If you’re stuck at home, know you can create art from the convenience and comfort of your own (cozy) home!
Ideas:
1.Make graphic illustrations
Use procreate on iPad or iPhone to make random sketches. I use the lasso tool, then just fill in any random colors I like.
2.Calligraphy
Zen Brush 2 [also on iPhone or iPad] is great. Just unleash your own inner-artist. Paint like a child:
3. Deconstruct and study/analyze the works of the great artists who have come before you.
For example, Da Vinci:
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4. Just have fun!
You are not getting graded for performance. You create for fun, and for yourself, in the spirit of a child!
5. Child’s mind
Kids and children make art without thinking. They do it for fun, in a spirit of play. The secret:
PLAY!