LESSONS FROM !THE ARTISTS

#iplza16@amyburvall

me, !sketching!

everywhere

never say…

@adambellow

aren’t we all?

caves at chauvet!32-30,000 BP

venus of willendorf!28-25,000

Instagram Art

what can we!learn from!

great artists?

once revolution

now ubiquitous

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appreciate the fleeting!

…and the era in which you live

Monet, 1877

Manet, 1882

Renoir, 1880s

Degas,1893

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personal!learning

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get messy !and real

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not reactive

proactive

leverage the tech of the day

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tools inform technique!

“we shape our tools and our tools shape us”marshall mcluhan

break your bubble

new perspective

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get a posse !+ collaborate

rise above !your roots

move on…and up

stay curious +!sharpen senses

I have the answers to the questions they never ask

- Gwen Burvall

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who you know !will help you grow

make thinking !visible

creativity is…

connecting dots…

inspiration!takes no!vacation

make disciplines!dance together

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mastery comes !with muscle

think bigger…!…and differently

do the unexpected

see the angel in the marble!!

make your work public

tell stories!

visual

ancora imparo!“live to learn” !

bricolage is best…!…be resourceful !

find beauty in the broken!

find a homebase!

make work easily sharable

“At last I don’t !know how to draw”

The Wow and the Wonder

“We are surrounded !by poetry on all sides”

“just slap anything on !when you see a blank canvas !staring at you in the face…”

“break the spell of ‘you can’t’”

Do … to Learn

Make something !GOOD!

every day

“learn the rules !like a pro…!

…so you can !break them !

like an artist”

cultivate !a constellation of creatives

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to know what you’re going to draw!you have to begin drawing!

work backwards

Inspiration exists…!but it has to find you working

change it up - !reinvent yourself

make like Madonna

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look to the past to look forward

“art washes away from the soul!the dust of everyday life”

get in !a creative habit

“It takes a long time!to grow young”

stand for something!GREATER PURPOSE:

use the platform !you are given

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painting is not done to !decorate apartments…!!

…it is an instrument of war

live in the “why not?”!

find your gift…!…then give it away

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seek serendipity!flaunt the fails !marvel at mistakes

curate cleverly!

be awed by the ordinary

You need to let the! little things that would !ordinarily bore you !suddenly thrill you.

see things in new ways

tinker, try, and test!

find your niche!

make your own movement

“The idea is not to! live forever, !it is to create !something that will.”

leave a legacy

live !lightheartedly

paint what you like! and die happy

selfies!

who’s inspired you to change something about

the way you teach?

#getsmART

@amyburvallwww.amyburvall.com