"Taking it All In"
12x12
Oil and Acrylic on panel
$350
Yeehaw! Can you be creative while on vacation?
My Experience
My family visited central Wisconsin this week and we went horseback riding for the first time. We took a tour along a scenic route in Mauston, Wisconsin at Red Ridge Ranch. It's about 20 minutes from the Dells and away from the touristy stuff. The scenes were just perfect for invigorating creativity.
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While walking in unfamiliar surroundings, I saw such beauty all around. Do you ever close your eyes and soak it all in when you experience such joy? Later, as I started to paint, I noticed the trees were doing a little dance in the wind. This piece "Taking it All In" is birthed out of that moment.
After taking it all in this week, I wrote a list of things you can do to stay creative while on vacation.
10+ Tips
- Take notice of local plants and flowers you might not see normally. I saw this arrangement this week while walking.
© Antonia Ruppert - Bring a pad of paper or sketchbook along.
- Use the sketchbook with limited tools.
- If you paint, use a limited or different color palette.
- Try a different way of crafting, cooking, exercising, etc.
- Change the layout of things- it will loosen you.
- Notice beautiful things that are similar yet different -- that sunset may be a little redder than back home. Here is one I saw this week.
- Use downtime to revisit goals and values.
- Catch up on that devotional book or Bible study you've meant to do.
- Practice reflection on all the things you're grateful for.
- Begin or end the day with a prayer of gratitude for your life.
Joy and peace!
Antonia
