I rigtigt mange år har jeg skrevet morgensider – efter Julia Camerons anvisning.

I stort set hele mit voksenliv har jeg været kreativt blokeret. Drømt om at være kreativ, drømt om at skabe noget med mine hænder, drømt om at give den fuld gas som fuldtidskunstner og bare blive opslugt af kreativt flow.

Efter en masse overspringshandlinger og en stress-sygemelding gjorde jeg for to år siden noget ved mine drømme. Jeg lagde min livsstil helt om og fulgte Julia Camerons 12-ugers kreativitetskursus og bloggede mig gennem begge hendes bøger “Kreativitet” og “Kunsten at være kreativ”. Det gjorde en kæmpe forskel!

Daglige moodboards og kruseduller

I 2014 lagde jeg 365 moodboards for at give mig selv lov til at lege og afprøve alverdens kreative genrer.

Men for et år siden, helt præcist den 27. maj 2014, gjorde jeg det, der til dato har betydet aller mest for mig: Jeg begyndte at tegne en tegning om dagen. En såkaldt doodle.

Mine doodles har nærmest erstattet mine morgensider – og umiddelbart har jeg den bedste start på dagen, hvis jeg lige giver mig 5-10 minutters fri leg med pen og papir, men det sker også, at jeg først doodler om eftermiddagen eller om aftenen. Og jeg er VILD MED DET!!

Inspireret af naturen

På finurlig vis udspringer de fleste af mine doodles fra naturen. I starten var jeg meget inspireret af blomster og spirer i min egen have, af illustrationer i gamle bøger og ikke mindst af smukke retrostoffer – jeg suger virkelig det hele til mig og lagrer det et sted i min visuelle hukommelse…

[En af mine doodles farvelagt via Illustrator]

Besat af mønstre

I sidste weekend fik jeg så føjet et ny kapitel til mit kreative eventyr. Jeg var på mønsterkursus via et online kursus i USA hos Jessica Swift – hvor jeg lærte at transformere mine doodles til skønne mønstre klar til at blive trykt på duge, servietter, badeforhæng, papir, notesbøger og you name it. Det har virkelig fået mig til at drømme om mønstre både dag og nat.

Er virkelig spændt på, hvad det fører til – der er uendelige mønstermuligheder og farvekombinationer, når først man går i gang med at lege i Adobe Illustrator.

Blogindlæg kommer der desværre ikke så meget af for tiden – men du kan altid følge med i mine kreative eventyr her på Instagram.

Kærlig hilsen Susanne ♥

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[Pattern made by me – from my doodles]

A doodle a day – and new pattern adventures

For a lot of years I have written morning pages – advised by Julia Cameron.

In most of my adult life I have been creatively blocked. Dreamed about being creative, dreamed of creating something with my hands, dreamed of living as a full-time artist in contact with my soul and just be swallowed up by creative flow.

After a lot of procrastinations and a stressful daily life I turned my life upside down two years ago and started to ACT on doing something to fulfill my creative dreams.

In the beginning I changed my diet to Paleo food and I followed Julia Cameron’s 12 weeks creativity course while I was blogging about her books “The Artist’s Way” and “Walking in this world”. It made a huge difference!

Daily mood boards and doodles

In 2014 I made 365 moodboards to give myself permission to play and try out all sorts of creative genres.

But a year ago, exactly on 27 May 2014, I started a new creative path that until this day has been the most important path in my new creative life: I started drawing a drawing a day. A so-called doodle.

My doodles has almost replaced my morning pages – and I feel I have the best start of the day, if I do 5-10 minutes of free doodling with pen and paper, but it also happens that I’m doodling in the afternoon or evening. And I really like it a lot!!!

Inspired by nature

Somehow most of my doodles are inspired by nature. In the beginning I was very inspired by flowers and sprouts in my own garden, by illustrations in old books and not least of beautiful retro fabrics – I really suck it all in and store it somewhere in my visual memory…

[Farvelagte doodles klar til at danne et mønster med | Colored doodles in Adobe Illustrator, ready to be transformed to a pattern]

Obsessed with patterns

Last weekend I added a new chapter to my creative adventure. I joined Jessica Swift’s Pattern Camp through an online course in the US – where I learned how to transform my doodles into beautiful designs ready to be printed on tablecloths, napkins, shower curtains, paper, notebooks and you name it. It has really made me dream of patterns both day and night.

I am so curious to see what my new pattern knowledge will lead to – there are endless pattern possibilities and color combinations, once you begin to play in Adobe Illustrator…

I don’t blog as much for the time being – but you can always keep up with me here on Instagram.

Lots of love and happiness, Susanne ♥

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