Hi everyone!

Autumn is right around the corner here in the Midwest, USA and that means back to school. While I am no longer teaching art in a classroom setting, I've been working on ideas to build my channel here at Skillshare and share the techniques I use in my everyday, creative practice.

I'm pleased to announce the release of my first digital class, "Scribble Prompts! Intuitive Drawing Exercises to Unlock Your Creativity."

I have been so pleased with the response to the class so far, and hope to see you in class soon!

Read on for more details...

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A mindful scribbling technique for creating intuitive scribbles.
How to read your scribbles for imagery.
Three methods for discovering your own creative prompts in your scribbles.
How to allow a prompt to organically develop beyond it's original form.
Practice letting go and trusting the creative process.
Help develop your natural artistic voice.

I will be using Procreate on an iPad, with an Apple Pencil however you can use:

Your favorite illustration app (Adobe Fresco or Photoshop, Affinity Designer or Photo, etc) on either the iPad or the desktop.
A pressure sensitive stylus like an Apple Pencil or Wacom Pen. While you could complete the class without one, being able to create variation in lines is beneficial in completing the three exercises.

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This class is for any artist, beginner through seasoned, who would like to explore several ways to create your own organic prompts.

Regardless of experience, scribble prompts can:

help open the creative gates and get your hand and brain moving,
provide you with one of a kind prompts that lead to unique forms and illustrations and,
make that blank screen feel less daunting by giving you permission to just start creating without expectation.
the process of developing Scribble Prompts is in it's self a flow, which can get a creative flow in motion.
it can be a mindfulness exercise.

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Thank you to everyone who has left a review for the class! Not only does it provide me with feedback, it also helps more students find, and decide if they want to take, the class.

Here are a few of the reviews so far.

You can find all of the reviews here, in the class.

Thank you, as well, to those who have shared your projects to the class. I have truly enjoyed seeing where you have taken your scribbles!

Here are a few of the awesome projects from the class. You can click the link underneath each image to see the full projects, as well as the rest in the class.

"Scribble Fun" by Marilyn Tomlinson

"Scribble/Intuitive Drawing Exercises to Unlock Creativity" by LeAnneAtArtSchool

"Whale of a Good Time" by Penny Aguilera

You can find the class here; I'll see you there!

I have a few ideas for classes in the works; the next one should be published some time in October. I'll share more details as we get closer to a publish date.

In the meantime...

If you have ideas for subjects you would like me to tackle (in drawing, digital art, painting, art theory and fundamentals, etc) I would love to hear from you!

Please let me know in the discussion below, or drop me an email at hello@smiggyink.com.

I want to build a channel that benefits my students as much as possible so your ideas will go a long way in achieving that!

As always, you can feel free to ask questions in class discussions, or here in the newsletter discussion, or again, drop me an email at the address above.

You can also find me on Instagram as well as YouTube, here at this link.

I welcome you to join the Creator Collage, a digital art community I co-founded with my wife, Tracey. It's a free, friendly, non-judgmental community for digital artists of all skill levels, in all applications, where you can ask questions, share your work, learn new tips and tricks and share your own.

You can find the community here; I look forward to seeing you there!

First and foremost, I would like to thank my wife, Tracey Capone, for all of her help in building this Skillshare channel, including acting as a sounding board for ideas.

If you haven't checked out her digital art classes yet, you can find them here on her Skillshare channel.

A huge thanks, to all of my students, for taking my classes, sharing projects, and/or leaving reviews. I am so grateful for your support, as I begin my Skillshare journey, and I look forward to seeing you in upcoming classes!

Joe Smigielski

Intuitive Artist, Degree in Art Ed

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