LESSONS FROM !THE ARTISTS
#iplza16@amyburvall
me, !sketching!
everywhere
never say…
@adambellow
caves at chauvet!32-30,000 BP
venus of willendorf!28-25,000
what can we!learn from!
great artists?
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appreciate the fleeting!
…and the era in which you live
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personal!learning
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get messy !and real
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not reactive
proactive
leverage the tech of the day
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tools inform technique!
“we shape our tools and our tools shape us”marshall mcluhan
break your bubble
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get a posse !+ collaborate
rise above !your roots
stay curious +!sharpen senses
I have the answers to the questions they never ask
- Gwen Burvall
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who you know !will help you grow
make thinking !visible
creativity is…
connecting dots…
inspiration!takes no!vacation
make disciplines!dance together
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mastery comes !with muscle
think bigger…!…and differently
do the unexpected
see the angel in the marble!!
make your work public
tell stories!
visual
ancora imparo!“live to learn” !
bricolage is best…!…be resourceful !
find beauty in the broken!
make work easily sharable
“At last I don’t !know how to draw”
The Wow and the Wonder
“We are surrounded !by poetry on all sides”
“just slap anything on !when you see a blank canvas !staring at you in the face…”
“break the spell of ‘you can’t’”
Make something !GOOD!
every day
“learn the rules !like a pro…!
…so you can !break them !
like an artist”
cultivate !a constellation of creatives
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to know what you’re going to draw!you have to begin drawing!
work backwards
Inspiration exists…!but it has to find you working
change it up - !reinvent yourself
make like Madonna
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look to the past to look forward
“art washes away from the soul!the dust of everyday life”
get in !a creative habit
“It takes a long time!to grow young”
stand for something!GREATER PURPOSE:
use the platform !you are given
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painting is not done to !decorate apartments…!!
…it is an instrument of war
live in the “why not?”!
find your gift…!…then give it away
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seek serendipity!flaunt the fails !marvel at mistakes
be awed by the ordinary
You need to let the! little things that would !ordinarily bore you !suddenly thrill you.
see things in new ways
tinker, try, and test!
make your own movement
“The idea is not to! live forever, !it is to create !something that will.”
leave a legacy
live !lightheartedly
paint what you like! and die happy
selfies!
who’s inspired you to change something about
the way you teach?
#getsmART
@amyburvallwww.amyburvall.com