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Becoming Creative
Highest Rated
Rating: 4.8 out of 5(328 ratings)
2,928 students

Becoming Creative

An Artistic Guide to Creativity
Highest Rated
Created byBrent Eviston
Last updated 8/2020
English
English

What you'll learn

  • You’ll learn what thoughts and habits stand in the way of being creative and learn how to move past them.
  • You’ll learn how to seek a deeper sense of meaning in everyday objects and experiences.
  • You’ll learn how to use divergent thinking in order to find creative solutions to problems.
  • You’ll learn how to make changes in your life that will promote creative thinking.
  • You’ll learn a creative process you can apply to nearly any situation.

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 3h 6m total length

  • Introduction12:32

    Explore what creativity means and how to reclaim creative potential through journaling, guided projects, and practical methods for applying creativity in any field.

  • Creativity Project Part 113:37

    Select three inanimate objects and draw them from observation using simple materials like paper and pencils; begin with light lines, make one drawing per sheet, and build shading.

  • An Introduction to Meaning / Guided Journal Project Part 119:59

    Becoming creative defines creativity as creating meaningful combinations from things, using denotation and connotation in visual art, and a guided journal project explores universal versus individual meanings of three objects.

  • Guided Journal Project Part 1 Continued19:56

    Continue the guided journal project by exploring two remaining inanimate objects through three prompts: ideas and activities, memories and emotions, and universal versus personal connotations.

  • A Tale of Two Thought Processes / Creativity Project Part 213:03

    Harness divergent thinking to generate many ideas and meanings, and learn to momentarily suppress convergent thinking to boost creativity; then draw two human parts and an animal part.

  • Recovering Your Creativity / Guided Journal Project Part 219:57

    Recover your creativity through a guided journal project that removes barriers, explores divergent thinking and creative play, and connects childhood creativity with adulthood creativity.

  • Openness to Experience / Creativity Project Part 315:22

    Increase openness to experience to boost creativity through self-awareness, writing, drawing, and habit disruption, while learning to challenge beliefs and seek new information.

  • Design A Creative Life / Guided Journal Project Part 316:12

    Becoming creative: design a creative life through a guided journal project that expands openness to experience and creative potential via divergent thinking.

  • Guided Journal Project Part 3 Continued10:26

    Challenge beliefs to boost creativity by listing them, exploring disruption of routines, and selecting three actions: learn something new, disrupt a habit, and challenge a belief.

  • Creative Combinations / Creativity Project Part 411:09

    Combine six cut-out drawings to create many meaningful connections, training your brain to seek new meanings rather than a single solution, and optionally add drawings and photos.

  • Mistakes & Failure / Guided Journal Project Part 419:16

    Embrace mistakes as essential steps in the creative process and keep generating ideas rather than giving up. Learn from errors and apply lessons through guided journal prompts.

  • Design Your Own Creative Projects15:29

    Identify a specific area, then design divergent explorations using writing, drawing, and meaning to spark divergent thinking and shape your own creative projects.

Requirements

  • This course is open to anyone, in any field, who wants to become more creative.

Description

Creativity is one of the most essential skills in a wide range of fields from art and design to technology and business. Creativity is also misunderstood and rarely taught.

In this course, you’ll learn the most effective, research based changes you can make in your life to become more creative.

In each lesson of this course you’ll be introduced to an essential creative concept. At the end of each lesson you’ll be asked to do a project. There are two kinds of projects in this course:

  • Art Projects where you’ll get to draw, explore meaning and seek creative connections through collage.

  • Guided Journal Projects where you’ll write about your life and your thoughts in order to break through your creative blocks and design your creative future.

You don’t need any art experience or any other special skills to participate in this course. This course is open to anyone, even if you’re completely new to art or creativity.


Why Learn Creativity from Brent:

Brent has used his creative skills to build a meaningful fine arts career as well as a thriving business. He’s studied traditional art making like figure drawing and anatomical drawing. He’s also experienced in experimental forms of art making like animation and video installation. Brent exhibits his work in galleries and museums.

In 2016 Brent created The Art & Science of Drawing program, an award-winning online drawing program that has taught more than 100,000 students how to draw in 170 countries.


This Course:

Creativity is essential for both art and design, as well as technological innovations. Whether you want to be more creative in your art, your career, or your personal life, this course will teach you the tools and mindsets necessary to become more creative.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is designed for anyone who wants to become more creative and innovative in their personal or professional pursuits.

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