5 for 5 Self-Care Challenge: Draw or Paint

Dear Wonderful, Creative You:

I love all the challenges, but of class today's challenge is my favorite, because I want to encourage you lot to get in impact with you inner creative person.

Today is going to be a fun day. Nosotros've got some 5-minute fine art prompts for you to effort now, and then this night you tin can join theFinding Creative FreedomWebinar. We'll be doing a series of exercises designed to help you free up your creative energies and explore art playfully. No art experience is necessary.

Click on the link to sign up for the Finding Artistic Freedom webinar, tonight at eight:30 PM EST. If you've already RSVP'ed, there's no need to do it again. You can submit your questions ahead of time on the Google + issue page, or during the webinar.

[bctt tweet="The painting has a life of its own. I endeavor to let it come through. – Jackson Pollack"]

five Minute Art Exercises for Relaxation

Information technology might seem like there isn't much you lot can practise artistically in 5 minutes, simply in that location's actually quite a bit. Here's a few ideas:

Doodling Exercises:

1. Write a word or intention in the centre of the folio. Then scribble one continuous line effectually it. Proceed twisting and turning in and out, left and right. Only explore where the line might like to go.
2. Make a stone mandala, like the ones in this post.
3. Doodle on the complimentary printable meditative art grid in this post.

Drawing, Painting, Collage, and Sculpture Exercises:

1. Create a messy background for your fine art periodical or painting.
2. Depict your breath, as it's described at the lesser of this post.
3. Pick upward 2 -three natural materials and string and create something in v minutes.
4. Make art from office supplies. Use a hole punch, mail its of two unlike colors, mucilage, and paper to create a collage of circles.
5. Paint with tissue paper.
6. Draw a bloom mandala on small paper, perchance two×2.
7. Try one of the ideas on this mail service on starting an art journal

Want more great ideas on making the virtually of your creative time? Sign up for free my art journaling and inventiveness class, here:

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Art Journaling 101 Online – the intuitive guide to intuitive fine art journaling in a self-paced video grade with an online customs.

Starting Your Art Journal – the ultimate guide to starting an art journaling exercise at the most affordable price. Includes an online community.

Or talk to me about Creative Development Services, and run into how I can personally guide y'all through your creative challenges.

My Favorite Art Supplies:

Strathmore tan paged fine art journal

Gesso

Acrylic paints

Liquid acrylic paints

White gel pens

Pitt pens in black

Colored Sharpie Markers

Comment to Win!

(This contest is at present over, but you tin can however comment to share your ideas below!)

Remember, y'all've got to comment for your take a chance to win Starting Your Fine art Periodical or the portable fine art kit. What were you lot able to practice in five minutes? Were you surprised at what came out? Frustrated with the curt fourth dimension? Or did you allow yourself to take more fourth dimension?

For official rules and more information, click hither.

Creatively Yours,

Amy

Prototype credit for painted easily: Jean Schweitzer, 123RF.

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