Seeing Like an Artist: Edges and Space
Do you ever get frustrated when you're trying to draw something you're looking at, and just can't get the shapes to look right? ... Humans have instinctively viewed the world as positive and negative space. ... Drawing is easier when you know how to use positive and negative space. Free Craft Project: How to Make a Summer Pebble Art Beach Scene
A delightfully fun project for rock crafters! Dabble with Art, and Discover the Hidden Gifts from Within
Pencil to paper, I did not know where to begin. I thought more about what to attempt to put on this blank sheet of paper staring at me. Slow Looking: Meditation/Eyes Open —by Peter Clothier
The simple experience of opening the eyes can be, well... eye-opening. Excerpted from chapter 9 of Slow Looking: The Art of Looking at Art. Slow Looking: Meditation/Eyes Open (Page 2) —by Peter Clothier The Anxiety Of Performing
A leading creativity coach Eric Maisel discusses "performing" as a classic anxiety producer. It consists of a great many different fears: the fear of being seen as flawed, the fear of criticism, the fear of disappointing people, the fear of being in power, the fear of embarrassment and humiliation, the fear of imperfection, the fear of loss of control, and even more dramatic fears like the fear of loss of love and approval and the fear of annihilation. The better a job you do of detaching from outcomes, getting a grip on your negative thoughts, and approaching life philosophically, the more likely it will be that you will be able to perform.