On the 3rd Day... Oops I mean Night... of Christmas!

Salutations and Good Evening my fellow Creative Cabana readers! I hope this weekend was everything you hoped it'd be and more! My weekend has been busy and stressful sadly. Spending the holiday season working in stores is interesting and enjoyable watching people smile when they find "the perfect gift", but it's also exhausting. Lucky for me and for you too, if you find yourself in stressful times then I offer a suggestion to you that I find relaxing as well a great exercise for creative outlets.

So the ideal project for the day (ok night, since it's 10:03pm as I'm typing this) is art, or in this case drawings. Now, I've said this on several occasions in my posts and I will repeat it once again- if you don't consider yourself an artist or have the artistic ability, RELAX! The Art Police will not come and get you, then take you to jail for crappy hand work. In fact, the great thing about drawing is that it doesn't require perfection in order to be labeled as good or art. My view is that all artwork is in the eye of the beholder and it's wrong to judge someone's work because it's not to "your taste". Drawing specifically this time of year can be very useful because it can be incorporated in a number of ways: greeting cards, wall art, presents, or simply decoration.

The three drawings used in the collage picture I have posted are example I found through Google of different Christmas artwork created by everyday artists. Note that these aren't Thomas Kincade standard, or Vincent Van Goah levels, but they are still pretty good. What I admire is the different use of color, shade, and materials in creating each of these pieces. In having a passion for Art, I have to say I own a set of professional color pencils, charcoal sets, and some pastel pieces. If you don't have any of the fancier materials available to you, that is perfectly fine because a simple pen or pencil can go a long way.

If you can, think back to your old school art classes where you learned about terms like line, shape, texture, shade, and so on. Using these elements think about what you want to draw (or sketch for less detail). At Christmas time, I tend to be fond of drawing scenes like outdoors, or the Christmas Trees, or even the fireplace with stockings hanging. Sounds a little cliche, right? Well that's just my preferences. The subject is up to YOU! Once you have your subject picked out, figure out how you want to create your artwork: draw, paint, sketch, etc. Then using your tools, you can begin to create your masterpiece and don't work if doesn't look like much to start out. The great thing about Drawing is that it's an excellent stress reliever and allows you to take your mind off other situations to focus on making the art look how you desire it to be.

Drawing makes for an excellent creative project, a terrific stress relief, and overall just a lot of fun to kill time. Try it out for yourself and then send in your pics to this through your comments or you can share on The Creative Cabana's social media sites: Twitter and Facebook. Be sure to check back each day for a new creative project idea as part of The 12 Days of Creative Cabana and tomorrow will the selection of this week's Creative Mastermind. Lots of good stuff coming up, so don't miss out! Have a great night everyone and see you tomorrow!