CREATIVITY NEWS FOR CURIOUS MINDS
The Curious Observations of Poly Moone
A Creative Thinking Blog by me, Sarah Jane Vickery.
Here you will find cartoon giggles, colouring challenges, video tutorials, FREE exercises, plus new discoveries, workshops and tools – everything you need to Get Creative!
How drawing together brings creative thoughts alive – what bees teach us through The Happenin’ Hive
Why is cartooning bees be so creatively inspiring? This past week I had the pleasure giving a workshop to some children through a department of the Government of Ontario. Our topic this time was The Happenin’ Hive. I've told this workshop before and it's always been...
Permission to PLAY! How to produce your most creative drawings – Lessons from a Monster Cartoon
When do you produce your best creative work? This week at Cartoon Club for Kids and Discover Your Inner Cartoonist we you were transported into a sound studio for our online art classes. Actually it was a monster cartoon character who was at the controls but hey who’s...
How to make a shy child more Confident – learn to Doodle a cartoon Dragon
How can cartooning help a shy child feel more confident? It probably doesn’t surprise you that one of my most popular online art classes with the kids is DRAGONS! Who doesn’t find these mythical beasts to be a fun subject. They are perfect for sparking the imagination...
How-to draw cartoon human faces Bit-by-Bit – Doodling expressions the Easy Way
What's an easy way to cartoon Human expressions? Every time I sit down at my drawing board to plan out the new topic for my online art classes each week for the kids and adults, I always feel a bit worried. I’ll be feeling a bit overwhelmed as I ask myself questions...
How Doodling helps to Slow Down your mind – a cartoon Wolf to the rescue!
Reason #2 to do more Doodling - To slow down Do you feel like things are going too fast?! I have had that feeling the past week and I’ve been feeling rather overwhelmed by it. In my online art classes with the children we were drawing wolves. Wolves are a tough...
Reason #1 to do more Doodling – Develop FOCUS!
Do you remember how much you liked to doodle when you were young? How about your children - do they like doodling? There are a host of reasons why - let’s investigate… As an artist and creativity coach in Godalming I experience the wonderful benefits of doodling every...
Do you Doodle at your Desk? You’re doing yourself good! Read on…
Do you doodle at your desk? As I doodle away playing with ideas for the next topic for my online art classes, I'm contemplating how many people doodle at work? And more interestingly why it helps? … I can think of a few of my previous co-workers who were avid doodlers...
How to draw a cartoon Leopard + the creative concept of REPRESENTATIONAL
This week at Cartoon Club online art classes for kids we were "Going on Safari". What would imagine? I especially liked drawing the lions and tigers. I have a thing for big cats, I think they are so majestic and simply amazing. I only drew this leopard in one of my...
How to turn your Cartoon doodles into digital art using Photoshop – Dragons galore!
I received so many fabulous drawings from when we designed dragons at Cartoon Club online art classes for kids - I just had to share these with you! Plus I wanted to show you an example of one student who turned his dragon doodle into a digital character using...
How to draw a cartoon baby Dragon and the creative concept of Potential
This week at Cartoon Club online art classes for kids it was all about dragons. Perfect for Harry Potter fans like me - our topic was “Me & My Dragon". What would your dragon be like? We had fun imagining all the potential situations and characters we could...
Drawing birds and the concept of Viewpoint | Creative Thought Thursday
Can doodling a flock of birds help you think more creatively? YES! Here’s how… Each week I’m bringing you #CreativeThoughtThursday - a concept I’ve been pondering, which I hope will help you think more creatively not just Thursday but everyday. Let’s focus on...
How to draw a sleeping cartoon Crocodile
This week at Cartoon Club online art classes for kids we had a real challenge - to design a misleading treasure mpa. It was very involved and the children came up with some terrific obstacles, features and clues for us to include on our maps. We went over time in...
A Cartoon Blog for creative souls
Meet Poly Moone. A cartoon by me, Sarah Jane Vickery
I created Poly Moone as a fun way to blog about the new thoughts and tools I uncover in the world of creative thinking. Poly delves into every topic from habit change to mindset, from colouring to confidence, from doodling to wellbeing. A multitude of surprising and funny findings to help you become your most creative self. But be warned! It’s in the nature of finding answers, that she will present you with many, many questions!
