My dear friend Renee encouraged me to sign up for the "Inchie Challenge". This gal at Mindful Art Studio did a 12 day challenge to do "A little art every day". We were to get watercolor stuff, and cut out 2x2 inch little squares to paint on. She'd give us a daily word prompt and off we go!
I never got around to cutting 2x2 squares, but got some watercolor paper and halved them. She of course encourages you to do whatever you like. I am horrible at drawing/painting/crafts. I never inherited that talent from my mother. I do consider myself a creative person, but never had the knack to draw or paint. For some reason and the first time ever - I didn't care. Maybe it's because our world is burning around us and I was desperate for some joy and to share it? Well I did - and I shared my silly little drawings on Instagram every day.
I truly enjoyed doing it! I love how watercolor isn't even. It's kinda messy. I liked challenging myself to do it even though I'm terrible at it. I'm also very into "Prompts". Writing prompts, the Artists Way, Photo prompts, and now these little art prompts. I looked forward to them every day! I was actually also surprised that I even liked a few! I think this is the Universe telling me to have some sort of creative prompt all the time. Now I need to figure out what's next! I have been thinking about hunting down my Writers Book of Days book....
So here are all my days in the Inchie Challenge!
Day 1 - LIFT
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| 1st one - kinda cute? Get it...lift? LOL |
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| I thought I'd write a little for this one |
Day 3 - SHROUDED
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| Hmmmm....Shrouded hearts in clouds? |
Day 4 - STAMEN
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| Stamen? Um...I tried. I like my happy bee, but Luna bumped me while I was painting and it looks like he's barfing.... |
Day 5 - UNDER
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| I've always had a connection with trees. Figured under = roots = I can draw a tree! |
Day 6 - GALACTIC
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| This turned out to be a favorite! I had an idea, didn't like it, threw it away. Tried something else - my paper was curved due to the water but then the paint fell into a really cool spot and it turned out really neat! |
Day 7 - BRAIDED
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| This one taught me I cannot draw a braid. LOL. But I did enjoy drawing these lines. Terri mentioned "Tangled" is a type of drawing exercise and it's how a lot of Celtic Knots come about. I found this quite meditative. |
Day 8- DOTS
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| I didn't have a lot of time this day. I had an idea but didn't have the time to execute it. I did also find this meditative as well. May be fun to explore dot art |
Day 9 - DOORWAY
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| This one is terrible. LOL. This is a clear one to show I cannot draw for shit. My friend said it looks like a swimming pool. She's not wrong, Ha! So much for my Hobbit Door Idea.. |
Day 10 - CONTRAST
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| Really liked how this one came out! I was thinking Yin and Yang |
Day 11 - THREE
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| This one turned into something I wasn't expecting to love so much. How damn cute are they!? |
Day 12 - CHECKERED
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| Our last day fell on Valentine's Day! |
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| Wanted to display my little challenge! |
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