Art Challenge - Finding Inspiration in Nature

Name: Art Challenge - Finding Inspiration in Nature
Rating: 4.0 (13 reviews)

New Ways to finally get inspired!

Created byMonja Wessel

Last updated 6/2023

English

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What you'll learn

... how to take on another perspective
... how to fully take on the new situation with all senses
... how to get inspired by colors, situations, a different smell or sound
... how to get inspired by telling stories - even if they are just for yourself
... how to get inspired by colors

Course content

3 sections • 10 lectures • 31m total length

Welcome!1:25
Material0:19

Let's take on another Perspective!3:30
Explore nature photography by adopting animal perspectives: duck and dog, to discover new inspiration, feel what they feel, and translate what you see into watercolor drawings.
Let's have a deeper Look2:41
Explore diverse flowers through close observation of shapes, textures, colors, and even scent, then draw from fresh perspectives—from top-down to abstract—and capture nature's variety.
Let's have a closer Look!1:47
Look closely at nature from a fresh perspective to discover raindrops, bark textures, and flower shapes, revealing hidden details. Ignite creativity through imaginative storytelling to inspire your drawing journey.
Let's look at something else!1:40
Explore non-plant natural subjects to create original nature-inspired art, using photos from your camera roll to capture wild landscapes, sea colors, and sea lions.
Let's zoom out!2:10
Zoom out to an aerial view of nature to reveal colors, shading, and shapes often mistaken for forests, inspiring you to look twice and draw from fresh impressions.
Let's focus on Shapes!10:58
Focus on shapes by reducing a beach photo to simple forms, then use Procreate to create a color palette and draw layered abstract shapes.
Let's get inspired by Colours!5:53
Sample colors from a single image to build a reusable color palette across programs, then use layers and color picking with three by three averages.

Requirements

... your mobile phone or camera to take pictures on a walk
... drawing materials (depending on what you want to draw with - all is fine from watercolour to acrylic or gouache or your iPad to paint digitally in Procreate
... the willingness to see, think, feel and smell in a new way and with all your senses

Description

Are you afraid of "just not being creative (enough)?

When you finally sit down and have the time and leisure of being creative you stare at a blank canvas you simply don't know what to draw and you definitely don't feel inspired ... by anything!
Wouldn't it then be great to go to a place where you are easily challenged to be inspired? Sometimes it's not "just" about getting prompts to start drawing but you need a little extra - maybe someone who takes your hand and draws a picture of a special situation you can then see in front of your inner eye, feel, smell and then, well, draw.

And that's where the "Art Challenge - Finding inspiration in Nature" class comes into play. In this class I challenge you with different drawing ideas. I ask you to take on a dog's perspective, to zoom in and out and see the world with different eyes. But that's not all.

This class also gives you different tasks, pictures, color palettes and prompts - all in all a full dose of inspiration!

Once you've taken the class you'll find new ways to get inspired just by taking on a new perspective. You are challenged to see things differently!

Who this course is for:

This class is perfect for anyone who needs a new view and get inspired!

Art Challenge - Finding Inspiration in Nature

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Course content

Einführung2 lectures • 2min

Art Challenges7 lectures • 29min

Your Project1 lecture • 1min

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