by Shelly Stokes, Founder and Creative Mentor
We are one week into the 30 Days of Design Magic program, and I promised to post all of my designs. And there is so much going on with the class that I am way behind (as usual).
Here are the first 5 designs that I did for my 30 Designs in 30 Days exercise.
As I expected, some are more interesting than others. The good thing is that I am actually doing a design each day whether it is good, bad or indifferent. Actually, I think the only BAD designs are the ones I do not do …
I kept it pretty simple for the first design. Just one shape cut from each side of my black square.
I played with curvy lines on the second design.
I must have been looking out my window toward the garden when I did Design 3. It has the look of leaves.
This one was fun. I was thinking about gears. I like the combination of notches and circular patterns.
Umm… I am pretty sure I did this at the end of the day. I am not thrilled with it, but there are a couple of elements that could be useful in another design.
I will check in with more designs next week.
Love all your designs. Thanks for sharing with us! Gives me more ideas! Love it!
You are most welcome, Beth. Inspiration from other people is good.(Even if some of the designs are not!) I’m going to spend my day working with the photos coming in from the 30-days group. Some of them are amazing!
I love the concept of this creative challenge! You never know what will happen!
I met you in the grocery store in Alexandria a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed visiting with you and look forward to another “art”visit again sometime. Happy creating! Dorothy
Hi Dorothy, I remember meeting you over a Pete’s. It was lovely to chat with you. I meet a lot of our Community Members at big quilt shows, but it’s fun to meet someone so close to home.
I am enjoying the challenge and all of the designs coming in from the 30 Days class. I am in awe of what we are creating as individuals and as a group.
Hi Shelly,
Love all the designs! I really like the one you are not happy with. Maybe every other one needs to be turned 90 degrees, just a thought. It feels very organic.
Barbara
It’s all in the eye of the beholder, Barbara. Many of the designs might be more interesting if they are rotated and flipped differently from the Design Magic method. But that’s for another day. I don’t want to add too much confusion during my time with the 30 Days group.
As Joelle said in her TEDx talk, if she stays quiet, she finds that other people like the paintings that she doesn’t. It’s good for us to reserve judgment and just keep going.
Hi Shelley,
Any chance you will make your 3rd design into a rubbing stencil? (the leaves pattern)
Thanks,