“Creative people make more use of their mental raw material and practice less intellectual regulation.” So says this blog.
A lot of attention is put into how to create great ideas. But what about the dumb ones? Today’s challenge is to draw something inspired by the phrase
“Well that was a dumb idea.”
Yup. And if your drawing doesn’t go well you can blame me, because it was my unfortunate idea that we do a drawing about dumb ideas, and I have no idea what I’m going to draw.
Bump Hunting – A figure drawing technique in which an artist not well versed in anatomy compensates by looking for subtle bumps in the model’s contours. These bumps can be slightly …
Sundays are observational drawing day in our 30 day creative challenge. We’re almost done with the month! Seeing things from various points of view is a great way to feed …
Among his monotype and pastel works, Degas did a series featuring a young model bathing in private interior scenes, many with the light coming in from a window. The …
Day 24 of our 30 Day January Challenge was Pathways to the Rectangle. Pathways are directional marks and shapes for our eyes to follow across a drawing or painting. They …
Dumb Ideas
“Creative people make more use of their mental raw material and practice less intellectual regulation.” So says this blog.
A lot of attention is put into how to create great ideas. But what about the dumb ones? Today’s challenge is to draw something inspired by the phrase
“Well that was a dumb idea.”
Yup. And if your drawing doesn’t go well you can blame me, because it was my unfortunate idea that we do a drawing about dumb ideas, and I have no idea what I’m going to draw.
Cheers
Ruthie
Related Posts
V-cabulary: Bump Hunting
Bump Hunting – A figure drawing technique in which an artist not well versed in anatomy compensates by looking for subtle bumps in the model’s contours. These bumps can be slightly …
30SAL Challenge: 5 Views
Sundays are observational drawing day in our 30 day creative challenge. We’re almost done with the month! Seeing things from various points of view is a great way to feed …
Hopper’s Influences in Printmaking
Among his monotype and pastel works, Degas did a series featuring a young model bathing in private interior scenes, many with the light coming in from a window. The …
30SAL Faves: Pathways to the Rectangle
Day 24 of our 30 Day January Challenge was Pathways to the Rectangle. Pathways are directional marks and shapes for our eyes to follow across a drawing or painting. They …