Teach a free art class and they will come

Ha! I taught a class on Jump starting Creativity at the local library this week. Now that was a hoot. I had pastel chalks and oil pastels and tempra paints and watercolors and just plain on crayolas in groups and showed the participants all sorts of styles from surrealism to fauve to impressionist. Then they all had to get their hands dirty and paint with their fingers. That's right. Just jump in and pretend they were kids again and paint with fingers. I love to just 'waller' in my paint when I work. How else do you get inspired? I don't know any artist that is not messy. The ones that aren't are usually pretty uptight. Now mind you I do like all my color pencils sorted by color and by their place in the spectrum on my work table. And my palate is arrange 'just so'. But when I start working I don't freak all out if I get some paint on a surface other than the canvas or paper I am working one. Art is not for the uptight neat freaks.

Think about it. Can you make a loaf of homemade bread with out geting flour on you? Its the same thing with painting. Just get in there and do it! Wash your hands later.

I have my favorite pair of over-alls and several baseball caps that I wear. Depending on my mood is what dictates the color of the hat. Did you know that your choice of hat colors gives away a little peek at your personality that day? I'll write more on the 6 hat method of creativity later on. I gotta get my stuff together and go paint some 'trees' at the museum.