The Crusades End
Michelle Ward, who writes a column for Somerset Studio, among many other things, has decided to cease doing her monthly crusades at the GPP Street Team blog. Ward coordinated her crusades and encouraged artists to participate and link to their work that they did for each crusade. There will be no new crusades as Ward takes a self-imposed sabbatical, but the archives are still available.
Michelle obviously put a lot of thought into the crusades. Each one had a clever name, such as It's a Wrap (about documenting wrapping scraps and tags) or Grid Lock (the many ways grids can be made in an art journal). I never actually participated in the crusades, but I did learn from them. The crusades were not about showing off so much as about learning by doing. Testing. Thinking about and trying different ways to interpret the prompt. I still make backgrounds using old gift cards after reading about the In a Scrape crusade. As with the "Art at the Speed of Life" article by Pam Carriker, that particular crusade taught me not to be afraid to work with paint. Michelle uses way more black and red than I do, but we also have some colorways (how's that for an arty term?) in common. I love greens and blue-greens mixed with white.
The crusades have ended, but Michelle Ward also has her own stamp line, Green Pepper Press. If I ever buy stamps again, I want every one of hers. Every one.
I admire anyone who blogs regularly, participates in blog hops, posts tutorials online, etc. I feel like a slug in comparison, but knowing that others are out there doing a many amazing things all while having families, jobs, and other obligations, gives me that little push to do something, even if it is only making a background or an ATC.
Take a look at the GPP archive of crusades and Ward's blog, How Cool Is That? I guarantee you will be inspired.
Michelle obviously put a lot of thought into the crusades. Each one had a clever name, such as It's a Wrap (about documenting wrapping scraps and tags) or Grid Lock (the many ways grids can be made in an art journal). I never actually participated in the crusades, but I did learn from them. The crusades were not about showing off so much as about learning by doing. Testing. Thinking about and trying different ways to interpret the prompt. I still make backgrounds using old gift cards after reading about the In a Scrape crusade. As with the "Art at the Speed of Life" article by Pam Carriker, that particular crusade taught me not to be afraid to work with paint. Michelle uses way more black and red than I do, but we also have some colorways (how's that for an arty term?) in common. I love greens and blue-greens mixed with white.
The crusades have ended, but Michelle Ward also has her own stamp line, Green Pepper Press. If I ever buy stamps again, I want every one of hers. Every one.
I admire anyone who blogs regularly, participates in blog hops, posts tutorials online, etc. I feel like a slug in comparison, but knowing that others are out there doing a many amazing things all while having families, jobs, and other obligations, gives me that little push to do something, even if it is only making a background or an ATC.
Take a look at the GPP archive of crusades and Ward's blog, How Cool Is That? I guarantee you will be inspired.
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