Marie Boudon Dare to Create! by Marie Boudon (Softcover)

• Challenge 1 Giving yourself permission to create 10
• Challenge 2 Defining your priorities 14
• Challenge 3 Finding time 18
• Challenge 4 Building your confidence 22
• Courtney Cerruti's story 26

2 Getting Ready

• Challenge 5 Choosing your artistic practice 30
• Challenge 6 Preparing your creative space 34
• Challenge 7 Accepting your beginner status 40
• Jordan Matter's story 46
• Challenge 8 Defining your creative goal 48

3 Finding Inspiration

• Challenge 9 Building your idea box 54
• Challenge 10 Developing your curiosity 58
• Challenge 11 Honing your observational skills 60
• Iraville's story 64
• Challenge 12 Creating multiple sources of inspiration 66
• Challenge 13 Brainstorming 68

4 Developing Your Practice

• Challenge 14 Copying and influence 74
• Danielle Krysa's story 78
• Challenge 15 Identifying the skills that need developing 80
• Challenge 16 Creating your own exercises 84
• Challenge 17 Focus on quantity 88
• Josie Lewis's story 93
• Challenge 18 Establishing a routine 96
• Pacco's story 101
• Challenge 19 Having fun 104
• Challenge 20 Evaluating your practice 106

5 Expressing Yourself

• Challenge 21 Combining ideas 112
• Deeann Rieves's story 116
• Challenge 22 Making a research board 118
• Challenge 23 Starting over 122
• Yao Cheng's story 125
• Challenge 24 Creating a series 127
• Challenge 25 Using constraints 129
• PV Nova's story 132
• Challenge 26 Experimenting 135
• Challenge 27 Improvising 139
• Challenge 28 Letting things mature 142

6 Pushing Your Limits

• Challenge 29 Taking risks 146
• Minnie Small's storyl 150
• Challenge 30 Nurturing your sensitivity 153
• Challenge 31 Discovering your own style 158
• Kiana Underwood's story 162
• Challenge 32 Creative survival kit 164
• Challenge 33 Sharing and collaborating 168
• Challenge 34 Sharing your creations online 174
• Fran Meneses's story 182
• Challenge 35 Facing criticism 184

Conclusion 188
Bibliography 190
Acknowledgments 191
About the Author 192