Blog - Melissa Dinwiddie | Create the Impossible™ | Innovation Keynote Speaker & Consultant -

Snapshot from My Studio: September 12, 2017 at 07:07AM

What’s the difference between the artist and the “non-artist”? Only one thing, and it’s not talent. It’s PERMISSION. That internal sense of permission. Entitlement on the inside to play, to experiment, to make messes, to let loose and try things. That is the only difference between the artist and the “non-artist.” What’s stopping you? There is no wrong. […]

Snapshot from My Studio: September 11, 2017 at 08:23AM

Think you can’t draw? Drawing doesn’t have to be photographic realism! It doesn’t even have to be representational! Abstract doodling is drawing, anyone can do it, and it’s FUN! If you’ve ever scribbled patterns, lines, dots, ANYTHING on the back of an envelope, guess what–you were drawing! There’s no difference between that and making art. Hi! You’re an […]

Snapshot from My Studio: September 10, 2017 at 09:03AM

Another sneak peek at my finished piece from my upcoming #lifebook2017 lesson. #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #workinprogress #mixedmedia #creativesandboxway #creativesandbox #originalart #originalartwork #bookart #bookarts #bookartist

Snapshot from My Studio: September 10, 2017 at 09:00AM

Day 10 of #21doodledays is all about numbers / numerals, but I got absorbed in this piece of data that @dianebleck shared in this morning’s Periscope: we see in pictures 60,000 times faster than words! I haven’t verified the science, but I know from experience that it takes a lot less time to absorb the meaning of a […]

Snapshot from My Studio: September 09, 2017 at 06:48PM

Sneak peek of my #lifebook2017 lesson project. It comes out in November, but you can get this lesson, along with all the rest of the lessons in this amazing course (one for each week of the year, from over 20 different artist-teachers!!) at http://bit.ly/2d801C3 #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #mixedmedia #creativesandboxway #creativesandbox #originalart #originalartwork #art #bookart #bookarts

Snapshot from My Studio: September 09, 2017 at 08:45AM

Day 8 (yesterday) of the #21doodledays challenge. It’s free! It’s from @dianebleck of the #doodleinstitute, and if you haven’t checked it out already, go to http://bit.ly/2wRTzoO right now! Doodling is THINKING! And Diane is fabulous! I got to chat with her for the podcast yesterday–what a treat! That interview will go live next month. In the meantime, jump […]

Snapshot from My Studio: September 08, 2017 at 09:19AM

Friday morning doodle. #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #blackandwhite #pigmamicron

Snapshot from My Studio: September 07, 2017 at 09:21AM

Thursday morning doodle, listening to the #nerdist podcast with @neildegrassetyson. #hero #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #originalart #originalartwork #makeart #gogetcreating #pigmamicron #improvisation #abstractart

Snapshot from My Studio: September 07, 2017 at 08:06AM

From @dianebleck ‘s #sketchbookbasics inside the #doodleinstitute, the assignment was to doodle your top 5 values. The hardest part is narrowing down my top 5! So I had to qualify as my top 5 of the moment (a lady gets to change her mind, of course. ?) The other challenge is preventing my perfectionist gremlins from creeping in […]

Snapshot from My Studio: September 05, 2017 at 09:36AM

Tuesday morning doodle. #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron

Snapshot from My Studio: September 04, 2017 at 10:07AM

Labor Day morning doodle, while listening to @mikeganino talk about improv with @gbaldwin on #thespeakerlab podcast. Speaking my language, dude! ? #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron #blackandwhite

Snapshot from My Studio: September 03, 2017 at 09:41AM

Sunday morning doodle while listening to @amyclimer ‘s #DeliberateCreative podcast. Looking forward to having her on my #LiveCreativeNow podcast soon! ? #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron #blackandwhite

Snapshot from My Studio: September 02, 2017 at 09:42AM

Today’s #morningdoodle – playing around with logo design ideas for my new business direction! Didn’t know I had a new business direction? Yep. Living A Creative Life isn’t going anywhere, but meanwhile I’m launching a creative consultancy to help organizations build stronger, more creative teams, prepare for the unexpected, and out-imagine the competition, in seriously fun workshops that […]

Snapshot from My Studio: September 01, 2017 at 10:42AM

Morning doodle. #creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron #blackandwhite

Jackson Pollack Dog Poop and Right-Now Reality

We’re dog sitting. We do that a lot, because although we don’t have a dog ourselves, my parents do — a German Shepherd named Chloe — and that’s the arrangement we have with them: anytime they travel (which they do a lot, especially to visit their grandson, who lives on the other coast), Chloe comes to live with […]

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