Theme 25: There was a line, then a splash of color and suddenly...

REMINDER: The Mini-Monthly showcase is Monday, June 29th. Please send your submissions in by the end of the day, Sunday, June 28th...YAY! Can't wait to see it all!

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.
-Pablo Picasso

How you choose to interpret the theme is completely up to you. It simply needs to be tasteful – no pornography or messages of hate here. When you sit down to create, you cannot think about how people will or will not receive your work. You are required to simply enjoy the act of creating.

Everything starts from a dot. ~Wassily Kandinsky

This week, take whatever material you are working on and do something to it...fire it across the room, turn it upside down, lay it on the floor and dance around it. Chances are when you first looked at it you had an idea. Let's see it with fresh eyes to see how many more ideas are generated.

Then, place a dot somewhere on the piece and begin from that point. Using line and color simply explore and play .... trust that your creation will emerge.

Willem de Kooning

"I think I'm painting a picture of two women but it may turn out to be a landscape." ~Willem de Kooning

The Fall of Icarus by Henri Matisse

“When I put colors together, they have to join a living chord, like a musical chord or harmony.” ~Matisse

Yellow, Red, and Blue by Wassily Kandinsky

"In their pursuit of the same supreme end, Matisse and Picasso stand side by side, Matisse representing color and Picasso form." ~Wassily Kandinsky

Dove of Peace by Pablo Picasso

"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions." ~Pablo Picasso

Important Guidelines

The work submitted must be something you have created and/or worked on between the time the theme was revealed and the Thursday unveiling. Please submit your response to Natasha@creativenachos.com no later than end of day Wednesday, July 1st if you would like it to be posted on Thursday, July 2nd. OR send me a link to your response to include in the comments section of the post.

With your response please include:

1. Your name - either first name, shop name or both.

2. The name of your piece (if you choose to give it one)

3. The name of the theme you chose

4. Something you'd like to share (process of creation, idea behind piece) if you'd like to share anything

5. The shop and/or blog links you'd like to include

6. Two photos of your piece or of each of the pieces (3x5 or 4x6 and 72dpi or a max of 96dpi - if you need any help with that please don't worry I'd be happy to help!)


Most importantly, push against your own limits, draw, let color fly, be wild...enjoy!