My Creativity Blog

Welcome back to My Creativity Blog! My goal in writing this blog is to inspire you! Let me know through comments or email how I’m doing. Thanks for visiting! ~TerryDesigning or creating the composition of your art work is very important in order to end up with a pleasing result. I have been painting for many [...]

Purple Orchid

Last week I wrote an article about using creativity prompts. If you missed the article you can click here to read it. Yesterday I decided to use the prompts I had written about. The prompts I mentioned were:
orchid
color – purple
texture – rough
emotion – childlike
principle of design – movement
I decided I wanted to do a fast and fun [...]

Creativity prompts get your imagination and creative juices going. Creativity prompts combine elements that you may have never thought about putting together before. Creativity prompts inspire you to create. There are many websites and blogs on the internet that give creativity prompts for writers, but I did not find much for artists.
What is a creativity [...]

Have you ever messed up a painting putting in a background? I have. I have ruined many paintings putting the background in last after spending hours or days working on the main subject.
What do I mean when I say “background”? I  mean the area behind the subject in a still life, a floral, or even a [...]

Today you have a chance to view the results of an online art show. The show is sponsored through Art For Homeschool. You may have seen the links to the blog on a widget or in the information about me. On Art For Homeschool I started an online art show for homeschool students.  I did [...]

I want to paint more often. When I don’t paint I get grouchy. I feel out of sorts. Another thing that happens is I have a problem getting back to painting if I stay away too long.
It is strange. Sometimes when I have time to paint, I don’t.  It is as if I have to [...]

“Observe Everything.

Communicate Well.
Draw, Draw, Draw.”

Frank Thomas

Thought:
Disney animator, Frank Thomas, gave the advice above to young animators.  I believe this is solid advice for anyone wanting to be an artist or wanting to perfect your craft.  In order to create, you have to understand. In order to understand, you have to observe.  In [...]