Inspire Me Thursday: Senseless Art
Oops. I have had this done for a few days, but I forgot to post it. Too much on my mind this week, I suppose.
So the challenge this week at Inspire Me Thursday was senseless art. A challenge indeed. The biggest obstacles I have when creating art is my pesky inner critic and getting distracted by email, laundry, bills. So I made a conscience effort to block all that out.
I got out my journal, closed my eyes and grabbed two tubes of paint for the background color — lime green and light blue. Eek, nice choice, Mel. Next I closed my eyes and did a quick sketch. Opened eyes, gasped, and added some lines and erased a few others. Hush, inner critic, hush. Then I added some color with artist’s crayons. Stamped a few images. I covered my eyes and randomly pulled a quote from my collection:
Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.
Wow, could it be any more appropriate to this challenge?!? I typed it up and added it to the page. Declared it done before I could convince myself otherwise.
I find it interesting that I worked fast to create this page. Faster than I normally work. I guess I was trying to outrun my inner critic!
March 19th, 2006 at 10:00 am
outrunning the critic worked for you! This page is gorgeous - both your illustration and the colors as well. lovely!
March 19th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
i love this…
the colors
turned out wonderful…
so bright and spring-like…
and the quote?
pretty cool how it fit right in
:)
March 19th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
I just found your site and your pages are so inspiring. Thank you for sharing!
March 20th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
the way you described your process made it sound so easy but i seriously doubt i would get the same beautiful results.
March 20th, 2006 at 4:33 pm
I’m impressed with your approach to senseless - keep the innder critic tied up with string!
March 21st, 2006 at 1:12 pm
What talent! Your drawings are fantastic! I could not do something like that with my glasses on, focusing fully 100%….let alone with my eyes closed!
Keep up the excellent work! Inner critic is a real “pita”……go away!
March 21st, 2006 at 2:44 pm
I think that this is my favorite of yours–the colors are gorgeous and the drawing is so pretty. Continue to boot that critic out of the car and continue on your liberating ride!
March 21st, 2006 at 11:35 pm
outrunning the inner critic…yes, i get this one. love the image it evokes.
i am drawn to the colors of this one and i love that you are creating in your journal like this.
thank you for all of the inspiration my dear. i feel rejuvinated after a long day when i read your words and see your creations.
March 24th, 2006 at 9:33 am
Reading about your process of “outrunning your inner critic” was so facinating. Your page turned out beautifully–and that quote, man, you always have the BEST quotes! Love it!
March 26th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
i love how you mentioned ‘outrunning your inner critic’ - you just picked up on what you were doing, now that’s growth! turned out beautiful too.
March 27th, 2006 at 10:58 am
That inner critic is on roller skates. Congratulations for silencing it for seconds at a time. That’s all you need to create masterpiece. I love the quote - I will adopt it today. There - it’s mine. I really love your art!
March 30th, 2006 at 11:15 am
Beautiful as always. I loved the color and mood in this.
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