Where do you collect your inspiration?

Are you organized?

Do you have a system to collect images and ideas that inspire you?

journals and books of art ideas

Some places where I collect ideas and inspiration:

  • traditional sketchbooks
  • composition notebooks
  • iPod
  • handmade journals
  • index cards

I confess. I am not organized and I have inspiration all over the place. It often takes some searching to find a drawing or photo that I need. I spend time looking through real folders and computer folders.

One “system” that I am finding useful is index card doodles and drawings. I generally work small, so index card images can easily be transformed into a matrix for printmaking, whether it be a stencil, a stamp or a reference for a line drawing.

drawings for making screen prints

Doodles that I used to make a stencil for screen printing.

tyvek stencil for screen prints

Stencil for screen prints

screen printed hand towel

Screen printed hand towel

I think that there are at least 3 steps to making art:

  1. Ideas, inspiration and choosing a subject matter
  2. Learning the basic skills of your medium
  3. Finally, combining ideas and skills to create in your own voice.

It takes time and patience to get the skills and combine them with your own ideas to make the art that is uniquely you!

Give yourself time to build skills.

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In this online printmaking course, we will learn several methods of screen printing, paper stencils, drawing fluid, screen filler, experimental resists and thermofax screen printing.

Screen printing is great for projects where you want to print lots of the same image. For example:

dragonfly screen printed scarf

Fabric yardage

Christmas card - screen printed by hand linda germain
Paper stencil screen print

Cards

screen printing with thermofax screen and acrylic paint breaking the rules

Wrapping paper

screen print - peaceful

Editions of a single image

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