Hello! Thank you so much for this class Marie-Noelle! I came into this class a little sceptical as I always say to myself "I'm not creative, blah blah blah" but I really started to open up and not be so rigid with my art. I am also one of those people that everything has to be perfect so I found the exercises really freeing. Another bonus was using my different art materials with each other! So much fun!

Ok, so here is how I got on:

Exercise 1 - One abstract drawing using the different textures, colors and feel of your tools

I really enjoyed this one as I got to play with all my materials together which I don't normally do. The charcoal with water colour had a really nice texture.

Unleashing the fear! - image 1 - student project

Exercise 2 - A title page filled with fun hand-lettering and decorative elements

I do a lot of bullet journaling so I like to play around with text, however I think this also prevented me from experimenting with it more as I just went into auto pilot.

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Exercise 3a - Two creative mini-self-portraits

I love a blind contour drawing, I don't know what it is but everytime it makes me laugh so much. Clearly I am easily amused. The left hand drawing came out well too. I am currently learning how to draw faces and develop this skill so this will be an exercise I will do more often.

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Exercise 3b - one drawing made to music (Alaska by Maggie Rogers)

This was fun, although for some reason, maybe because it's kind of timed, I found that I felt quite pressured. Even though I repeated the song if I ran out of time. However, I would do this exercise again as it was really inspiring.

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Exercise 4 - One chaotic sketchbook page where you explore how many different ways you can transform a plant/animal/thing

I love a houseplant, who doesn't, so I went immediately to my Monstera. I thought I would sketch the plant and then using different mediums to draw the various leaves. I also did a pen blind drawing of one of the leaves!

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Exercise 5 - One drawing where you engineer a 'mistake' and learn how to integrate it into what you initially made.

This was my biggest challenge but I learnt a lot from it. I do get really upset and frustrated when I make a mistake and can be quite harsh on myself for it. I drew a drew in pen and (after taking a photo of it! haha) I went in with watercolour and blindly scribbled on it - ARGH!!! But, it was ok. I survived. I wouldn't say I am 100% happy with what I created, I have been learning to draw faces and this was the worst I have done - I also made a mistake on the mistake as I forgot the paper was wet and the ink bled but you know, I survived.

Unleashing the fear! - image 6 - student project

Unleashing the fear! - image 7 - student project

Nina Colva

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