Category: CREATIVITY & INSPIRATION

I had fun with the ABSTRACT challenge – but I’m not gonna lie, every time I try to paint something it turns into a shit show.

I had no idea what I wanted to do, so I just started working. Then it didn’t look abstract, so I tried to make it abstract. Then it looked worse than when I started so I threw more paint on it. It’s starting to sound like my life HA!

I’m not mad at the end result, but I’m still not sure how “abstract” it is, and it’s a little weird how I got there. In any case, here is my butterfly.

Part of the reason it may not look very abstract is that I started with a stencil sticker that I got from Five Below. My original idea was that I could maybe use water paint markers to fill in the stencil and then drip water to blend the colors into an abstract shape that looked vaguely like a butterfly, but that ended up being a complete mess. So then I just started layering colors to see what would happen.

Here are the photos I took during the journey – it did go from looking like stained glass to what it is now, so there is that!

THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE IS ‘HANDS’

As always, interpret the challenge as you see fit and create with whatever medium you choose – photography, paint, sculpture, dance, writing, cooking…explore something new! I’m trying to explore…can you tell?

Please use #ODTCreativeChallenge when sharing your creations online – I would love to see what you create! Next week I will share a photo of what I created along with the next creative prompt. I hope you will join me!

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.

GREEN – how hard could a creative challenge of the color green be?? I googled the word ‘green’ and learned some interesting things about the history of the color green – how green pigments have been made over the years, how in the middle ages the color of a persons clothing indicated a person’s social rank and profession…yes, I intended to get a creative idea and ended up down an internet rabbit hole.

After all of that exhausting internet work, I decided to just do my green project with Maizie and a Saint Patrick Day theme. I mean, it’s a holiday week, and I love her and the weather was nice so we headed out for a walk with a headband and my iPhone.

She hates me to put things on her head, but loves me and tolerates it long enough for photos. Yes, I give her lots of treats!! Here is her “GREEN” headshot.

I have no idea what this is but I love her for it

And then…she heard something in the trees…

Riley and I weren’t able to get creative in person this week, but we still touched base virtually on the challenge. Riley completed hers with makeup – how gorgeous is this??

Here is her whole beautiful face <3

THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE IS ‘ABSTRACT’

The definition of ‘Abstract Art’ is art that does not attempt to represent external reality but seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, forms, colors, and textures. In photography, it may be creating an image that does not have an immediate association with the object world or conceptual photography. But…as always, interpret the prompt as you see fit, and use the medium of your choice to execute.

Please use #ODTCreativeChallenge when sharing your creations online – I would love to see what you create! Next week I will share a photo of what I created along with the next creative prompt. I hope you will join me!

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.

I must be going through a creative dry spell, because I struggled with last weeks challenge of ‘In the Middle’ even more than I did with the prior week challenge. I even resorted to googling the words which only resulted in information about Malcolm in the Middle haha.

Eventually, I decided to try to do a photo silhouette of a butterfly between two leaves. So I went outside and clipped part of a branch, and wired a dollar store butterfly to it. It’s not quite time for leaves on the trees yet, so I cut leaves out of paper and glued them to the branch for the silhouette. I went back outside and tried….and while I did not quite get the silhouette I was going for, I like how this turned out – especially for a dollar store butterfly and paper leaves!!

Even though I liked that image, it didn’t quite fit the challenge so I decided to regroup.

In Michigan we have what we call a “Fools Spring” or “Spring of Deception” and we are actually living that this week. It’s a glorious week of 50-degree weather that gets us all excited for spring, only to have snow and ice come crashing back down on us at least a few more times before we get our real spring.

Thinking of this “Fools Spring”, I placed the butterfly (my sign of spring, even though it’s fake LOL) on the remaining snow, and took a photo showing both the signs of winter and spring to show that we are ‘In the Middle’ of the two seasons.

I like my first butterfly photo better, but I’m glad I persevered and found a way to create something that better fits the challenge.

This Weeks Challenge is ‘Green’

Interpret as you see fit and as always, create with whatever medium you choose – photography, paint, sculpture, dance, writing, cooking…explore something new! I tend to fall back on photography a lot, but I’m making an effort to try new things too…

Please use #ODTCreativeChallenge when sharing your creations online – I would love to see what you create! Next week I will share a photo of what I created along with the next creative prompt. I hope you will join me!

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.

Last week turned out to be the perfect week for a “Frozen” challenge – with knee-deep snow in Michigan and freezing temperatures as far south as Texas, there was no lack of a literal interpretation. So literal is the route I went.

I have always wanted to try to do frozen bubbles, but because I’m not a fan of the cold I just never have. Everything I read indicated that the temperatures should be in the single digits or below 0 for the best results, and yeah…but in the interest of this challenge I persevered.

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Tressie Davis is a blogger and photographer located in Chelsea, MI.