Atiliay noun, a play off the French word “atelier”; a workshop/studio, esp of an artist or designer; my creative space

Notes plural noun, a brief record of facts, topics, thoughts written down as an aid to memory; a short informal letter

 

Earlier this month, I hosted my first virtual creative workshop of the year! I was inspired by the prompt “fun” from April's Creative Spark Challenge to do this and am hoping to have one every month as a way to gather, create, explore, and have fun! 
 

We made 4 different types of abstract inspired postcards for National Letter Writing Month. In case you missed it, below are links that walk you through each technique as well as a recap of the workshop.

The exercises we did together included:

You can find written instructions for each technique in the below blog post and you can follow along a guided video tutorial for #1, Exploring Mark Making with Scribbles, Splatters, & Randomness.

While the idea was to make postcards, feel free to do these exercises in your sketchbook or on a loose piece of paper. (If you do, I recommend taping off a border first that you can peel off when you're done for a clean finish on the edges!)

 

And here are a few photos from the workshop! The top set of postcards are by Anet, the second set is by Maia, and the last pic is a group pic :) I love how different each exercise turned out for each person--it's so fun to see!

The idea behind the workshop is to take imperfect action, to have fun, and start creating in an easy no-pressure way! I am open to different ideas so if you have a suggestion on what you'd like to do in a workshop (it can be a specific exercise, technique, a theme, material, etc.) please reply to this email and let me know! I am looking forward to the next one which should be happening in early May--I will keep you posted! 

 

Take care and talk to you soon,

PS: Here's what I made in the workshop :) (I was still waiting for the painted swipes to dry so hadn't cut it down to size yet!)

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