Goal Post - August 2010 - Get Crafty!
Hi Everybody!
I'm so sorry that I didn't get to posting a goal for July! :( But, to make up for it, we're gonna' get started on August EARLY! Ready? Good luck!
Your Goal for August 2010 is to:
Get Crafty!
So, for this month, I think we should all focus on those craft projects we've had lying around, you know that stuff you have in a basket in the living room or in a box in the basement or over on the sewing table. Pull out those knitting needles and crochet hooks, unpack your sewing machine from that box on the shelf, dig up all those pieces of paper and wire and ribbon. Let's do some crafts, people! You with me? :)
Some Inspirational Quotes (to get you in the groove):
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.
- Picasso
An artist is not paid for his labour but for his vision.
- James MacNeill Whistler
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.
- Picasso
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
- Picasso
An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict. As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge. His failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he confirms something else, even if at the time he does not know what that something else is.
- Bridget Riley
When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
- Pierre Auguste Renoir
Creativity takes courage.
- Henri Matisse
Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.
- Salvador Dali
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
- Michelangelo
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
- Edward Hopper
One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.
- Auguste Renoir
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.
- Pablo Picasso
To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage.
- Georgia O'Keeffe
The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.
-Eric Gil
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
-Albert Einstein
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
-Thomas Merton
A Few How-To Websites (to get you started):
Make Jewelry Knit Crochet Sew Scrapbook Make Pottery Etch Glass, Make Stained Glass Quilt Flower Design Make Cards Make Candles and Soap Draw Paint
Good Luck!!
I'm so sorry that I didn't get to posting a goal for July! :( But, to make up for it, we're gonna' get started on August EARLY! Ready? Good luck!
Your Goal for August 2010 is to:
Get Crafty!
So, for this month, I think we should all focus on those craft projects we've had lying around, you know that stuff you have in a basket in the living room or in a box in the basement or over on the sewing table. Pull out those knitting needles and crochet hooks, unpack your sewing machine from that box on the shelf, dig up all those pieces of paper and wire and ribbon. Let's do some crafts, people! You with me? :)
Some Inspirational Quotes (to get you in the groove):
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.
- Picasso
An artist is not paid for his labour but for his vision.
- James MacNeill Whistler
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.
- Picasso
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
- Picasso
An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict. As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge. His failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he confirms something else, even if at the time he does not know what that something else is.
- Bridget Riley
When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
- Pierre Auguste Renoir
Creativity takes courage.
- Henri Matisse
Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.
- Salvador Dali
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
- Michelangelo
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
- Edward Hopper
One must from time to time attempt things that are beyond one's capacity.
- Auguste Renoir
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.
- Pablo Picasso
To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage.
- Georgia O'Keeffe
The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.
-Eric Gil
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
-Albert Einstein
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
-Thomas Merton
A Few How-To Websites (to get you started):
Good Luck!!