Tuesday: 2/18

password: welcome

 

video 1 creative confidence from louise kane on Vimeo.

If you haven’t already watched the video from the webinar.. here it is

creative confidence webinar from louise kane on Vimeo.

Throughout the week pay close attention to your creative process. Jot down notes about when you get ideas, what inspires your ideas and the like, then fill out the worksheet below.  As you have questions, jot them down and email them to me by Friday. amberkane1314@hotmail.com

Uncovering your creative process week1 worksheet1

This is your workbook for the course, as I said in the video don’t try to tackle it all at once. We’ll be using it throughout the course.

For this week I want you to work on pages 1-18

 

 

rise to the top how to conquer with creativity

 

 

 

 

Thursday: 2/20

Evernote is a great free online tool to help you keep all of your ideas and inspiration organized. The video below gives you a tour of evernote and some tips on how to use it.

password: evernote

how to use evernote from amber kane on Vimeo.

 Megan Auman and Creative Process

In this interview I spoke with Megan Auman, who is a jewelry designer, painter, and now textile designer. We take a look at her creative process and discuss how she keeps a clear focus while working in a wide variety of mediums.

Pinterest came up a lot in this conversation as a source of inspiration. We’ll be getting into pinterest a bit more next week. But in the mean time, if you haven’t already joined, I would suggest doing so. You can find Megan here, and check out my collection of inspiration here.

password: meganauman

megan auman creative process from louise kane on Vimeo.

Creative thinkers tend to have a lot of ideas. And can feel like they’re all over the place. Ideas are great, but we have to find a way to put them into action. To start this process it’s important for you to understand the purpose behind your work. It may be something simple, like I want people to have beautiful art in their homes, or it might go much deeper.

For example, I want my work to make women feel beautiful and confident, so that they are able to speak up and make a difference in the world. Because my goal is for women to be more confident, I need to create work that makes them feel special. That means that I create one-of-a-kind pieces. It also means that I want to be something that is easy and comfortable to wear ( I want them to wear it everyday), but it is also needs to be bold and stand out. I want the scarf to start the conversation. All of these goals inform my work as I’m designing.

click to download: personalaestheticworksheet

Below are a few of my inspiration boards:

 

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Tuesday 2/25

You’re going to start by working on pages 19-22 in your workbook and watching the two videos below to help you get started.

password: missoni

password: missoniq&a

Then move on to pages 23-38 in your workbook.

Thursday 2/27

password: picassa

Another photo editing tool that I use a lot is pixlr.com. It’s free, easy, and has a lot of great features. Below are two videos giving you some tips on how to use the program.

password: pixlrexpress

password: pixlreditor

Pinterest to grow your brand, blog or following.

I know that some of you are here , because you want to be more creative in your own life, while others want to be more creative, but also want to use it to grow their business. Last week I had you start playing with pinterest, as it’s a wonderful tool to use for inspiration, ideas, directions, and to help you to figure out your own aesthetic, but it can also be a great tool to share and market your work. Dannielle, spent a few months working to grow her pinterest following, and was able to increase her following by several thousand in just a few months, which also brought a lot of new traffic to her blog, so I asked if she would be willing to share some of her tips with you.

password: pinterestpart1

While we meant to just talk about pinterest we started discussing photography, and a whole host of other art/ handmade related topics.

password: pinterestpart2

Tuesday March 3

It’s hard to believe that we’re in week three. I know that some of the work that you have do in your workbook can be hard, but it’s so important.  Once you’re confident in what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, it so much easier to move forward, and to create everyday.

This week you’re going to do one of my favorite activities, the idea generation chart. I use it all of the time, and I use it with my students. It a fun and fast way to start making new connections in your brain and coming up with new ideas.

This week you’re going to work on pages 38-59. If you’re not there yet, that’s fine, back up and get the other pages finished first. And remember that I’m her to support and help you.

Play

Yesterday my photography class was taking photos using action figures. This is always one of my favorite assignments, not only because the photos turn out well, but because the students have so much fun. I teach high school, so they don’t spend much time outside, let alone outside playing with toys. As I sat and watched them, it reminded me of how important play is to creativity. While there’s a lot of work involved, there should also be a lot of fun!

Here’s a video that if you’re an animal lover should make you laugh.

It’s time to have some fun, go out of your comfort zone, and start creating. You all have a lot going on and were already having trouble finding time to create, so I”m guessing that adding the course content into your schedule, has you creating even less. Well that’s no good. This course is about creativity, which means that you need to be creating.

One of the best ways to really hone in on your creative process, is by creating… A LOT , and reflecting on the process.

Take some time this week, and create, have fun, be playful. After each time that you create take a few minutes to reflect on the process.

How did you feel?

What time of day was it?

When your idea worked how did it make you feel?

If your idea wasn’t working, how did that make you feel?

If you got stuck, how did you respond?

What made you decide to start making?

What made you decide to stop creating?

Have fun, and I can’t wait to see what you create!

password:havefun

 

Tuesday 3/11

This video goes along with pages 60-63 in your workbook.

Interview with Shana Lafore about her creative process

 

Some more creative process inspiration

password:courtney

Thursday 3/13

Earlier I shared that one way to help keep your ideas organized was to use evernote, if you’re more of pen and paper kind of person here’s another way to keep track of all of your ideas.

Next you’re going to do pages 70-71 in your workbook. And then set a side some time to be playful in your creating.

After watching the video work through pages 72-76 in your workbook

And finally you’ll be working on some putting goals into action on pages 77-82

Tuesday 3/18

This week you’re going to work on finishing your workbook and I’ll be releasing new videos.

password: design

password: divergent

password: q&a1

password: proutreach

password: energy

password: q&a2