ART: Doodle. COLOR

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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. :)

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. :)