I appreciate it when other artists share too!! We're in this creative life together!! Perhaps your local library has a copy of Drawing With Imagination? Or perhaps they can access it via interlibrary loan for you? I wish you the best! Just keep drawing 💚💚
I hope your library will have it or be able to get it via interlibrary loan. I've had luck in the past finding books by asking a librarian for their wizardry. And I hope you'll enjoy the book when you get it! 💚💚
Awww thank you for your kind encouragement of the little green dragon!! Yes, the second game does, and has in my experience, work well for poetry too. It's the way I wrote some of my children's book poems. 💚💚💚
Yes! That's exactly it!! In those moments when I don't feel very creative I think of this quote and just keep my hand moving (drawing or writing) and something creative comes to me.
Dear Sue, I am in awe to read you have a daily morning drawing habit. I took up morning pages half a year ago - yay - and stick to it as it feels so good. I would love to add some drawing or lettering on a daily basis, too, as I read over and over again on how that has a super cool impact on so many levels. I love your games! And your Substack, I only just discovered today. Subscribed of course and will definitely recommend. Thanks for sharing with us. Have a lovely day.
Yippee!!! I'm glad to hear you have a daily morning pages habit too!!! We'll keep going together!!! I've been doing morning pages for well over a decade now. At first I was primarily writing and then I'd pick one thing from my writing topic to draw - for ex if I talked about a pie I'd draw one slice of pie floating on the page -on the same page and would write all around the drawing. Then I began also writing the date or one or two words as legible or fanciful as I could and writing around that. On it went. Anyway, just keep going! And thank you so much for subscribing!!!! 💚💚💚
Wow, that is so encouraging. Thank you heaps. I will try exactly that tomorrow morning: letter some words and then write/scribble/doodle around them, which I so used to do when long phone calls over landline were still on vogue some decades ago 😁. I am so happy to have found you and thank you also so much for subscribing. Since I do paid subscriptions, I will very gladly set you on a month of free subscription so you can hopefully get a good taste of what and how I share the beauties I see in the world 💝. Expect the first post tomorrow. And yessa, let‘s keep going together 💃🏼💃🏼.
Wonderful techniques. People think creativity just happens. To the lucky ones. But in many ways it can be a habit, inspired by clever thought processes and in interest in nature and quotes and life. Thanks so much for another terrific post. (I was away for two weeks on a couple of tiny tropical islands. Bliss!! Just starting to try to catch up on missed posts. Sending hugs. 🤗🤗)
So glad you got to see the Islands and have some fun!!! Thank you for your wonderful comment!!! And I'm honored that you like my posts and are catching up on them!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Hugs to you too!!!! I'm glad to hear you got to go have some fun!!! Yippee for you!!!! And yes, I totally agree creativity is definitely the result of an ongoing habit of looking and thinking!! Thank you so much for your kind comment and welcome home!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I just finished a physical therapy session for my hurt ankle and your comment was just the uplift I needed! Thank you!!! 💚💚
They do indeed work wonders! And I'm very grateful for them - especially after I've had a rest after a session! 😉 I told my therapist that I was aiming for their straight A+ honor roll patient list. I hope you're making a good recovery and aiming for therapist honor roll patient list too. Here's
me in solidarity and hoping with you! Rest well!! And thanks again for your kindness 💚💚💚
Thank you for these games. I've been working with words so long, my hand has forgotten how to write. I thought doing word puzzles would help, and it does, but trying to do drawing like you do has presented a real challenge for my atrophied drawing muscles and brain. This is delightful and inspiring. I love you characters, especially those that draw all these marvelous designs.
I really appreciate when people who make art share some of their methods and resources. I definitely want to read the book at some point. Just a few days ago, I found a “solo artist” 2 year resource guide that I’m attempting to go through to better my skills - (https://www.brendanmeachen.com/soloartist). I’ll have to remember the little “game”! What a cute way to get your brain going in the mornings and make sure you’re making something!
The knee is slowly improving, I’ve managed to tackle cramps with a simple solution of bananas 🍌 Weirdly! And feels over simply 🧐 So I’ve managed two decent walks (with standby crutches for knee wobbles) in the last two days.
Glad to hear you're improving!! Yippee for decent walks!! My ankle is improving slowly too. At a family gathering I managed, with crutches, to go up and down 3 steps and a steep driveway with help from my with and two nephews! It was a fun time!!
Steps! You did steps! That’s a big milestone. I can go up but not down, for stairs or inclinations, so we joked that I’ll have to walk all the way up the hill and just live there.
Hehe team effort steep driveways sounds like fun and games 😆
Thank you!! It felt like a milestone! And I hear you about going up but not down... thank goodness for team efforts!! Hope you're assembling your team so you can go up and down soon too!! Take care of yourself!!
I’ve got no team sadly, but I have got a steady fella who has been patiently plodding along next to me ☺️ Take care of yourself too and I look forward to hearing more milestones 💚
I appreciate it when other artists share too!! We're in this creative life together!! Perhaps your local library has a copy of Drawing With Imagination? Or perhaps they can access it via interlibrary loan for you? I wish you the best! Just keep drawing 💚💚
I'm going to check to see if my library has it today, looks interesting.
I hope your library will have it or be able to get it via interlibrary loan. I've had luck in the past finding books by asking a librarian for their wizardry. And I hope you'll enjoy the book when you get it! 💚💚
I can check on Libby, thanks for the suggestion!
I hope they'll have it!! 💚💚💚💚💚
What a great way to exercise your creative muscles. Thank you for this insight into your process!
You're so welcome!! Thank you!! 💚💚💚
You go, little dragon! You've taken doodling to a high art. Your second game sounds like it would work for poetry, too.
Awww thank you for your kind encouragement of the little green dragon!! Yes, the second game does, and has in my experience, work well for poetry too. It's the way I wrote some of my children's book poems. 💚💚💚
Inspiring quote and one you only realise is true once you get on with your creative work!
Yes! That's exactly it!! In those moments when I don't feel very creative I think of this quote and just keep my hand moving (drawing or writing) and something creative comes to me.
And thank you for your comment!!
Dear Sue, I am in awe to read you have a daily morning drawing habit. I took up morning pages half a year ago - yay - and stick to it as it feels so good. I would love to add some drawing or lettering on a daily basis, too, as I read over and over again on how that has a super cool impact on so many levels. I love your games! And your Substack, I only just discovered today. Subscribed of course and will definitely recommend. Thanks for sharing with us. Have a lovely day.
Yippee!!! I'm glad to hear you have a daily morning pages habit too!!! We'll keep going together!!! I've been doing morning pages for well over a decade now. At first I was primarily writing and then I'd pick one thing from my writing topic to draw - for ex if I talked about a pie I'd draw one slice of pie floating on the page -on the same page and would write all around the drawing. Then I began also writing the date or one or two words as legible or fanciful as I could and writing around that. On it went. Anyway, just keep going! And thank you so much for subscribing!!!! 💚💚💚
Wow, that is so encouraging. Thank you heaps. I will try exactly that tomorrow morning: letter some words and then write/scribble/doodle around them, which I so used to do when long phone calls over landline were still on vogue some decades ago 😁. I am so happy to have found you and thank you also so much for subscribing. Since I do paid subscriptions, I will very gladly set you on a month of free subscription so you can hopefully get a good taste of what and how I share the beauties I see in the world 💝. Expect the first post tomorrow. And yessa, let‘s keep going together 💃🏼💃🏼.
You're so welcome!!! And I remember landlines and "phone doodles" too!!! I'm delighted to have been able to encourage you!!! Have fun!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚
Wonderful techniques. People think creativity just happens. To the lucky ones. But in many ways it can be a habit, inspired by clever thought processes and in interest in nature and quotes and life. Thanks so much for another terrific post. (I was away for two weeks on a couple of tiny tropical islands. Bliss!! Just starting to try to catch up on missed posts. Sending hugs. 🤗🤗)
So glad you got to see the Islands and have some fun!!! Thank you for your wonderful comment!!! And I'm honored that you like my posts and are catching up on them!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Hugs to you too!!!! I'm glad to hear you got to go have some fun!!! Yippee for you!!!! And yes, I totally agree creativity is definitely the result of an ongoing habit of looking and thinking!! Thank you so much for your kind comment and welcome home!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚
You have a beautiful brain! Thanks for sharing such amazing work. ❤️
Thank you so much for your kind comment! I just finished a physical therapy session for my hurt ankle and your comment was just the uplift I needed! Thank you!!! 💚💚
Those Physical Therapists....they work wonders! I had my session yesterday. They give us hope we'll live to see another day! ✌️
They do indeed work wonders! And I'm very grateful for them - especially after I've had a rest after a session! 😉 I told my therapist that I was aiming for their straight A+ honor roll patient list. I hope you're making a good recovery and aiming for therapist honor roll patient list too. Here's
me in solidarity and hoping with you! Rest well!! And thanks again for your kindness 💚💚💚
I love the little drawing dragon. First smile of the morning!
Yippee!! The first smile!!! Thank you for your wonderful comment! It made me smile too!!!! 🤗😊💚💚
Thank you for these games. I've been working with words so long, my hand has forgotten how to write. I thought doing word puzzles would help, and it does, but trying to do drawing like you do has presented a real challenge for my atrophied drawing muscles and brain. This is delightful and inspiring. I love you characters, especially those that draw all these marvelous designs.
You're so welcome!! I hope you'll have fun with the games too when you try them!! Thanks for your kindness!!
Fabulous! 💜
Aww thank you!! 💚💚💚
Sue, I like your art and sketching techniques. Thank you for sharing your mornings with us. And your imagination.
Oh!! Thank you so much for your kind comment!! It's a keeper!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
I enjoyed understanding your process. Sounds like a therapeutic way to start the day :)
Thank you for reading and letting me share my process!! 💚💚💚
I love that blue bird!
I'm so glad!!! Thank you!!! 💚💚
I really appreciate when people who make art share some of their methods and resources. I definitely want to read the book at some point. Just a few days ago, I found a “solo artist” 2 year resource guide that I’m attempting to go through to better my skills - (https://www.brendanmeachen.com/soloartist). I’ll have to remember the little “game”! What a cute way to get your brain going in the mornings and make sure you’re making something!
Great game ideas! 💚
Awww thank you!!! Hope your knee is doing better today! 💚
The knee is slowly improving, I’ve managed to tackle cramps with a simple solution of bananas 🍌 Weirdly! And feels over simply 🧐 So I’ve managed two decent walks (with standby crutches for knee wobbles) in the last two days.
How’s your foot doing? 💚
Glad to hear you're improving!! Yippee for decent walks!! My ankle is improving slowly too. At a family gathering I managed, with crutches, to go up and down 3 steps and a steep driveway with help from my with and two nephews! It was a fun time!!
Steps! You did steps! That’s a big milestone. I can go up but not down, for stairs or inclinations, so we joked that I’ll have to walk all the way up the hill and just live there.
Hehe team effort steep driveways sounds like fun and games 😆
Thank you!! It felt like a milestone! And I hear you about going up but not down... thank goodness for team efforts!! Hope you're assembling your team so you can go up and down soon too!! Take care of yourself!!
I’ve got no team sadly, but I have got a steady fella who has been patiently plodding along next to me ☺️ Take care of yourself too and I look forward to hearing more milestones 💚
You’re so creative, Sue, it’s refreshing!
Thank you for that!! I appreciate your encouragement!! 💚💚💚💚💚