me with ideas. So I just sat … Continue reading
The art challenge for week 33 for the Documented Life Project was to use your “under paper” in a creative way. Under paper refers to the paper you have under your art projects that get the extra paint, spills, splatters, … Continue reading
Last Christmas, I made baby doll carriers for our two year old granddaughters who love playing with their baby dolls and whose mommies were both having babies in the coming months. I knew that when the babies arrived my daughters … Continue reading
Have you tried gelli plate printing yet? If not, you are missing out on hours of creative fun. Several weeks passed since I played with my homemade gelli plate and I got inspired. I picked several different types of leaves … Continue reading
The Documented Life Project challenge for week 32 was to “Incorporate a Fortune from a Fortune Cookie.” Jan: I had not been to a restaurant that served fortune cookies for a long time and had no plans to the week … Continue reading