It’s Great to Create: 101 Fun Creative Exercises for Everyone

✍ Scribed by Jon Burgerman

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 227
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Draw, doodle, make, and have fun! There are no mistakes in this wild and wonderful world from doodle artist and illustrator Jon Burgerman. Packed with prompts for 101 unexpected art projects, It's Great to Create offers artists of all ages loads of fun ways to get inspired and kick-start the creative process. From drawing with your eyes closed or doodling on your clothes to putting faces on your condiments or finding colors that rhyme, every page offers a new opportunity to embrace creativity and make something awesome. This unique ebook invites readers to lower their artistic inhibitions and offers a glimpse into the mind of a truly original artist.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
Prompts for Paper......Page 8
Loosen up.......Page 10
Get a pen and scribble with it until it runs out.......Page 12
Scribble with your eyes closed.......Page 14
Colors collide.......Page 16
Draw with your weaker hand.......Page 18
Draw with your mouth.......Page 20
Sound shapes.......Page 21
Scribble scramble.......Page 22
Draw while singing loudly.......Page 24
Good vibrations.......Page 26
Face time.......Page 28
Blindfolded self-portrait.......Page 30
Selfless selfies.......Page 32
Dream lunch.......Page 36
Draw on glass.......Page 38
Upside down.......Page 43
Ramble on.......Page 44
Tell me about your mother.......Page 46
Hybrids.......Page 48
Light on dark.......Page 50
Loose goose.......Page 52
Color rhyme.......Page 54
Paint with paint.......Page 55
Waterworks.......Page 56
GO BIG.......Page 58
Start but don't finish.......Page 60
The whole hole.......Page 62
Slices and dices.......Page 64
Stroke animals.......Page 66
Megapenopolis.......Page 68
Nudles.......Page 70
Doodle diary.......Page 72
Pocket 'zine.......Page 74
Shut it.......Page 78
Prompts for Objects......Page 80
3-D doodles.......Page 138
Play with leaves.......Page 136
Woodcuts.......Page 134
Half a job.......Page 133
Share a smile.......Page 132
It's great to cre-plate.......Page 130
Bottle it.......Page 128
Dot to dot.......Page 124
Portraits of people on people.......Page 122
Chalk walk.......Page 120
Remaster an old master.......Page 119
Headhunter.......Page 118
Give a gift.......Page 117
Customize your shoes.......Page 116
Rock buddies.......Page 114
Egghead.......Page 113
Headliner.......Page 112
Customize a jacket.......Page 110
Become a lo-fi tech guru.......Page 106
Foodles.......Page 104
Corking.......Page 102
Make your own grocery labels.......Page 98
Upcycle.......Page 97
Snack rags.......Page 96
Make your own flag.......Page 94
Gingerbot 2000.......Page 92
Sick bag, bro.......Page 90
Edible landscapes.......Page 88
Easy tee.......Page 87
Biscuit head.......Page 86
Just add eyes.......Page 84
Doodle dollars.......Page 83
Dada collage.......Page 82
Prompts for Indoors and Outdoors......Page 142
Outdoor expanse.......Page 144
Lemon slice.......Page 146
Breakfast buddy.......Page 148
Texture mapping.......Page 150
Light lines.......Page 152
Use your hands.......Page 154
Make your own world.......Page 156
Reform a form.......Page 158
Give people new bodies.......Page 160
Use your surroundings.......Page 162
Temporary tattoodles.......Page 164
Think inside the box.......Page 166
Scale the walls.......Page 171
Ham it up.......Page 172
Fax machine.......Page 174
Become invisible.......Page 176
Doodle monarch.......Page 178
Banana faces.......Page 180
Doggie style.......Page 182
Build your own fashion brand (out of cardboard).......Page 184
Cloud gazing.......Page 186
Household portrait.......Page 188
Diorama drama.......Page 190
Dish sculpture.......Page 192
Fruit monster.......Page 194
Food friends.......Page 196
Paper eyes.......Page 198
Is modern art more fun with googly eyes?......Page 200
Accidental band.......Page 202
Skewed views.......Page 204
Coffee mate.......Page 206
Alien invasion.......Page 208
Spy hole.......Page 210
Kaleidoscopic.......Page 212
Muji Fine Pens......Page 214
Stabilo Bionic Pens......Page 215
Crayola Chalk......Page 216
Golden Acrylics......Page 217
Winsor & Newton Watercolor Markers......Page 218
Notebooks......Page 219
Play-Doh......Page 220
Internet Resources......Page 221
Acknowledgments......Page 223
Photo Credits......Page 224
About the Author......Page 225
Chronicle Ebooks......Page 227