Made By Humans
As a knitter, I sometimes chart patterns on graph paper, but I thought it might be fun to draw on grid paper without having a knitting project in mind. Drawing on girds makes everything square, of course. It’s kind of fun to try to draw a circle. I’ve done a hundred hearts on graph paper, […]
The Iron Craft challenge for this week was to make something incorporating local history or otherwise inspired by the place we live (or somewhere we used to live, but Fayetteville is the only place I remember living, other than for summer internships). If you’re from Arkansas or know anything about Arkansas or SEC sports, you […]
Whenever I’m stumped for ideas, I like to play with fonts and writing in different ways. A while back I did a post with writing your name in different ways, and today I decided to play with my initials. How to Make a Monogram Traditionally monograms are a graphic representation of your initials, with the […]
Today, the last day of spring break, I am finally getting my wish of the girl creating and playing in my office while I work. And naturally, I had no inspiration for today’s craft challenge. Some days are like that. It’s been a very long week with very little alone time, which I really need […]
I had really high hopes for this week being a test of how well I could work with the girl at home. I cleared off most of a shelf in my office and filled it with lots of different activities: books, puzzles, projects and fun stuff to try. My idea was that she would want […]
Once I was reviewing a book about doodling and one of the prompts I tried was drawing a tree doodle with dots. It was a fun way to think about a drawing because it’s not quite the same as drawing with lines. I feel like you have to think a bit more about where your […]
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 I’m an About.com writer, I […]