Artwork in Progress

A little abstract doodle on an index card to start the day.
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Illustration to accompany today’s LinkedIn post about how just 10 minutes of meditation has been proven to boost creativity. 🖍
LinkedIn doesn’t actually “like” images. My posts there would likely perform better without them. But I’m a graphic facilitator (among other things 😉). It makes sense for me to include drawings with my posts. Occasionally I don’t, mostly to see what will happen with my stats. But I almost always include an image, because it’s who I am. I draw. It would be weird for my feed to be image-less.
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Not everything is about stats. The choices we make have to make sense for US, not just for algorithms.
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Drawer – #decemberdrawingchallenge
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After a lifetime of lamenting my inability to draw a straight line, I am finally embracing this perceived weakness as a strength. I LIKE the way my wonky lines give my objects character. My wonky lines are what make my drawings ME, instead of human photocopies (how boring would THAT be?)
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Embrace your wonkiness! It’s what makes you, you! ❤️
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Morning doodle. Letting my inner 4-year-old inhabit the tip of my pen. I love this form of #meditation — #doodlemeditation 😁 Pure exploration and #play in the #creativesandbox .
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How to draw a candle in 3 steps. Plus a row of flickering candles below. 😊
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I used to lament the fact that I have a hard time drawing things really symmetrically, and duplicating things perfectly. (Okay, sometimes I still do. 😂) But here it’s a bonus! I slightly exaggerate my flames’ difference from one another and they look like they’re flickering. 😊
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If my drawings were more “perfect,” it would also make them more intimidating to new learners. My goal is to get everyone to pick up a pen, so for that, my “weakness” is actually a strength. 💪😊
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Our perceived weaknesses are often strengths when put in the right context. 🖍
What’s something in your life you’ve always seen as a weakness? Is there a context in which it might be a strength?
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“Catch” .
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Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁 Here’s a 6-step tutorial for how to draw a roast turkey. Enjoy! 😊
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Playing in the creative sandbox. 😊
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Here in the creative sandbox it’s not about impressing anyone, or making money, or winning awards, or getting “likes.” It’s about exploring and playing. It’s about letting my inner 4-year-old inhabit the tip of my pen and giving her free rein to do whatever the &$@# she wants! It doesn’t even matter if I LIKE it! All that matters is that I’m having fun! 🖍
I used to look at these weird things that would come out of my own and think, “What the #*^>$??? That’s so *ugly*!” Sometimes I still think that. But even on those days I remind myself of my visits to MoMA, when I’ve looked at artworks I’ve found hideous! 😂 Some curator found them beautiful/worthy enough to pay 💰 💰 💰!!! 🖍
It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Someone else might look at my work, which I think is ugly/crap, and find it beautiful (and indeed, that’s happened many times!) This has helped me to see my work through more neutral lenses. 😊
Now I enjoy my weird marks! I find such delight in them! I cheer my inner 4-year-old on! We have a lot more fun together, which is how it should be.
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Do you cheer your inner 4-year-old on when she does her thing?
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“Tall” .
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It’s been awhile since I’ve done an abstract doodle. It felt SO GOOD to play in the #creativesandbox this morning! 😊 Happy weekend!
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Super-simple stick-figure deer! 😊 🦌
Sometimes it’s fun to challenge yourself to copy something in real life as naturalistically as possible. And sometimes it’s fun to challenge yourself to draw something as *simply* as possible. How few lines can you use to communicate the idea of “deer”? If you were trying to communicate with someone who spoke a different language, and you only had 20 seconds, how would you get your point across with a paper and pen? 🖍
That’s the kind of drawing I’m practicing most these days: #visualcommunication It’s a different way of thinking about drawing. Super-fun and creative, but way less fraught with the kinds of perfectionist traps I used to find myself caught in as a “fine artist.” 🖍
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