Daily Paper Prompt {Intro}
Thu, November 1, 2012 at 11:47AM What on earth is the Daily Paper Prompt?
[originally posted July 2012, updated January 2013]
Let me explain. It is my hope that you will continue the daily art practice that you have started with the index-card-a-day challenge. You have the habit well-entrenched at this point, right? It is part of your life. It is part of most days. You are proactively making the choice to take some time each day to do art. You've shown yourself that you CAN have creative fun most days.
So the next week is very important. It's time to decide whether you will continue this creative surge, this creative energy. Not to PLAN to continue. Not to TRY to continue. Just continue. It doesn't have to be a BIG decision in capital letters. It's just a nod of the head. A decision to keep going. You are already in the flow. Here's my thought. There's not a good reason to stop. A bit of time every day for yourself, isn't it great!?!
postcard made for Hanna's 2012 postcard swap
Continue with creativity, no matter what the medium or the pace or the project. Doesn't it feel wonderful to do something creative each day? I'm so much happier if I do something artsy each day. You'll need to determine what works for you. It might work for you to take a break and take on a larger project. It might work for you to continue these cute little cards in the "off season" and post your off-season index card creations to the flickr group {you are welcome and encouraged to do so}.
After you work though the initial 61 days of the Index-Card-a-Day Challenge, you may want to continue in a small format. Or you might want to try another size or even a new medium. So the intention of the Daily Paper Prompt is to help you add creativity to your day. The prompts will work for any size of paper - index card, index card divider, post card, 5x8" moleskine, full page, watercolor paper, whatever. Even a cereal box. I'm guessing that some prompts will work better small, and some will work better large, but you can take the prompt and do whatever you wish.
Each day, a daily prompt - a technique, an experiment, something to do with paper.
The Daily Paper Prompt is a series of 61 individual prompts originally posted in Aug/Sep 2012. The prompts can be completed at your own pace, the only rule is to do the prompts in order. You can skip a prompt if you don't have the desire or the materials.
- DPP #1: Rainbow
- DPP #2: Windows
- DPP #3: Drips
- DPP #4: Flowers
- DPP #5: Linear
- DPP #6: Certification
- DPP #7: Leftovers
- DPP #8: Faded
- DPP #9: Games
- DPP #10: Stitch Paper
- DPP # 11: Seasons
- DPP #12: Round
- DPP #13: Music
- DPP #14: Pocket
- DPP #15: Words
- DPP #16: Pattern
- DPP #17: Chandelier
- DPP #18: Acomplishments
- DPP #19: Mail Art
- DPP #20: Stitches + Drips
- DPP #21: Stamp a Mandala
- DPP #22: Mapping
- DPP #23: The Simple Plastic Card
- DPP #24: Draw a Mandala
- DPP #25: Write Upside Down
- DPP #26: Artist Trading Cards
- DPP #27: Slow Journaling
- DPP #28: Garden Sketching
- DPP #29: Swirly Writing
- DPP #30: Creative Reading
- DPP #31: Finishing
- DPP #32: Re-Purposed Papers
- DPP #33: Layers {with Lauren}
- DPP #34: Puzzled
- DPP#35: Ten Tiny Things {with Rhomany}
- DPP#36: Found Words {with Natasha}
- DPP#37: Block Letters
- DPP #38: Music {with Marit}
- DPP #39: Practice Painting Lines
- DPP #40: Thought Bubbles {with Hanna}
- DPP #41: Draw a Silhouette
- DPP #42: Haiku
- DPP #43: Circles
- DPP #44: Leaf Prints
- DPP #45: Two for One
- DPP #46: Texture Collage
- DPP #47: Stamping Circles
- DPP #48: Doodle Flower
- DPP #49: Vogue
- DPP #50 + #51: Coloring Book
- DPP #52: White Page
- DPP #53: Write
- DPP #54 + #55: Organize Ephemera
- DPP #56: Playing with Paper with Diane Gilleland
- DPP #57: One Word Journal Page
- DPP #58: Observations {with Less Herger}
- DPP #59: Altered Maps
- DPP #60: Cut Paper Typography with Katie Licht
- DPP #61: Decadent Doodling
You can find ALL of the DPP's at this link: Daily Paper Prompts
Check out The Official Guide to Daisy Yellow Creative Prompts!
Reader Comments (15)
This makes me so happy! I love the daily creativity, but I also really enjoy the community. Thanks for initiating this :)
How exciting!!
ooooooooooh! i am excited about this b/c i do definitely find having the prompt lists very VERY helpful; i've actually been a bit worried that once the prompts stopped at the end of july i *might* fall off the AJ wagon again, so this is WONDERFUL news, thank you! i'm *IN*!!! :) :) :)
YES! I'll look forward to these. I am 10 cards behind on ICAD but your daily motivational talk is keeping me moving, thanks!!
Likewise I'm so happy! Thank you Tammy!!
Ooh, I like the sound of this! I was quite bereft when ICAD finished last year ;-)
Sounds like fun, Tammy! Your fount of inspiration never runs dry! :-)
This is so timely...I was thinking of trying the 3X5 card art as it travels easily. The Daily Prompts will be just what I need! Coming across Daisy Yellow was meant to be and I am really looking forward to following along.
Thank you so much.
Hi Tammy - I discovered your site recently and am inspired by all of your exuberant, contagious colorful energy. Thank you!
I missed out on this round of ICAD but am jumping right into the DPP. You are a bright star in our Yes and Yay Universe!
Smiles from here in Port Townsend, WA
Frances
Hello Tammy,
I love that you are providing daily prompts Daisy with Daily Paper Prompt as an extension of the Index Card A Day challenge. I enjoy doing these as warm-up activities to my other creative projects (writing and art). As you said...why not keep going...the momentum is already there. Thank you so much!
♥ Angi
Thank you Tammy! I finished every index card which is an amazing feat for me to stick with something to the very end. Your inspiration has been the key! I intend to keep on keeping on!! Thank you again for everything.
Thank you so much for your time and inspiration. I will continue to express myself and find joy in what the others create and share. Count me in!
I'm sorry, I am confused how the DPP works. I see that you have given a list of 7 weekly prompts, like we had for the ICAD... but that you are also giving us a daily paper prompt. Is the list just other options we can choose from, and the main DPP like a challenge? Are the main DPPs meant to be on index cards, or other sized paper? (I know I read that we can use larger paper size if we wanted...)
I did DPP #1 in my art journal. I didn't actually "paint" a rainbow, but I did use paint! Now i am thinking I might have done it wrong. I am all discombabulated here. Can somebody re-explain this to me as if I were a kindergartner, lol? That's what I feel like right now, hee hee.
Thanks, Susi
PS: I did post my rainbow journal page on flickr!
{Tammy}: Blame the confusion on me! The Daily Paper Prompts are technically the prompts I post each day (i.e. Rainbow, Windows, Drips...) and you can add a link in the link love when you complete one of the prompts {even if it's not that particular day, just within August}. The 7 prompts I posted at the beginning of the week are just quick prompts that you can use in any way you wish. Say, for example, the DPP that day didn't strike you or perhaps you did not have the materials. You could grab one of the 7 phrases and create something from that. You can do any of the prompts on any paper surface, whether it's cardboard, manilla folders, index cards, a bound art journal, watercolor paper... anything goes. As long as you use one of the 7 weekly prompts or the DPPs you can post your work to the Daisy Yellow Flickr Group!!! Hope this helps!
Thanks Tammy, that helps a lot! Now I know what to do with the DPPs, and even if I don't have the "proper" materials, I will still try to do them, as I am trying open my mind to using what I already have. They may not be "quality art paints etc, but they'll be okay I'm sure.
As for posting a link, will try to figure that out, and if i don't I'll be posting my creations on the ICAD group page on flickr.
This is such a great idea! I love how accessible you make art. I always feel like it's this big looming "thing" that must be done in my studio when I have hours of time. You make it look so easy to just whip things up every day. Thanks for this challenge and for the FB group--what fun to feel connected to other creative people! :)