Comments on: Why Draw in the Ready-Made World? https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/why-draw-in-the-ready-made-world/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/why-draw-in-the-ready-made-world/#comment-120177 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:11:22 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28988#comment-120177 In reply to Carol Brown.

Thanks so much, Carol! I agree! Also, thank you for bringing up the self-knowledge and self-esteem, it’s such an important part of this discussion.

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/why-draw-in-the-ready-made-world/#comment-120176 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:08:32 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28988#comment-120176 In reply to Roslind.

Roslind, what an insightful comment, thank you! I so agree with you, and I also love how you and Jane talked about “blue”.

]]> By: Päivi https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/why-draw-in-the-ready-made-world/#comment-120175 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:06:31 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28988#comment-120175 In reply to Jane Bredendick.

Thanks so much for your comment, Jane! I try to build the courses so that they are multi-leveled: they have a certain mood, certain artistic ideas, philosophy, techniques, set of tips and tricks, and topics. So, the course projects can be your own adaptation of what you pick from there. I think it’s more fun that way too. Thank you for bringing this up, I should make a video about this, talking this through!

]]> By: Carol Brown https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/why-draw-in-the-ready-made-world/#comment-120160 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 02:22:36 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28988#comment-120160 The instant gratification of today’s society,AI and drawing program’s available on the internet are interesting to play with but they are just that ,a program,like turning on a TV we immerse ourselves for a while but they don’t hold a candle to using our brains to truly create from within ourselves.
I am 74 next month and have been creating since….forever it seems. Never underestimate what your brain sends to your fingertips,what you transcribe to paper. Art is a universal language since cavemen first drew on their caves in charcoal. How else will future generations understand where we are in the universe if we put this wonderful ability aside and rely on AI to say who we are ! XO

]]> By: Roslind https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/why-draw-in-the-ready-made-world/#comment-120154 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 23:17:35 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28988#comment-120154 I too, have concerns about technology and its effect on creativity and the mind. Many works of art seem artificially frozen in perfection and lack the real artistic touch, with all the delicious imperfections and personality of the artist.

Drawing and creating with colored pencils and paints void of technology allows me to be alone with my inner self. It’s a quiet place where no one else exists except me and my imagination.

Your classes always take me to those forgotten little place where I can connect to my inner voices to express freely from heart to hand. Technology does have it’s place in this world. I have seen it beautifully combined in mixed media artworks for many years.

I’m not denouncing it as an artform , but asking for some space and freedom to explore the “ Blue “ landscape of my sensory endeavours as a human not as a robot. … so that is why I will probably add a little green to my blue.

I can’t wait for ‘ Hearts and Stories” to begin !!!

]]> By: Jane Bredendick https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/why-draw-in-the-ready-made-world/#comment-120149 Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:26:41 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=28988#comment-120149 I feel compelled, in a good way, to create art every day. Even with all the world’s problems and my personal struggles, I am so grateful that I can draw and paint as I wish.
Something clicked recently when I was watching one of your lessons: it’s not about making an artwork exactly like yours, it’s all about sharing your creative joy through all kinds of helpful techniques. That is very therapeutic!
If this makes any sense, I believe Blue is a color and a feeling that, if deeply seen and felt, leads to healing and joy.

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