Express - Filling The Creative Well - Blog Series

 

Expression is at the foundation of our art, and we can find many different creative ways for that expression to be visible. Let go of the idea that it has to take a specific form or be what 'others normally do'. It is coming from you, and it doesn’t have to be pretty. It just needs to be your truth.

Let go of polish and focus on truth-telling through color, line, and texture. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it is a practice that you commit to.

What are you holding right now, it could be emotionally, mentally, spiritually? Pour it onto the page this is not a performance it is for you. Let the work be raw, real, and uncensored.

What you can Try 

• Make a page that expresses a strong emotion or truth you’re carrying today

• Use color to represent mood, create marks, writing, or found words.

• This is your space to show visually how you feel to vent or celebrate. Cry on the page, laugh, sing or whisper.

Expression is not about art that’s understood, it is about art that feels.

Takeaway Nuggets:

1. Expression is healing even when it’s messy.
2. Your page can hold what your words cannot voice.

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Check out some of the free and paid resources below to enhance your creative journey 

Course Platform - there are a variety of FREE courses and resources for you to use in your creative practice.

FREE Tier - Patreon - I have a Free Tier on Patreon that has a selection of early release posts and monthly Digital Download Papers for you to use in your creative projects - Learn More Here

YouTube - Weekly Videos to encourage your creative practice, Slow stitching, art journaling and Artists chats - Learn More Here

Check out Filling the Creative Well which helps you establish your creative practice. In the course Filling the Creative Well, your journal is also a place to answer questions, encourage and motivate you, some days you need a reminder and so filling it with encouraging words so that you can come back to it, especially in those days where you are in a valley is really important. .

Wild and Free - Filling the Creative Well - Blog Series

 

I used to worry a lot about what 'they' would think about my work and me if I posted. I started to ask myself who the 'they' were that I allowed to take up real-estate in my mind for FREE. I tried to put a face to the 'they' - all those who had negative things to say, or who I imagined would have something to criticize me for and I decided to untether myself.

Consider what it would be like if you threw off the rules, expectations, and perfectionism, and let go of all those negative thoughts that only delay you.

Let yourself create with childlike joy and abandon.  We can hold ourselves in such ridged constraints worrying about what the others might think.

What you can try

• Put on music and move while you create. Draw with your eyes closed. Your creative practice doesn’t have to be tidy it just has to be true and come from you.

• Create a page that’s loose, bold, and unfiltered. Let your instinct lead.

• Create on the wild side and tap into your intuition. It lets your hands speak before your mind interrupts. You can also rediscover the part of you that just wants to feel good creating.

Whatever you make today, let it be untamed. Wild lines. Loud color. Bold movement. Nothing is too much.

Takeaway Nuggets:

• Wildness invites joy and surprise.

• Freedom is where the real magic begins.

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Check out some of the free and paid resources below to enhance your creative journey 

Course Platform - there are a variety of FREE courses and resources for you to use in your creative practice.

FREE Tier - Patreon - I have a Free Tier on Patreon that has a selection of early release posts and monthly Digital Download Papers for you to use in your creative projects - Learn More Here

YouTube - Weekly Videos to encourage your creative practice, Slow stitching, art journaling and Artists chats - Learn More Here

Check out Filling the Creative Well which helps you establish your creative practice. In the course Filling the Creative Well, your journal is also a place to answer questions, encourage and motivate you, some days you need a reminder and so filling it with encouraging words so that you can come back to it, especially in those days where you are in a valley is really important. .

Visual Voice - Filling the Creative Well - Blog Series

 

Your creative voice is already with you it lives in your color choices, the lines and patterns you repeat, the shapes you love. You don’t have to “find” your voice, you just have to notice it and allow it to be express. 

 

Today is about tuning into our creative voice.  Look through your past work and think about what patterns emerge.  What symbols, colors, or subjects come up time and time again?  Your visual language might be soft, abstract, intricate, or bold and interchangeable. All of it is valid.

 

What can you Try

• Create a visual self-portrait using colors, symbols, or textures that feel like “you.”
• Create a piece using materials that bring you joy.
• Draw or collage with your favorite colors.
• Let your hand make the marks it wants to make, your not trying to impress anyone, it is all about expression.

Takeaway Nuggets:

1. Your creative voice is already inside you start to pay attention.
2. Expression over imitation leads to authentic work.

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Check out some of the free and paid resources below to enhance your creative journey 

Course Platform - there are a variety of FREE courses and resources for you to use in your creative practice.

FREE Tier - Patreon - I have a Free Tier on Patreon that has a selection of early release posts and monthly Digital Download Papers for you to use in your creative projects - Learn More Here

YouTube - Weekly Videos to encourage your creative practice, Slow stitching, art journaling and Artists chats - Learn More Here

Check out Filling the Creative Well which helps you establish your creative practice. In the course Filling the Creative Well, your journal is also a place to answer questions, encourage and motivate you, some days you need a reminder and so filling it with encouraging words so that you can come back to it, especially in those days where you are in a valley is really important. .

Managing Waste for Creative - Projects Material Musings

In this week’s Material Musings, I share some of the ways of incorporating fabric into mixed-media artwork. I use natural fibers alongside paper clay to create 3D sculptures and share some of the figures like “Stilt Walker’s Treasure” and “And Still I Rise.” Alongside experimenting with a self-made fibrous pulp, 

I also use natural dyes (henna, avocado, tea), and techniques include wax resist, stenciling, and bead embellishments. 

It has become increasingly important for me to consider sustainable sourcing for my supplies, and I experiment with techniques and recycling materials either from my own supplies or thrift stores and also revisit unfinished projects for renewed inspiration.

Before You Go....

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