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Patches You will need: A selection of images of favourite art pieces. Printable fabric. Access to a printer. Embroidery materials. Sewing supplies. Backing fabric - optional. Do: Choose your favourite parts.....

PATCHES

A patchwork of favourite pieces.

Seeds Monochroma Pick a colour, and create a collage or collection of images of that colour or pieces of things that are that colour. You could make an ongoing project of it, picking a different colour each...

SEEDS

Multiple art / journal ideas.

Collage Refill Find an image with a lot of detail but an obvious central figure or some kind. Cut that figure out of the image (and save it for a loter project, of course). Now, using either another image as....

COLLAGE

Multiple collage ideas.

State of the art Re-creation Pick a part of a detailed piece of art - a familiar painting, for example. Then, choosing whatever medium you prefer (paints, coloured pencil, pastel, etc.), recreate your chosen area. You...

STATE OF THE ART

Two art ideas.

Build Make small sculptures out of random bits of things you've found or have left over from something. Attach them together using glue, wire, string, or whatever else you have. You could also use these...

BUILD

Sculpture and decorate with random objects.

Cut and cover and reveal Related Consider the content/subject of the text you're using, and/or the hoped for poetic/prosal result, and use related materials to do a traditional blackout style by using those materials to do...

CUT AND COVER AND REVEAL

Blackout poetry/art.

Cut and placed Instead of the usual style of blacking out with a material that obscures the text underneath, use a craft knife to cut away the words you'd normally have covered up. Save the cut pieces for a future.....

CUT AND PLACED

Blackout poetry/art.

Re-masterpiece You will need: images of well-known artworks white paint, gesso, or other similar material that can be used to cover an image glue, glue pens, or other appropriate adhesive scissors, craft knife, or.....

RE-MASTERPIECE

An art / collage project.

QUADRATICS

A journal entry format idea.

Fillerup and future Filling up the last few pages of an old journal, or looking for ideas for a new one you might get this year? Square Do a square/circle collection where you use a shape punch to cut pieces from mail....

FILLERUP AND FUTURE

Filling up the last few pages of an old journal, or looking for ideas for a new one you might get this year?

Entry ways Gallery: If you find a cool leaf (or something else) while out and about, fix it into your journal and write a little exhibit label for it like you were in a gallery. Write on: Write your notes and...

ENTRY WAYS

Question period In a new (for the situation) journal, write down all the questions you have about life, the universe, and everything, and investigate them. Along with straight up research, you could include your own....

QUESTION PERIOD

Metamorphoto If you have damaged photos that you don’t want to just throw out, you can repurpose them for a myriad of different creative projects. You could alter them such that you can transform them into...

METAMORPHOTO

3D You could add 3D elements to a 2D painting, an ugly vase, or that hideous statue. You could: incorporate found objects into a painting - typewriter keys or house keys, beads, clock or watch parts,...

3D

Multitexture Create a multi-texture rubbing on a single sheet of paper by taking rubbings of different textures and other items throughout your day. You could line the edges of each rubbing up with the others to....

MULTITEXTURE

Monochromes Pick a colour - your favourite, or something that matches your decor - and cover a larger surface (such as a piece of Bristol board) with images of items in that colour, text that mentions that...

MONOCHROMES

Poetic Using a randomly selected/gathered group of words, write each of them on a separate slip of paper and put them into a bowl, box, or other receptacle. Draw one randomly whenever the mood strikes until....

POETIC

#Creative Idea of the Day

Create a typography-based piece using quotes or lyrics.

#Creative Idea of the Day

Make an I prefer list - this to that. Like. I prefer black ink pens to blue, oranges to apples, punk to metal.

Greetings, mes amis.

The 30th will be the last Creative Idea of the Day post. Content will still be coming, just differently.

For a full explanation, all past ideas collected by month, as well as longer creative posts and all remaining ideas sorted thematically, please see the following:

#Creative Idea of the Day

What are you going to try today that you've never tried before?

#Creative Idea of the Day

Start a book from a genre you've never read before.

#Creative Idea of the Day

Create a collage that combines found poetry with nature images or citcyscapes.

#Creative Idea of the Day

Make a miniature world using broken pottery, wire, small trinkets, and other items.

#Creative Idea of the Day

Commit to a physical challenge.

#Creative Idea of the Day

What is your earliest memory?

#Creative Idea of the Day

Create your own artist's book, incorporating your artwork, poetry, stories, and notes.

#Creative Idea of the Day

Create a playlist that tells a story.