WRITE - the tree

Okay - here is another WRITE prompt. You were walking through what you thought was an empty forest when you came upon this. Do you go in? Does someone come out? Why is it there? Why are YOU there? Write a poem, paragraph, or story about this. Share it here or on our FACEBOOK PAGE! :)

Read - 100 Best Novels

How's everyone doing on their reading?  I finished the Uglies series (Uglies, Pretties, and Specials). It was fine - not the best I have ever read, but decent. I'd give it 3 stars out of 5. Maybe I am too far removed from being a teenager to relate to it (although I did enjoy other teen-centric dystopian novels such as The Hunger Games...).


I was checking out this link:http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/ and I thought it might inspire us to look at classics, or at the very least see which ones we've already read and maybe be inspired to read more! (also be sure to click on the Radcliffe's list too: http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/radcliffes-rival-100-best-novels-list/ 


A few that I want to read:
Catcher in the Rye
1984
Catch-22
Atlas Shrugged (actually tried to read this once and never was able to finish it)


And some that I have read and can recommend highly:
Lord of the Flies
The Fountainhead
To Kill a Mockingbird
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Fahrenheit 451
Watership Down


How about you guys? Any thoughts? Post in the comments here or on our FACEBOOK GROUP.

ART: Doodle. COLOR

source: Pinterest

Let's take the doodle a step further this week and turn it into an ART challenge! Go get yourself a box of crayons and create a doodled "landscape" with ground and sky using just lines of color. Make sure the "ground" is distinctive from the sky. 

In this example, the ground and sky are two color temperatures: Cool and Warm. 

Cool colors include: blue, purple, green, and everything in between. 

Warm colors include: red, orange, and yellow, and every variation thereof. 

You can choose a single color family or just go for it. It doesn't have to be huge either! Feel free to do this on a post-it note. But definitely try it! And post your results here or on our Facebook Page!! :)

Art. DOODLE :)

image from http://www.needlenthread.com/2007/05/doodle-embroidery-designs-would-they.html

I want to challenge you guys this week to DOODLE on something! Paper, scrap, whatever. Especially do it while you are on the phone with someone. If you are uncomfortable doing this, or don't know where to start, try one of these exercises:

Create a BORDER. On whatever paper you are using, start with a line. Or dots. Or squares. Or stars. Just some kind of border. Add some curves, or squiggles, or more dots. Don't worry about the art of it. Just make shapes.

Start with a big square and draw a line through it anywhere. Then do it again. And then start connecting lines... soon you will have this tangram-ish looking shape that is pretty cool. Color them in all differently (if you have colors)... otherwise put a different pattern in each section (lines, dots, stars, checkerboard, squares, circles, flowers, etc...)

Start with a person's name, which might be written on the paper already. Embellish it. Make the vertical lines extra thick... fill in all the circles. Draw a bubble outline around all the letters... then draw a bubble outline around that one. And another one around that one. Then go back and fill n the bubbles with different colors or shapes or designs.

Start with a star... make it a shooting star... or a really bright star... or something else! Outline it... add dots around it... put it in a box. Use your imagination!

This doesn't have to be fancy or artistic and it doesn't have to be something that takes you a long time. Just do it and DON'T think too much about it (hence the "be on the phone with someone" part). Trust me, it will be fun. 

PLEASE snap a picture of it and post your picture either here or on the FACEBOOK GROUP! We would love to see your doodle creations. :)

WRITE. The pathway...

Our WRITE inspiration today comes from this picture I pinned on Pinterest the other day. I love how Deidre (in our FACEBOOK GROUP) today posted about a journey and it immediately reminded me of this picture and how I think it would be wonderful if you share how it could inspire you to write something... be it a poem, a paragraph, a sentence, a thought, or something more. What does this image say to YOU??

Please take a moment to share how this has inspired you, either in the comments here or in our FACEBOOK GROUP! Come join in our discussion! <3

ART. Red.

Okay everyone! It's time for this week's ART challenge. I hope you are excited! 

What I want to do each week is give you a very open-ended challenge and allow you to use your creativity to come up with something that relates to it. This can be anything you want... you can draw, paint, photograph, write, build, design, sew, craft, crochet, or create something that is inspired by our challenge word. 

This week's ART challenge is RED. 

I can't wait to see what you come up with! Mine is here... this is at an outdoor market in barcelona. Mmmmm tomatoes :)

You can add a link to yours in the comments or visit our FACEBOOK GROUP. :)

MAKE. From scratch.

Thank you all so much for your participation in the FACEBOOK GROUP (click the link to join! We love new members!)! I hope you have been feeling creative! Please continue to share your READ and WRITE posts. Our next topic is MAKE. In MAKE, I want to challenge you to create something from scratch. Perhaps a recipe you have been wanting to try, a craft project, a crochet or knitting pattern, or something else! Whatever you want to MAKE this week, just share it with us! Next week the challenge will be more specific, but this week we can do anything :)


Share what you will MAKE (or what you have made) this week here, or in our FACEBOOK GROUP.
Can't wait to see what you do!