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1">This is one of the easiest techniques to create some cool abstract art. Let me lay out the steps below (sorry for the shaded photos, my options of photographing locations were limited on this day):</p><p id="5420">#1. Draw a line on the page. Yes, ANY sort of line. <b>Wavy, straight, I don’t care.</b></p><figure id="154e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*UyvJThnvyCEL2pvIZ_RbeQ.jpeg"><figcaption>First, draw one line that starts and ends at the side of the page. Photo Credit: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="082a">#2. Draw another line on the page that crosses over the first line. Again, how you draw it doesn’t matter, just as long as you create intersecting lines.</p><figure id="aad5"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*MT8wL-OTahQ9u7jtxPcVzQ.jpeg"><figcaption>You can see that the bottom one isn’t intersecting, but that’s okay, I’m not finished yet. Photo Credit: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="278c">#3. Continue doing this until you are satisfied with the number of lines that you have.</p><figure id="c07a"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*AR-uZhWK_gcxJIrww5w_AA.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="d416">#4. At each intersection of each line, round it off. To do this, I draw a little curve where the intersections are, then just colour it in with the same color that I used to draw the lines. In this case, it is a black fine tipped sharpie that I am using.</p><figure id="1a58"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*9nTaZyXONMpPBOMHfrhxNw.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="8fa4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*dxnk2HuCg4TLKlsD19eJOQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Round of the sharp edges, then color it in. Photo Credits: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="fd65">#5. Do this at all intersections, coloring them in, and thickening the lines as you go.</p><figure id="08de"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*cvVRWf9QaEYU0HK2vobLKA.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="e869"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*tJBru7op7_crAn27IMZr5A.jpeg"><figcaption>Thicken your lines (if you want) as you fill in the corners. Photo Credits: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="38a6">Once you are happy with how it all looks, you can leave it as is, or you can add decorations to the cells that you have created as I have done above. By creating patterns in the cells, or coloring them in different colors (or both), you will achieve a very unique look.</p><figure id="03e2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*IWp-NGIZxA4z7smT-PiiLg.jpeg"><figcaption>I started getting a bit crazy with this one and was bulging out the lines. THERE ARE NO RULES! Photo Credits: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="e18a">These sorts of drawings are almost impossible to reproduce exactly the same as another one. Each person will draw different types of lines, and do different things with the cells.</p><p id="da03"><b>This is a really EASY way to create unique ORIGINAL artwork.</b></p><p id="3702">So, what are you waiting for? I would love to see what you come up with!</p><figure id="0a0f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*rjydOgBARhdreEIsCR7-qw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h2 id="a8ff">Welcome To My First Monthly Challenge!</h2><p id="0ce2">Since a new month has begun, and I haven't created any sort of challenge for my publication yet, I decided that this would be a good one to get us all started.</p><p id="a360">As you can see, it is very easy to do, and there is no right or wrong way to do it. It’s as easy as putting pen, pencil, pencil crayon, marker, pastel, paintbrush, charcoal, or chalk (or whatever else) to paper (or canvas, wood, etc.)!</p><p id="11db"><b>You just have to give it a try!</b></p><h2 id="6ebd">There are no rules!</h2><p id="5c12">This art form comes with no rules! You just make your lines and fill in the joints. That is it. I encourage you to explore different mediums with this. This art can be done in various ways:</p><ul><li>On canvas with paint</li><li>On wood with a wood burner</li><li>On a whiteboard with erasable markers</li><li>On a chalkboard with chalk</li><li>On paper with pastels</li><li>On rocks with paint (or nail polish!)<

Options

/li><li>In a book (journal, sketchbook, old reading book…….)</li></ul><p id="a35a"><b>You can see, that there are MANY options!</b></p><p id="a8ae">(Please TAG your work with <b>‘Neurographic Art’ </b>in one tag spot so I can categorize them appropriately! )</p><blockquote id="3a34"><p>I can’t wait to see what you all come up with, and I would love to hear about what the process taught you. Are you satisfied, surprised, or disappointed with the results?</p></blockquote><p id="c356">Don’t forget that you won’t be perfect at the beginning! But imperfection is the variety of life!</p><p id="a7f1" type="7">Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do. ~ Bob Ross</p><p id="f742">You might find that your lines aren’t as straight as you would like, or your curves aren’t smooth. <b>Let me tell you, it took me many years to get smooth curves!</b></p><p id="6112">Like anything else in this life, practice makes us (almost) perfect.</p><p id="ef3a"><b>But please, don’t be shy.</b> Submit your work, and put it out there. I can guarantee you that whatever bad thoughts you think about your work will not be thoughts that anyone else has.</p><p id="2d43" type="7">We are all unique individuals and we all express ourselves differently.</p><p id="fde2">My publication <i>Share Your Creativity</i>, is meant to inspire and uplift each other and I will not tolerate negative comments, only constructive criticism. This is a safe place to share your work!</p><p id="b5ce"><b>I want everyone to be creative!</b></p><blockquote id="032d"><p>Thanks for reading and participating in Share Your Creativity’s first monthly challenge! I can’t wait to see what you all come up with:)</p></blockquote><p id="adcf" type="7">Happy creating!</p><p id="0f79">xo Jill</p><figure id="9ae3"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*rjydOgBARhdreEIsCR7-qw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="9466">I’m tagging the current authors of the publication: <a href="undefined">Bronze No One</a> | <a href="undefined">Ali</a> | <a href="undefined">Anne Bonfert</a> | <a href="undefined">BichoDoMato</a> | <a href="undefined">Celeste Wilson</a> | <a href="undefined">Delia Pena-Gay</a> | <a href="undefined">Dhallia</a> | <a href="undefined">Karen Wettstein</a> | <a href="undefined">KP_the_writer</a> | <a href="undefined">Mona Lazar</a> | <a href="undefined">Purvee Chauhan</a> | <a href="undefined">Terry L. Cooper</a> | <a href="undefined">Kimberlee</a> | <a href="undefined">Mary Ingram</a></p><p id="8001">If you wish to submit drawings and get involved with <b>sharing your creativity</b>, please drop your handle below in the comments. Or, click below to go straight to the publication page!</p><div id="9778" class="link-block"> <a href="https://medium.com/share-your-creativity"> <div> <div> <h2>Share Your Creativity</h2> <div><h3>For those wishing to share their artists' stories, their creations, or their tips and tricks to be creative.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*izEJZRgAwZdXvsJuu3__Bw.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><figure id="a1c9"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*rjydOgBARhdreEIsCR7-qw.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="3b1f"><i>Hi there, I am Jill from Artistic Voyages. My partner and I are full-time artists who now find ourselves on the continent of Africa. We paint murals in exchange for our accommodation, plus make digital artwork for selling online. <b>Subscribe to Medium through my <a href="https://artisticvoyages.medium.com/membership">referral link</a> to get full access to my writing plus thousands of others!</b></i></p><p id="c630"><a href="http://www.artisticvoyages.com/">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.instagram.com/artisticvoyages">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/artisticvoyages">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/artisticvoyages">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.patreon.com/artisticvoyages">Patreon</a>|<a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/artisticvoyages"> YouTube</a> | <a href="https://artisticvoyages.medium.com/">Medium</a></p></article></body>

ART | MONTHLY CHALLENGE |NEUROGRAPHIC ART

Learn About Neurographic Art — May 2022 Challenge

I had no idea that this art style had a name!

I have recently started a new publication called Share Your Creativity. The first submission I received to be published was by Celeste Wilson and it talked about Neurographic Art. If you are interested in learning more about it, please check out the link to her very informative article below.

Neurographic Art

A therapeutic art form.

medium.com

As soon as I saw it, I realized that I had already been doing it. This is a drawing style that I really gravitated to back when I was re-discovering my creativity around 15 years ago.

Apparently, a man in Moscow, Dr. Piskarev, has now trademarked Neurographics, and one must be certified to teach it. It surprises me that something as simple as this, an idea that I also came up with many years ago, can be trademarked.

I’m not sure how the trademark works exactly, but I will say that it’s nice to have a name put to it. It turns out that my art style (one of many that I use) is called Neurographic Art.

Okay, cool.

The article actually inspired me to draw a few of them. I hadn’t drawn with a specific goal in mind for some time, so it was nice to give my brain a bit of an exercise to see what I could come up with.

One of them was stuffed in my journal, on the back of some scrap paper, and I just drew it with my pen when I was finished writing for the day. A couple of minutes here and there, and over the course of a few days this one was finished.

I added bubbles to it to spruce it up! Photo and art by Author.

Next, I remembered that we had some black paper, so I wanted to try a bit of a different effect with it. I used a white sharpie paint pen for the lines, then used pencil crayons to create the shading and colors.

I feel like it looks like a bunch of colorful pebbles in a stream.

Colorful Pebbles. Photo and Art by Author.

I also wanted to create one that had some different textures and patterns on it. Plus I was craving lots of colors! This is the result of that effort.

Now, I know what you are thinking.

Well that’s nice for you, but I can’t do that.

I’m not creative like that.

Well, I’m here to call bull shit!

Sorry for being so blunt, but it is true!

Disclaimer: I am NOT a teacher of neurographic art, and I don’t pretend to be. I simply want to share examples of what I have done, in order to inspire others.

This is one of the easiest techniques to create some cool abstract art. Let me lay out the steps below (sorry for the shaded photos, my options of photographing locations were limited on this day):

#1. Draw a line on the page. Yes, ANY sort of line. Wavy, straight, I don’t care.

First, draw one line that starts and ends at the side of the page. Photo Credit: Author

#2. Draw another line on the page that crosses over the first line. Again, how you draw it doesn’t matter, just as long as you create intersecting lines.

You can see that the bottom one isn’t intersecting, but that’s okay, I’m not finished yet. Photo Credit: Author

#3. Continue doing this until you are satisfied with the number of lines that you have.

#4. At each intersection of each line, round it off. To do this, I draw a little curve where the intersections are, then just colour it in with the same color that I used to draw the lines. In this case, it is a black fine tipped sharpie that I am using.

Round of the sharp edges, then color it in. Photo Credits: Author

#5. Do this at all intersections, coloring them in, and thickening the lines as you go.

Thicken your lines (if you want) as you fill in the corners. Photo Credits: Author

Once you are happy with how it all looks, you can leave it as is, or you can add decorations to the cells that you have created as I have done above. By creating patterns in the cells, or coloring them in different colors (or both), you will achieve a very unique look.

I started getting a bit crazy with this one and was bulging out the lines. THERE ARE NO RULES! Photo Credits: Author

These sorts of drawings are almost impossible to reproduce exactly the same as another one. Each person will draw different types of lines, and do different things with the cells.

This is a really EASY way to create unique ORIGINAL artwork.

So, what are you waiting for? I would love to see what you come up with!

Welcome To My First Monthly Challenge!

Since a new month has begun, and I haven't created any sort of challenge for my publication yet, I decided that this would be a good one to get us all started.

As you can see, it is very easy to do, and there is no right or wrong way to do it. It’s as easy as putting pen, pencil, pencil crayon, marker, pastel, paintbrush, charcoal, or chalk (or whatever else) to paper (or canvas, wood, etc.)!

You just have to give it a try!

There are no rules!

This art form comes with no rules! You just make your lines and fill in the joints. That is it. I encourage you to explore different mediums with this. This art can be done in various ways:

On canvas with paint
On wood with a wood burner
On a whiteboard with erasable markers
On a chalkboard with chalk
On paper with pastels
On rocks with paint (or nail polish!)
In a book (journal, sketchbook, old reading book…….)

You can see, that there are MANY options!

(Please TAG your work with ‘Neurographic Art’ in one tag spot so I can categorize them appropriately! )

I can’t wait to see what you all come up with, and I would love to hear about what the process taught you. Are you satisfied, surprised, or disappointed with the results?

Don’t forget that you won’t be perfect at the beginning! But imperfection is the variety of life!

Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do. ~ Bob Ross

You might find that your lines aren’t as straight as you would like, or your curves aren’t smooth. Let me tell you, it took me many years to get smooth curves!

Like anything else in this life, practice makes us (almost) perfect.

But please, don’t be shy. Submit your work, and put it out there. I can guarantee you that whatever bad thoughts you think about your work will not be thoughts that anyone else has.

We are all unique individuals and we all express ourselves differently.

My publication Share Your Creativity, is meant to inspire and uplift each other and I will not tolerate negative comments, only constructive criticism. This is a safe place to share your work!

I want everyone to be creative!

Thanks for reading and participating in Share Your Creativity’s first monthly challenge! I can’t wait to see what you all come up with:)

Happy creating!

xo Jill

If you wish to submit drawings and get involved with sharing your creativity, please drop your handle below in the comments. Or, click below to go straight to the publication page!

Share Your Creativity

For those wishing to share their artists' stories, their creations, or their tips and tricks to be creative.

medium.com

Hi there, I am Jill from Artistic Voyages. My partner and I are full-time artists who now find ourselves on the continent of Africa. We paint murals in exchange for our accommodation, plus make digital artwork for selling online. Subscribe to Medium through my referral link to get full access to my writing plus thousands of others!