How to be creative. “Art is theft” “Good artists copy, great artists steal” – Picasso. In art school we had a professor that said something like this: If you use one idea from someone else it is a copy, if you use three ideas from different artists and put them together your work becomes original.… Read More
Sometimes I have to save my ideas, that I don’t have time for. By recording them somewhere safe, you know that you have them for a “rainy day” (we get lots and lots of rainy days in Norway). Create a secret store of creativity. No idea is a bad idea. Maybe it won’t work for one project, but it might be… Read More
Photo: Jeanette Nilssen CREATIVITY TIP OF THE WEEK- How to get focused. Sometimes we find we have no ideas, and other times we find that we have too many. And having too many can be just as much of a problem as not having any at all. In this article I will talk about why it is important to select a few good ideas at a time. Focusing… Read More
DIY- Mini magic Creativity cards CREATIVITY TIP OF THE WEEK – Give your Creativity an Art Energy Snack. Imagine kneeling beside a mountain stream and cuping your hands to drink the fresh, cold, clear water, standing under a waterfall or plunging into a pool or lake. Any one of these will make you feel wonderful. My… Read More
Do something different and have some fun at the same time. One of the things that can stop you being creative is being afraid to make mistakes. Another is not knowing how to break outside the usual things you do. You can often set rules for yourself that are smothering your creativity and you don’t even know it.… Read More
Summer is here and I am cold and bored, it is the coldest summer in 70 years! I feel like doing nothing and now my sketchbook is rather neglected… this is all that I have done in a week. YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BLOG AND RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS OF NEW POSTS BY EMAIL, OR FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM OR TWITTER. Share the magic of… Read More
Creativity block? Where’s my creativity gone? How I stay creative I have always been creative and always wanted to do work that is related to art and design, but sometimes I suffer from the dreaded creative block. It happens to all artists, everything is going well, it is fun it is great, you are floating and you forget to… Read More
