Hello, Week 2!
Today, I want to start with a simple prompt to get your creativity flowing:
pick up a pencil and doodle with us. Jump below for more …
Week 2:Dog Doodles:
(#willowdaydoodles)
I feel like I’m moving on and into 2016 without a proper hello or review of
2015 but, I feel so focused and enthused about the year ahead and meeting
you with new ways to inject everyday inspiration, creativity and travel that
I’m hoping you’re ready to leap forward with us!
As the year starts, I really want to listen to and respond to what I hear
you are asking for. I read and try to respond to all of your email, mails
and comments on Instagram and Facebook and one area that I’ve had a lot of
response to is family creating. I love creating family projects with simple
materials.
If you follow us on Instagram, I’ve posted a few family projects if
you’re looking for more family or group inspiration(here|here|here),too.
And, if you do this project, I’d love to see your work.
Just use the hashtag: #willowdaydoodles to share.
Let’s get Started:
Materials:
All you need is paper and something to draw with.
1. Pick up a pencil and find paper.
2. Draw dogs.
(Alternative: Pick one animal. I choose dogs, but you don’t have to.
Make that animal the theme, if you don’t want dogs.)
Have fun.These are just simple line drawings. There is no right or wrong
way to draw your version of a dog. Just draw! Doodling is about staying
loose. It should be started and finished quickly and spontaneously and
can lead to a study that could become a later, dog portrait or drawing
(like these,
here)
Thoughts on art supplies:
I feel like you already know what you like, but, then, again, meet
people who would like to know more and I’m so pleased to share what I
like.
So: for drawing:
– No 2 Drawing Pencils
– Stabilo Markers for their fine tips.
– Crayola Markers which come is such great colours.
We don’t have these yet in Sweden, but, I always, pick up a pack when
we’re visiting the US.
In terms of paper, I like drawing pads both for the small ritual of
assigning a use of these for the task along with the more optimal
fiber content that usually leads to better line quality and less
bleeding. That being said, if you don’t have a drawing pad, you can
doodle on anything: computer paper and backs of envelopes. (In fact,
decorating envelopes with doodles is one of my favorite things to do
and you could turn this doodle project into an envelope decorating
project, like
these.)
Family or Group Creating:
This can be done at any age, but, as a mother, meet so many people
who feel that they have no time to be creative with their kids or
don’t know what to do. My best advise is to not over think this or
over complicate projects.
All three of our kids have very heavy academic and extracurricular
actitives so projects that work are simple ones with very few
materials. It can be fun to make larger projects but, for me, in a
house of boys who’s choose shooting a baseball over an afternoon
of painting and our daughter, often, singing so I’d love to share
projects that actually work and ones where we’d had fun.
I don’t wait for the kids to ask me, but, instead set this up as
an invitation that I organise and present. Applying the same
concept of good eating, “I prefer to lead the kids to broccoli in
form of interesting recipes andpresentation, rather than forcing a food;” the same applies to art.
This past weekend, all I had to do was to bring out the pens,
paper and ask everyone in the house to “draw me a dog.” They drew
and drew and could leave and pick up all weekend. We have so many
great drawings that I’m now thinking of different ways we can use
these (Like thePet Gallery Wall, (here)that I’ve mentioned earlier or asPersonalized Envelopes. (here)or simply just because.Just because is enough.
