Creative Challenge: Summer Words

This month’s creative challenge is all about those summertime words that make us feel like we are on a permanent vacation. Follow along with the prompts and create something related to the day’s prompt every day. If you can’t create something new every day, choose a handful of prompts and create something more significant with your chosen summer challenge words. Try something new, create with a new medium or in a different style.

The point of these summer words is to creatively challenge you!

If you post on Instagram – be sure to tag me @ChocolateMusingsCreates and use the hashtag #FindYourCreativeMuse I love to see how you’re inspired by these challenges!

Summertime Words Challenge List

For more tricks about doodling or creating Summer-related words, check out these posts!

• Getting Started Handlettering – A List of Posts to Get You Lettering
• Ice Cream-Themed Bullet Journal
• Surfing-Themed Bullet Journal

How to Participate:

Not sure how to participate in a creative challenge? No worries. These are not hard or fast rules – the challenge is meant to inspire you and remove the art block we sometimes feel when creating.

1. If you’re on Instagram – find me & follow me @ChocolateMusingsCreates
2. Download the creative challenge prompts list (right-click on the image to save it and print it for reference). Or do a screenshot on your phone to save the prompts.
3. Every day letter, draw, paint or create something to do with the daily prompt.
4. You can use your regular style or add a bit of flair and try a new doodle or style!
5. Snap a picture and post your creation to Instagram – tag me @ChocolateMusingsCreates and use the hashtag #FindYourCreativeMuse – I’ll choose a few of my favorites and share them!
   • I’m also on Facebook so that you can post and tag my page. Find me at facebook.com/ChocolateMusings.
6. Follow the hashtag and like and comment on others’ creations as well. I LOVE the community that these lettering challenges create.
7. Choose a few summertime words from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus Summer Words Not in the Challenge

Here are a few bonus Summertime words that didn’t quite fit into the challenge (there are only 31 days!) But that doesn’t mean you can’t use these words in a challenge of your own. What other words make you think of summer?

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge creating using these summer-themed words.

Remember: you can try to create all or some of them, or choose one prompt that inspires you and work on it all month. The idea is to expand your creativity and inspiration and get you to try new styles or techniques that you might not use regularly.

You could paint a relaxing summertime scene to hang in your home for the season. Use the challenge word as a background for your art or lettering. You can always use art as an overlay for your other creations. Try to create as many as you like, or spend a few days experimenting with a particular word.

Create monograms with the various summer words painted or drawn embedded as a design, or create an overlay for another design, like squares or circles.

It’s not all about the letters. These prompts are perfect for doodles or full-page creations. These prompts are the perfect starting point if you’ve ever wanted to improve your drawing skills. Because it doesn’t matter how they turn out. What’s important is that you try something new. And you don’t have to sit and wonder what to draw because the prompts are provided for you!

Handlettering Styles to Try

If you handletter or want to start handlettering, here are some new styles to incorporate into your challenge. Focus on one style all month, or use a variety of lettering techniques!

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges like this summertime words challenge – even if you happen on this challenge after it’s posted and finished on Instagram, nothing says you can’t use these prompts as inspiration later on.

Using a combination of daily and style prompts is one of my favorite ways to experiment and try new techniques. A few years ago, when I started to handletter, prompts like this got me to try flourishing when I never would before.

Use this summer words challenge to look at color, patterns, and values and add a bit of flair to your projects.

Happy creating, and remember to have fun!

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