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Draw Using Online Tutorials {Craft Challenge, Day 81}

Sarah White March 21, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

I have consistently been lamenting my inability to draw even the most basic things, but I’m always seeing simple (or simple looking, anyway) drawing tutorials on Pinterest and elsewhere. So I thought today I would try to draw using online tutorials and see what happens. Finding Online Drawing Tutorials Because …

Outline a Shape with Designs {Craft Challenge, Day 79}

Sarah White March 19, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

I’m relatively certain there’s a fancy artsy name for what I’m doing in this challenge. Maybe a negative space drawing or something like that. The idea is that you have a shape, which you can draw, cut out and tape down, whatever, then you outline a shape with designs, so …

Cut Up Old Art {Craft Challenge, Day 78)

Sarah White March 18, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

Sometimes it is fun to use old art in a different way, to look at it in a different way. Today’s challenge asks you to cut up old art and put it back together in a different way, lots of ways, or not at all to see what happens. Playing …

Draw with Multiple Tools at Once {Craft Challenge, Day 77}

Sarah White March 17, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

Here’s a quick and easy creative challenge you can do wherever you are with whatever tools you have on hand: markers, colored pencils, crayons, pens, sidewalk chalk, paintbrushes loaded with paint, whatever. Hold two or three or more such items in one hand and try to draw with multiple tools …

Draw with Your Eyes Closed {Craft Challenge, Day 76}

Sarah White March 16, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

There are lots of little drawing activities you can try to give yourself a little creative boost through the day. One of them, which is another great mind-bending challenge, is to draw with your eyes closed. You can doodle or scribble or actually try to draw something that looks like …

Cut Paper to Put Over a Painting {Craft Challenge, Day 73}

Sarah White March 13, 2016 Painting / Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

Today’s challenge was inspired in part by the paper cutting book I was reading and in part by a super simple Valentine’s card I once made with a drawing of the girl’s. It’s easy to cut paper in simple shapes — or even not-so-simple shapes — and use the cutout …

Draw with Both Hands at the Same Time {Craft Challenge, Day 72}

Sarah White March 12, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

Way back on day 3 I posted an idea for drawing with your non-dominant hand. I have also seen projects where people draw with both hands at the same time, presumably producing something sort of like a mirror image. In my case, huge emphasis on “sort of.” This is a …