What makes your creations uniquely yours? Finding your creative personality can feel daunting. But creativity is a process, not a destination. A short, daily creative practice is a freeing opportunity to make for the sake of it. It can bring joy back into creating, help quiet your inner critic, and give your talents space to develop naturally. In this 4-week workshop, you’ll use drawing, creative writing, and painting to document your day, experiment with images and text, and explore your thoughts. Each class encourages you to build creating into your daily routine, and helps you find ways to make that feel easy.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Discover Your Art Style, artist and illustrator Ria Sharon gives you five simple exercises to help nurture your artistic development. In each exercise, Ria challenges you to be thoughtful about what comes up as you sketch, and encourages you to embrace your fear. This class is a bite-sized 14-minutes, but requires that you set aside about 30 minutes a day for your practice. Submit images of your exercises to the project gallery by June 19th.
- Milestone 2: In Creative Writing for All: A 10-Day Journaling Challenge, a Skillshare Original, accomplished writer and editor Emily Gould helps you establish a regular writing routine. Give yourself permission to write for the sake of writing. And in the process, learn something new, different, and inspiring about yourself and what drives you. Emily’s core prompt “Today I noticed...” is particularly well-suited to the visually-inclined. You don’t have to be a writer to benefit from Emily’s approach to journaling. All you need is a pen, paper, and a willingness to let it all out. Submit your work to the project gallery by June 28th.
- Milestone 3: Lastly, Sketchbook Illustration for All: Draw Your Day with Watercolor and Pen, a Skillshare Original with Samantha Dion Baker, brings it all together. Samantha shows you how to add sketches and watercolor to your journals to mix visuals and writing for total creative freedom. See the ordinary in a new way, document your life, and build your creative vocabulary. You’ll need a sketchbook, watercolors, pens, and imagination. Submit images of your sketchbook to the project gallery by July 8th.
What makes your creations uniquely yours? Finding your creative personality can feel daunting. But creativity is a process, not a destination. A short, daily creative practice is a freeing opportunity to make for the sake of it. It can bring joy back into creating, help quiet your inner critic, and give your talents space to develop naturally. In this 4-week workshop, you’ll use drawing, creative writing, and painting to document your day, experiment with images and text, and explore your thoughts. Each class encourages you to build creating into your daily routine, and helps you find ways to make that feel easy.
Workshop Timeline
- Milestone 1: In Discover Your Art Style, artist and illustrator Ria Sharon gives you five simple exercises to help nurture your artistic development. In each exercise, Ria challenges you to be thoughtful about what comes up as you sketch, and encourages you to embrace your fear. This class is a bite-sized 14-minutes, but requires that you set aside about 30 minutes a day for your practice. Submit images of your exercises to the project gallery by June 19th.
- Milestone 2: In Creative Writing for All: A 10-Day Journaling Challenge, a Skillshare Original, accomplished writer and editor Emily Gould helps you establish a regular writing routine. Give yourself permission to write for the sake of writing. And in the process, learn something new, different, and inspiring about yourself and what drives you. Emily’s core prompt “Today I noticed...” is particularly well-suited to the visually-inclined. You don’t have to be a writer to benefit from Emily’s approach to journaling. All you need is a pen, paper, and a willingness to let it all out. Submit your work to the project gallery by June 28th.
- Milestone 3: Lastly, Sketchbook Illustration for All: Draw Your Day with Watercolor and Pen, a Skillshare Original with Samantha Dion Baker, brings it all together. Samantha shows you how to add sketches and watercolor to your journals to mix visuals and writing for total creative freedom. See the ordinary in a new way, document your life, and build your creative vocabulary. You’ll need a sketchbook, watercolors, pens, and imagination. Submit images of your sketchbook to the project gallery by July 8th.
