S410 -Day #8

Starter for Ten - April 13th 2023

Today I decided to do the visual challenge first. I woke up with the idea of drawing lots of dots and giving myself the task of turning them into as many things as I could, within ten minutes, by only drawing around them. View a video of the result here.

Sketch: getting dotty with red posca pen and black felt tip pen

I managed 19 ideas in ten minutes, it was fun. It made me think and want to play again.

I like this one the best, I drew the body too far away from the dots and had to go with it so made the arm look insane. It made me laugh. I’m enjoying creating and not taking things too seriously.

For the past five years, I have been trying to convince my husband we should get a cat. It’s not been going well so I decided to write this list to leave on his desk for him to see that really it’s a no-brainer.

Starter for Ten (S410) is a daily creative exercise that I will do for the next 30 days. I set a ten-minute timer and write whatever comes into my head. After that I do the same to create a visual. The idea is to loosen up, create daily and get over the idea that everything I make needs to be perfect or have a purpose.

I will document the process here on this site and on my Instagram stories. Photos will be unedited to keep it real. This challenge both terrifies and excites me, let’s see what happens.

S410 -Day #9

Seven days of Starter for Ten a creative exercise