Wednesday WrapUp Lots of Prompts

Welcome!

On most Wednesdays, check this blog for a strategy, process, or reflection for illustration with the iPad app ProCreate or Affinity Designer. This week my art and photography was inspired by a three different art challenges.

Flickr 21st Birthday Photos Challenge

Flickr’s 21st Birthday Photo Challenge started February 10th with prompts for each day.

Flickr turns twenty-one this year and I’ve been a member since 2009, for sixteen years. I love Flickr — sharing, albums, descriptions, groups, license choices. It’s a great way to connect and share with others– and stay in charge of your own work.

So, I’ve decided to join the birthday challenge, which follows these prompts. I’ll add a note about the photo in each description. See the Flickr 21 Birthday Challenge Group pool here.

I’ve added these photos to a new album, Challenge Photography, which will hold any photos I take for different challenges. When you click the tag for the challenge #flickr21challenge, you’ll see a list of your own submissions, recently tagged photos, and then all the photos with the tag.

I’ve been posting each day’s photo on this blog under The Daily-→ Photography categories. You can find the posts at this tag: #flickr21challenge Click the picture of the dog to see my response to “Joy.”

Come along, join the fun! There are a few days left.

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project has a history: I don’t know it, but I’ve seen social media posts about it for years. I think there’s more than one. This one is from Lindsay Jean Thomson with a website, IG, and podcast. The hashtag is #the100dayproject.

The goal is to make a plan for drawing every day for 100 days– five to ten minutes. That seems doable, doesn’t it? What if you miss a day — listen here. My advice: enjoy it; don’t worry if you miss, just keep going as you can.

So my plan is to draw 20 pictures each of:

• Bunnies
• Bears
• Birds
• Dogs
• Cats

You can follow along with the project on my blog tagged: the 100 day project Click the rabbit image above for the information on that day’s illustration: Isn’t it time for spring?

Come join the fun!

Spoonflower Design Challenge: Novelty Paisley

I thought I’d have fun with this one, but it turned out to be a struggle. See how I think it through in this post: Paisley Struggle And please add a comment there to share how you handle struggles with your art projects. Thank you.

Thanks for stopping by!

If you’ve been hesitant to share your art– go for it! Start a shop. Enter the Spoonflower Design Challenges or join one of the many other challenges on the Internet, like these.

The more you design, the better your art develops, along with your confidence. We were all beginners once! If you have any questions, just ask! I’d be glad to help with what I know. Find time to make art every day!

Follow a few teacher artists. You can find many on my Artist Resources page. Take a look at their IG and YouTube. Find one that fits your learning and art preferences and stick with them a while to develop your skills. Every day, another aha!

You’re welcome to follow this blog for art inspiration. We can share with #warmup4art to enjoy our work together! I look forward to your sharing and find me at @42Sheri, on Mastodon Sheri42, on Flickr teach.eagle Sheri 42.