Inspire Create Exercise 25 - 12 Jul 2012

Inspire Create Exercise 25 - 12 Jul 2012

How often do we really look and see? Today's exercise is about just that. We are going to observe some part of our own body and have a go at drawing it.

I am really interested in eyes right now, the contours, etc. So I am thinking I'll study my own eye and try drawing that. I think my eye will be quite a lot different to the imagined eyes I usually draw on my girls. So it should be fun. You might like to draw a part of the body that is different to mine.

Tips and Hints:

1. Sometimes, it can help if you take a photo of that part of your body as another reference to help, as it can be difficult observing in the mirror whilst trying to draw.

2. Use good lighting, to define outlines and try to ensure there is some shadow and highlight, which will also help you define things.

3. When you observe this part of your body, what shapes do you perceive? It can help if you draw very lightly, a series of shapes, for instance, your fingers are small sausages. Your palm is a round circle...overlap them slightly. Imagine your eyes are orbs, not flat...this will help you shade them and see them come to life.

4. Don't become disheartened. If you do get frustrated, sleep on it and try again the next day. often, during our sleep, problems resolve themselves without you having to do anything more.

5. Look at google for other examples of drawings of that part of the body and for tutorials that might help.

6. Here are some tute's for you:

http://www.drawspace.com/lessons/

http://www.drawspace.com/lessons/h/focus-on-people

http://www.drawspace.com/lessons/u/faces-figures

Please post images of your 'body parts' here (if you feel comfortable doing that) :)) and have a wonderful aloha day!

NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 21 Weekend 30 June/1 July 2012

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 21 Weekend 30 June/1 July 2012

Part 1:

Inspiration: Nature's collectables/found objects

What you will need: scissors, gloves (to protect your hands), a bag to store your collectables, camera and magnifying glass (optional)

In this creative exercise we will be venturing outside our front door or back door and beyond. We will be using our powers of observation to find things such as leaves, stones, seed pods, flowers, twigs and even garbage! The idea is to collect things we see that fill us with wonder and excitement. We don't collect just anything, so keep in mind, that the second part of this exercise will be drawing something we have found! But for this first part, all we need to do is take a walk, in order to begin gathering together a little collection of found objects that can inspire you to draw them! If you see something that you cannot bring home, you can take a photo of it instead. Be on the lookout for interesting patterns in nature, tree roots or fence palings, peeling paint, etc are a fabulous example of something you can't bring home but might be fun to draw later, so make sure your cameras are charged up and ready to go. The scissors are there to help if you want to snip off a leaf or a flower. You might not want to venture any further than your own backyard, especially if you are a busy parent, the kids can participate and help too with this one. There's no time like the present to teach them about really looking at their surroundings and you'll be surprised just how much there is to see!

Have fun on your walk everyone and look forward to seeing what you manage to collect and photograph. Once you have gathered your collectables, post photos of your collections on Facebook for us all to admire and enjoy!

Part 2 to follow.

NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 20 Fri 29 June 2012

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 20 Fri 29 June 2012

Todays inspiration: redecorating

Lately I've been seeing lots of colour charts and redecorating ideas, and thought that it might to fun to use our imagination to redecorate a room in our home.

You can choose any room at all and decorate it as decadently, as simply, as boho, as shabby chic, as contemporary modern, as retro or as vintage, etc, as you like! Here's a website I think you are going to love as much as I do, it's called COLOURlovers and has all kinds of colour swatches and helps to assist in making colour choices, etc.

http://www.colourlovers.com/

Choose your kitchen, toilet, gazebo/outdoor area, lounge or living area, bedroom, nursery, study, etc and start making a list of all the yummy furnishings and paint colours, new additions, etc, you would like to make. Remember, it's your imagination, so the sky is the limit, although if you are in the market to update a room or two, you might want to use this as a practical exercise and keep it real lol with regard to budget etc...either way, it's fun! You can do this over the weekend if you don't have time during the week. Or on a rainy night when there's nothing fun to watch on tv.

1. Which room would you choose?
2 What colour/s would you paint the walls (look up paint charts and colour schemes on google) ?
3. What renovations would you like to make?
4. What floor covering would you choose?
5. What new furniture would you include?
6. What new furnishings would you add (eg curtains/blinds/ornaments/wall hangings/cushions/throw rugs/appliances etc)

Post your answers on Facebook and feel free to add links to furnishings, paint colours, renovated rooms etc, to give us a taste of your style and ideas! I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Happy creating everyone!

NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 16 - Mon 25 June 2012

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 16 - Mon 25 June 2012
TODAY'S INSPIRATION: Special words!

Hola! It's Monday... not only is it a brand new day, but it marks a brand new opportunity for creative expression.

We are talking and thinking about special words that are significant for us. I have chosen the word "love" for example in the photograph below. But what are the important words that have deep significance for you. Perhaps your word will be "gratitude", or maybe it will be "freedom", it could be "patience" or "peace" or "happiness". What is your special word?

OBJECTIVE OF EXERCISE:
The objective of this exercise, is simply to present a special word that has deep significance for you, in a creative way. There are many ways to do this. Here are some examples:

EXAMPLE 1:
If you have stones or pebbles lying around, you can form a word using these on a background of grass, or on a timber paling, on some nice fabric, hessian or calico, you can decorate it with little wildflowers and then take a picture and post it here.

EXAMPLE 2:
You could do as I have done, which was to simply use some little timber letters that I found from a craft shop (already had them laying around from a previous project) and arrange them on a flat surface. Decorate and photograph them. I used iPhone apps to turn this into a more creative image (I just can't recall how I did it lol) but you get the general idea. If you have an iphone or an ipad, I highly recommend Diptych, which allows you to use a number of different photos in the one image.

EXAMPLE 3:
Use shells, beads, rice, coffee beans, candles, ornaments, etc, to create your word and photograph it.

EXAMPLE 4:
Draw, paint, sculpt or write a poem or story around your word, making it the central theme.

I look forward to seeing what you all come up with, don't forget to post it here for us all to enjoy (if you're comfortable doing that) and have a very happy, very creative start to the week!

Smiles aloha, Karin :))

NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @ Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin

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Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 15 - Weekend Exercise Sat/Sun 23-24 June 2012

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 15 - Weekend Exercise Sat/Sun 23-24 June 2012

TODAY'S INSPIRATION - BOOK SPINES (many thanks to Pat who pointed me in the right direction) ♥

EXAMPLES:

Book Spine Poem Gallery
http://100scopenotes.com/2010/03/12/poetry-friday-book-spine-poem-gallery/

Ideas4writers Open FB Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ideas4writers/

OUR OBJECTIVE: To create a poem using only the titles on the spines of books. It's a lovely easy fun exercise and I think it could be quite addictive!

I think it's self explanatory from looking at the other examples you'll see in the links, but what you need to do is go to your home library (or go to the town library) and assemble a poem......take a picture and post it here for us all to enjoy!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and I'll be back on Monday with a new creative exercise, in the meantime I'm taking it easy for a couple of days while I get over the flu.

Smiles and waves aloha!! Karin

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NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @ Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin

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Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 14 - Fri 22 June 2012

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 14 - Fri 22 June 2012

TODAY'S INSPIRATION is depicting NIGHT and DAY or contrasting environments.

Main Idea: To depict two contrasting environments or states of being. Below is an example of this in my painting Night and Day. The girls dresses and background are depicting night (blue/green/sea/moon) and day (brown/trees/clouds).

Objective: To create an artwork, poem, story, sculpture, collage, mixed media, or creatively bake, or sew...(feel free to choose any creative method you like, including these or others) depicting 2 contrasting environments or states of being.

Examples: happy and sad, up and down, wise and foolish, summer and winter, spring and autumn, black and white, night and day

Method: Take a few minutes quiet time to yourself, make sure you have a note pad and pen with you, close your eyes and watch out for whatever pops into your head. Jot your thoughts, ideas and inspiration down. Once you have your idea, go to work, create something and have fun doing it! Post your pics or words here for us all to enjoy! (if you feel comfortable doing so) ...if you'd prefer you can always send me an attachment to my inbox if not feeling like you wanted to show everyone just yet.

Happy Friday creating everyone!!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/works/5752827-night-and-day

NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

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NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @ Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 12 - Wed June 2012

Inspire Create: Creative Exercise 12 - Wed June 2012

TODAY'S INSPIRATION BE THE "BUTTERFLY" :)

I am in the business of inspiring you to create. I don't like to put too many limitations on what you produce, because I realise inspiration must run free and wild. That's why this exercise and a lot of the exercises allow much freedom as to what you produce. I am mainly here to provide the stimulation.

I am posting some links for you below, so you can find out some facts about butterflies. Why, because researching something before you create a piece, is for me an important part of the inspiration/creation process.

TODAY'S OBJECTIVE: is mainly to have a little look around the internet (google) butterfly info and images to stimulate some inspiration through research and visual stimulation. Then create something. It can be anything, as long as it began with the butterfly for inspiration. It can be something that you associate with butterflies, not necessarily a butterfly itself. Let your imagine run with it. It can be a photograph you find and post for us to admire, or you can take a photo yourself of a butterfly. It could be a drawing or a poem. Maybe you'll cook some caterpillar biscuits for the kids. Perhaps you will make a stained glass butterfly from cellophane for your window where the sun shines through! Maybe you will make a butterfly from bits and pieces you find lying around the house. I am going to post some craft ideas below too....so let's get creating and see what you come up with, post a pic of it here if you feel comfortable doing that, for us all to admire.

Happy creating everyone!! have a beautiful aloha day! :)

http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/
http://voices.yahoo.com/garden-ideas-create-butterfly-garden-344138.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/butterflycrafts/Butterfly_and_Caterpillar_Crafts.htm
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/creativesnacks/r/caterpilrecipe.htm

NB: The creative exercises archived here are available for anyone who wants more inspiration and creative expression in their lives. There is no limit on how often you particpate, how many exercises you do, or what order you do them in. They are an extension of my book "Beyond the Stick Figure: hope and encouragement for anyone who has ever wanted to be creative"

NB: Please note that this blog is only being used as an archive/storage/resource facility for Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor on Facebook. It exists to help people find all the creative exercises I have posted on Facebook more easily. To engage and interact, to join in the fun, please join us at Facebook @ Inspire Create with artist Karin Taylor and please post your contributions, creations and artwork on Facebook rather than this blog. Thank you and aloha, Karin

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