Conquer the Blank Page: Creative Prompt Card Deck for Art Journaling and Beyond

What You Will Learn?

• Collect all of your best ideas in one place and conquer the blank page with a go-to deck of inspirational art journaling prompts.If you're a creative person, you've probably experienced the frustration of facing a blank page. You feel ready to create, so you gather your art supplies and sit down to begin your project… and your mind suddenly goes blank.In this class, I’m sharing a technique I use when I’m feeling stuck to come up with new art ideas. We’ll create a deck of personalized art prompt cards that can be used to help you generate unique ideas. I’ll walk you through the process of brainstorming lots of prompts that are exciting to you, creating a multicolored card deck, and how to customize your deck as you use it in your creative practice. I’ll also demonstrate how to create an inspired art journal page using our card deck as a starting point.In class, you’ll learn to:.
• This class will show you how to conquer the blank page with a go-to deck filled with ideas personalized for your art journal, sketchbook, or other art and design projects. Your finished card deck will help you to make connections between the medium and subjects that you are most interested in and develop a custom creative formula for your artwork. I hope exploring this new tool will leave you feeling excited instead of intimidated by the blank page!This class is for any creative who’s found themselves facing a blank page, struggling to come up with new ideas. Have you thought of plenty of ideas in the past, but when it’s time to create, you’re frozen in indecision? This will be just the class for you!  What You’ll Need.
• To complete the class project, you’ll need a pen, scratch paper for brainstorming, colored card stock in 3 different colors, a paper trimmer or a ruler and pair of scissors. I’ll also be using a hole punch to add my cards to a small binder ring for portability, but this step is optional. Alternatively, feel free to use a set of blank colored index cards, if you’d prefer to skip the paper trimming process.This class includes a printable card deck with a variety of different prompt ideas pre-filled, as well as a blank version. If you’d like to save a little time creating your own cards, use this printable as a shortcut. Download it under the Projects & Resources section of the class.Want to learn more about art journaling?Take Ashton’s class, Express Yourself Through Art Journaling: Three Creative Journaling Techniques to discover the joy of creating with art journaling through drawing and collage.For further exploration, take 10-Minute Art Journaling: A 7-Day Challenge to Conquer Artist’s Block to establish a daily journaling practice..