Are you feeling in need of some inspiration and would like to get your creative practice back on track? Perhaps you want to try a new creative endeavour, but just don’t know where to begin? So what do I do when I feel the need to be inspired and I’m out of balance in my creative life? In today’s post I’m going to share some of the things I enjoy doing to get back into my creative space.
Creative Workshops
My favourite way to engage in some new ideas and find a community of like minded creatives, is to join a workshop. You can usually find one happening in your local area, or you can join one online. The benefit of an online workshop is that you don’t have to travel, or even leave your home. There is often some flexibility to the timing as well, so you can work it around your normal daily schedule. Workshops are hands on, so they get you drawing right away. They also provide community, such as in a private group forum, where you can share your creative struggles, get feedback from fellow participants and encourage each other along the way.
I will be sharing my mandala process drawings throughout this post to hopefully inspire you to get drawing.
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Creative Tutorials
Sometimes you are looking for just a quick boost of inspiration. This is where tutorials shine. They offer quick, bite sized info to get you moving on a new idea. Great sources for these are Youtube and Pinterest. Many creative bloggers offer step by step methods through pictures or PDF printouts on their blogs, which is perfect if you like to have the steps in front of you as you work. Instagram may not specifically have tutorials, but it does have inspiring video clips and how to pics that can be a great boost to your creative ideas.
If you would like to try a tutorial on drawing either with pencil and paper or on the iPad
give my YouTube Channel a look for some creative how to’s.
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CREATIVE WORKBOOKS
What if you already have the inspiration and but need some help developing and practicing it. This is when you may find a workbook to be useful. Workbooks are usually full of worksheets on step by step instructions, exercises, drills and examples. They are a great form of inspiration that gets your pencil moving.
My Simple Flower Workbook has over 100 pages of fun filled worksheets
and step by step exercises that will help you improve your drawing practice.
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CREATIVE CLASSES
Finally, if you want to immerse yourself into a new creative process, or you are looking to brush up on a technique, you may want to enroll in a class. Creative Classes are popping up everywhere these days, both locally and online. A local class can give you an evening out with friends, both old and new. Even more popular these days is the online class. The benefit of an online class is you can work through them at your own pace, and on a schedule that works best for you. Classes are a great way to share in the creative energy of other like minded people.
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If an online class sounds like something you’d like,
then check out my catalogue of online drawing and iPad classes
You can choose from pen and ink illustration, mandalas, iPad art and more.
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Feeling Inspired?
Now you have some great ideas on how to get yourself inspired. What works best for you? What would you like to try first?
Let me know how your creative practice is going. I would love to hear any ideas that have helped you over the hurdle and back into a creative drawing practice, whether in you sketchbook or on your iPad.
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Thanks for joining me and getting creative.
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
