This class really helped me work through my creative block! I feel like I have gotten back in touch with my flow again... It is so important to feel like you are playing when making art. I think I will keep happily playing all afternoon.

 

1. MARK MAKING

Started simple - no pressure just blobbing away. Had fun creating a colour gradient.

 

More mark making... the blobs are evolving! I accidentally loaded two paint colours on my brush (bottom magenta blobs). I loved that effect so much I kept going! I also blew the wet paint with a straw to make those long branchlike marks.

Final mark making experiment. Created marks with multiple pigments in the brush and used a little tool to blow the paint (its a camera sensor cleaner I think? hehe)

 

2. DIFFERENT MEDIUM

For this part of the project I decided to try chalk pastels and charcoal. I almost never use pastel, I never really took to it well. I had a smudgey messy time of it! It was fun to just scribble with no pressure. I ended up liking the colour contrast that emerged between warm (yellows/orange/red) and cool colours (black, blue).

 

3. JOURNALING EXERCISE

This was a nice exercise in building confidence and gratitude for the skills you already possess. hopefully my writing is readable.

POEM:

I push along, my weary legs heavy and disheartened.

I make my way up the steps, eager and lighter as I approach.

With a wrestle of the key, the door opens.

Sun streaming and silence welcoming.

My heart is ready to release its burdens.

Cool blues glow and a mist descends.

Textures emerge and branches grow.

A canopy of vivid leaves envelopes and heals me.

 

Thank you for reading! Do yourself a favor and try Isa's exercises, I feel peaceful and energized! 

Sending a moment of creativity and peace your way :)

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