Artwork in Progress

Morning doodle. Creative sandbox playtime before getting down to work. Why do I play in the morning? Because it makes the rest of my day go better! If I get a little playtime in early, then more of my day goes better. 😊
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How can you get a little play into your day today?
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Sketchnote of How to Say No (When You Can’t Say No), a video by Michael Bungay Stanier, in support of his excellent book, The Coaching Habit.
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More sketchnotes from the video series from Michael Bungay Stanier’s webinars over at thecoachinghabit.com/videos. There’s a great worksheet with this video—so simple, but I’m such a visual person, the visual layout of four columns somehow makes the concept easier for me to wrap my head around. (You can see a little thumbnail sketch of the worksheet in the lower right hand side of my sketchnote.)
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These videos are such a great way to warm up my sketchnoting in the morning! I’ll need to find another supply of short webinars when I finish them!
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Sketchnotes from another video from boxofcrayons.com, diving into one of the concepts from The Coaching Habit, by Michael Bungay Stanier. I’m so enjoying sketchnoting these little webinars! Sketchnoting is my favorite way to reinforce my understanding of a concept. It’s so much more fun than just taking notes, and I remember the concepts about a jillion times better. 😊
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Morning doodle. Creative play makes the rest of the day go better, which is why my favorite time to do it is the morning. 😊
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I’ve been reading The Coaching Habit, by Michael Bungay Stanier of boxofcrayons.biz (highly recommended!), and throughout the book there are links to a page with these helpful videos that illustrate the concepts in a little more depth, or just from a slightly different perspective. This morning I did a little sketchnote of one of the videos, a short webinar called “How to Help Your Team Find Focus.” It was fun to flex those sketchnoting muscles again! Thanks, Michael, for a little bite-sized opportunity. 😊
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I just spent the last hour leading a Virtual Playday for my Creative Sandbox Community. First, I gessoed a couple of clipboards (which I use for games during my Creative Sandbox Retreats), and then in the last 15 minutes I made this doodle.
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Aaahhhh… such a gift to give ourselves creative sandbox playtime! And such an *essential* gift, because play not only boosts your mood, it also boosts willpower, which means it gives you more PATIENCE and FOCUS, so you’re better able to get all that “worky-work” done, without succumbing to distractions! 🖍
Creative play is not frivolous, it’s necessary. Don’t ever forget it! How are you going to feed yourself with some creative play today?
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Day 5: “fee”
Playing with different ways of drawing this concept. Still clumsy at hands, but working on it! .
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Abstract morning doodle. I’ve been having a string of insomniac nights. Last night I did not sleep much, and I feel pretty cruddy today. While creating this piece, I forgot how cruddy I felt. 😊
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Maybe I’ll get to take a nap later…
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More hands. Starting from the Day 2 prompt of “strength” from this month’s creative challenge inside the Creative Sandbox Community. Fists I’m starting to feel fairly comfortable with (just don’t look at the two in the upper left, okay?) but hands holding pens in writing positions? Gaahhh! It’s as if my eye cannot see those shapes! As if there’s nothing to hold onto. 🖍
I have not given up. I will try again tomorrow or the next day. I simply haven’t figured out the “formula” yet. Eventually I will get it, I’m sure, if I persist. 😊
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Morning doodle.
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Knot doodle critters. Playing in the creative sandbox. .
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