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15 contributions to Painting for Drawing Dropouts
🧬 No “creative” DNA?
Being “artistic” is NOT something you’re born with. I used to think creative people were just built differently. At one point, I even decided left-handed people had some secret artistic advantage… and I had been dealt the wrong hand. Literally 😂. I am VERY right-handed. 🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬 🧬 🧬 I have OCD traits 🧬 I like structure 🧬 I like organization 🧬 My house is usually neat and clean 🧬 I don’t wear mismatched clothes 🧬 Not exactly the artist stereotype 🧬 🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬 And yet… my paintings for thousands of dollars. What changed? I stopped trying to “be creative” and built a process that actually works for my brain. Step-by-step. Repeatable. Predictable. More like following a recipe than waiting for a magical unicorn to smack me with inspiration. What do you think? Do you believe you were born creative? Lets discuss this.
🧬 No “creative” DNA?
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I think on my feet and I have ideas rolling through my head at warp speed. It’s finding the ovaries to materialize those brilliant ideas that stalls my progress.
A Smooth Sunday Check-in
Look around you right now while you read this. Observe your space with intention. Find something calm, peaceful or beautiful. Not a masterpiece Not a setup shot just your real life 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 Your coffee cup 🫟 your kitchen 🫟 your couch 🫟 your pup 🫟 your messy table 😆 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 This is where art actually starts not perfection…. Reality just… seeing what’s in front of you Drop a pic or describe your Sunday view👇🏻
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@Janice Peterson I’m in love with your day.
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@Michelle Cyr my friend, and I went to pottery painting place. We each painted each other’s cup, that’s what he did for me and I love it.
Armchair QB of yesterday's class
Several of you showed up for the first class of painting Hometown Dreams @Kate Bullock original image. I appreciate that more than you know. I'm going to be upfront- 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 🎯 I WILL DO BETTER! 🎯 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 We are moving to Zoom - I tested Skool with optimism but it just didn't deliver the quality I expect for you. 😵‍💫 I was so flustered 👩‍💻👩‍💻 tech didn't cooperate ⏺️⏺️⏺️ I forgot to hit the Record Not happening again. ❓❓❓ But the questions and input were great! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑. The interaction was fabulous! 👍🏻 The value was there. I’ve already added a few things to the classroom today: updates for Canadian students on mineral spirits and I’ll be adding lighting (can’t believe I skipped that 😆) 🎯 We’re building this together ⏰⏰ in real time 💬💬💬 I want your feedback. What could I make better for you? What worked and what didn’t? I am asking for full open and honest. No need to be sugary.
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@Michelle Cyr
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@Michelle Cyr nothing was leaking out of that box. You did a splendid job!
What is your art story?
I’m really interested, what brought you here? Why do you want to create? 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 Creating isn’t just about making something beautiful. 🫟 It’s about what it does FOR you’re mind and soul 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 Some of you I know why. @Thomas Richards uses art to escape from the pain in his body. My friend Betty creates to calm the PTSD after being in an abusive marriage for 67 years. And me? I use art to create intimacy with other people and create and share bonds. If you don’t know you’re “why”, that is totally ok too. Read the others and get to know your fellow community members. The benefits of creating - no matter what you create - goes way beyond the actual brush strokes on the painting surface. Happy Sunday.
What is your art story?
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@Michelle Cyr both. Watching the picture form is half the fun. My Mom was a beautiful artist. She played a game with me when I was a kid. She gave me a pencil and told me to draw anything I liked using circles and lines, but I COULDN’T lift the pencil off the page. After I scribbled around, she would complete the picture. It was always a recognizable picture, I would watch in amazement as she created beauty from what I considered a mess. I taught my first mistake this game, he was a talented cartoonist. His pictures were great in a comedic way and we would laugh until we cried. It’s a great game and I miss playing it.
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@Michelle Cyr try it. Have someone draw a continuous random circle/line design and then see what you see. It is similar to what you described. Instead of filling in the voided center, expand the picture in your imagination and expand on it.
Off on an adventure.
Leaving this am to see my sisters @Gretchen Cyr and Tanya. I hope the bluebonnets are out. See yall later or tomorrow!
Off on an adventure.
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@Michelle Cyr Dad didn't complete lose his foot. Australian doctors wanted to take it, but Mom wouldn't sign the papers. So, they sanded down what was left of his ankle to keep it, but it locked his foot in place without any movement. Dad had a permanent limp and walked on the inside of what was left of the foot. It was better than the alternative, but he could no longer shift a bike. The same bike he wrecked on is what fell on me as a kid when I was 3. I still have a visible scan left on my thigh, the ones on my foot and leg have all faded. Let's say Australia had weird ways of fixing people back then. They butterflied me instead of stitching the wound that ran from my foot to the top on my thigh. I do like that I was butterflied, it does fit me perfectly. 😊 Dad went to hobby racing after that. He did derby cars and 1/4-mile racing with street cars and rails. He continued his trade of mechanics and he designed a few bikes. He designed a chopper for the Hulk, Lou Ferigno in the 70's. It was green and he called it the Mean Green Machine or something like that. My brothers still race cars and unfortunately, I let a boy stop me from getting in a rail when I was 17. Short story, I should have grown a bigger set of ovaries and just did it, but it is what it is. lol
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@Michelle Cyr not close anymore. Be careful what you ask for…. lol.
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