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Creative Challenge: Follower’s Choice

May 31, 2024 Leave a Comment

Getting to Know You!

After taking a couple of months off from hosting a challenge, I’m excited to bring it back! This time, I asked my Instagram followers for ideas. And I’m excited to see what they create with these follower’s choice challenge prompts.

Handlettering these words is fun if that’s what you always do. But consider adding another element to your challenge. Of course, it’s up to you, but you could always use this challenge to expand into another form of creativity. Use this month’s this or that challenge to try something new.

For instance, if you always use modern calligraphy to participate in a challenge, maybe you will try your hand at watercolor this month. If you always do whimsical-style watercoloring, study a few flowers with a more realistic touch. I’m not promising that everything will be perfect. But these challenges make it easy to try a new style or enhance your skills without feeling like you’ve wasted anything – after all, you were taking on the challenge.

Follower’s Choice Challenge List

June 2024 Follower's Choice Challenge - draw, letter, doodle, paint some or all of these prompts from the challenge!
  1. Picnic
  2. Bar-b-que
  3. Palm Trees
  4. Fruit Salad
  5. Flowers
  6. Bugs
  7. Camp Tent
  8. Camp Trailer
  9. Roasted Marshmallows
  10. Camp Fire
  11. Lakeside
  12. Your State’s Flower
  13. Mushroom
  14. Bunny
  15. Spring Flowers
  16. Summer Weather
  1. Plants in Rain Boots
  2. Thank you Card Ideas
  3. Holiday Card Ideas
  4. Hamburger
  5. Corn on the Cob
  6. Red Peppers
  7. Grill
  8. Picnic Blanket
  9. Picnic Basket
  10. Beach Umbrella
  11. Watermelon
  12. Strawberries
  13. Earth
  14. Raspberries

It may seem like a random assortment of ideas, but these followers’s choice challenge prompts show what’s really on their minds. Summertime, outside time, playing, beautiful flowers, and family activities.

How to Participate in the Follower’s Choice Challenge:

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 take 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 floral names from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

Why a Creative Challenge?

Leonardo Da Vinci defines why I love to do creative challenges:

Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.

-Leonardo da Vinci

You can sit for hours staring at a blank page, begging for inspiration to come, and yet, it doesn’t. But give yourself a prompt, and possibilities for creating seem to blossom unexpectedly.

I sometimes add additional limitations during a monthly challenge, such as drawing everything in a circle or using only two ink colors. You’d think that these limitations would stifle my creativity. But to my surprise, I find that my ability to create expands when I have certain restraints.

So, even if you struggle to find a creative style for a challenge, try adding some constraints to your art.

  • Paint only in a circle, but allow one piece of your art to break out of the frame – like the tip of a mountain or a single palm tree.
  • Use a new font style and master it.
  • Have you ever tried flourishing? Maybe it’s time to try.
  • Use two types of fonts and mix and match them for a quote.
  • Doodle the image that creeps into your head when you read the prompt.
  • Create a comic strip with the prompt as the theme.

That’s what these challenges are all about! Expanding your creative vocabulary and discovering something new.

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge, creating using the this or that challenge prompts.

Create a game or conversation starters on 3×5 cards, or create a collection of these words in your bullet journal or planner. Use the challenge word as a start 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 funny words drawn out in modern calligraphy, or try watercolor lettering.

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges – even if you happen on this challenge after it’s posted and finished on Instagram, nothing keeps you from using these prompts to create later.

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

Happy creating, and remember to have fun!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges Tagged: creative challenge, doodle challenge, instagram challenge, lettering challenge

Creative Challenge: This or That

February 27, 2024 Leave a Comment

Getting to Know You!

This month’s creative challenge is all about, well, you! Choose your favorite option using the This or That prompts to describe you. If the prompts don’t fit – substitute your own – I personally prefer Diet Dr. Pepper instead of Coke or Pepsi.

Use these fun little prompts to share a bit about yourself and to expand your creativity throughout this month. Check out the challenge list below, and if you’re having trouble with creative ideas, keep reading. I have lots of ideas to share.

Handlettering these words is fun if that’s what you always do. But consider adding another element to your challenge. Of course, it’s up to you, but you could always use this challenge to expand into another form of creativity. Use this month’s this or that challenge to try something new.

For instance, if you always use modern calligraphy to participate in a challenge, maybe you will try your hand at watercolor this month. If you always do whimsical-style watercoloring, study a few flowers with a more realistic touch. I’m not promising that everything will be perfect. But these challenges make it easy to try a new style or enhance your skills without feeling like you’ve wasted anything – after all, you were taking on the challenge.

This or That Challenge List

March 2024 This or That Lettering Creative Challenge Words - Daily Lettering/Drawing Prompt
  1. Digital or Paper
  2. Pink or Blue
  3. Pencil or Pen
  4. Morning or Evening
  5. Playlists or Podcasts
  6. Swimming Pool or Beach
  7. Cats or Dogs
  8. Summer or Winter
  9. Flip Flops or Sneakers
  10. Soda or Juice
  11. Farm or City
  12. Laptop or Tablet
  13. Cook or Dine Out
  14. Apple or Android
  15. Television or Movies
  16. Rain or Snow
  1. Sweet or Salty
  2. Coke or Pepsi
  3. Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate
  4. Draw or Paint
  5. Hot or Cold
  6. Introvert or Extrovert
  7. Sunrise or Sunset
  8. Batman or Superman
  9. Sprint or Fall
  10. Truth or Dare
  11. Indoor or Outdoor
  12. Roses or Tulips
  13. Gryffindor or Slytherin
  14. Plan it or Wing it
  15. Pizza or Pasta

How to Participate in the This or That Challenge:

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 take 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 floral names from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus This or That Options Not in the Challenge

Here are a few bonus This or That options that didn’t quite fit into the challenge (there are so many to choose from!) But that doesn’t mean you can’t use these words in a challenge of your own. What other this or that options did I miss for this challenge? Which one is your favorite, either to see or to create?

  • Breakfast or Dinner
  • Early Bird or Night Owl
  • Zoo or Aquarium
  • Salad or Soup
  • Smoothies or Milkshakes
  • Itinerary or Spontaneous Adventure
  • Waffles or Pancakes
  • Journal or Meditation
  • Sunglasses or Hats
  • Superheros or Magic
  • French Fries or Tater Tots?
  • Parachuting or Bungee Jumping
  • Yoga or Crossfit
  • Chips or Popcorn
  • Running or Biking
  • Potted Plants or Garden
  • Vision Board or Written Goals
  • Sweater or Hoodie

Why a Creative Challenge?

Leonardo Da Vinci defines why I love to do creative challenges:

Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.

-Leonardo da Vinci

You can sit for hours staring at a blank page, begging for inspiration to come, and yet, it doesn’t. But give yourself a prompt, and possibilities for creating seem to blossom unexpectedly.

I sometimes add additional limitations during a monthly challenge, such as drawing everything in a circle or using only two ink colors. You’d think that these limitations would stifle my creativity. But to my surprise, I find that my ability to create expands when I have certain restraints.

So, even if you struggle to find a creative style for a challenge, try adding some constraints to your art.

  • Paint only in a circle, but allow one piece of your art to break out of the frame – like the tip of a mountain or a single palm tree.
  • Use a new font style and master it.
  • Have you ever tried flourishing? Maybe it’s time to try.
  • Use two types of fonts and mix and match them for a quote.
  • Doodle the image that creeps into your head when you read the prompt.
  • Create a comic strip with the prompt as the theme.

That’s what these challenges are all about! Expanding your creative vocabulary and discovering something new.

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge, creating using the this or that challenge prompts.

Create a game or conversation starters on 3×5 cards, or create a collection of these words in your bullet journal or planner. Use the challenge word as a start 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 funny words drawn out in modern calligraphy, or try watercolor lettering.

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges – even if you happen on this challenge after it’s posted and finished on Instagram, nothing keeps you from using these prompts to create later.

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

Happy creating, and remember to have fun!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Resources

Here are some resources I used, and some of the references have some great image references.

  • 150 This or That Questions
  • 500 This or That Questions
  • 450 This or That Questions

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges Tagged: creative challenge, doodle challenge, instagram challenge, lettering challenge

Creative Challenge: Flower Names

January 26, 2024 Leave a Comment

This month’s creative challenge is all about flower names! Use these everyday floral names to expand your creativity throughout this month. Check out the challenge list below, and if you’re having trouble with creative ideas, keep reading. I have lots of ideas to share.

Handlettering these words is fun if that’s what you always do. But consider adding another element to your challenge. Of course, it’s up to you, but you could always use this challenge to expand into another form of creativity. Use this month’s flower name challenge to try something new.

For instance, if you always use modern calligraphy to participate in a challenge, maybe you will try your hand at watercolor this month. If you always do whimsical-style watercoloring, study a few flowers with a more realistic touch. I’m not promising that everything will be perfect. But these challenges make it easy to try a new style or enhance your skills without feeling like you’ve wasted anything – after all, you were taking on the challenge.

Flower Names Challenge List

February 2024 Flower Names Creative Challenge Words - Daily Lettering/Drawing Prompt
  1. Rose
  2. Iris
  3. Orchid
  4. Tulip
  5. Sunflower
  6. Poppy
  7. Pansy
  8. Daffodil
  9. Lily
  10. Hydrangea
  11. Bluebell
  12. Buttercup
  13. Alstroemeria
  14. Peony
  15. Violet
  1. Lilac
  2. Daisy
  3. Foxglove
  4. Hibiscus
  5. Honeysuckle
  6. Jasmine
  7. Lotus
  8. Magnolia
  9. Cherry Blossom
  10. Dahlia
  11. Lavender
  12. Snowdrop
  13. Snapdragon
  14. Sweat Pea

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 take 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 floral names from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus Floral Names Not in the Challenge

Here are a few bonus flower names that didn’t quite fit into the challenge (there are only 29 days this month!) But that doesn’t mean you can’t use these words in a challenge of your own. What other flower names did I miss for this challenge? Which one is your favorite, either to see or to create?

  • Fuschia
  • Anemone
  • Cynth
  • Bird of Paradise
  • Tiger Lilly
  • Aster
  • Forget-me-Not
  • Hollyhock

Why a Creative Challenge?

This quote from Leonardo Da Vinci defines why I love to do creative challenges. You can sit for hours staring at a blank page, begging for inspiration to come, and yet, it doesn’t. But give yourself a prompt, and possibilities for creating seem to blossom unexpectedly.

Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.

-Leonardo da Vinci

I sometimes add additional limitations during a monthly challenge, such as drawing everything in a circle or using only two ink colors. You’d think that these limitations would stifle my creativity. But to my surprise, I find that my ability to create expands when I have certain restraints.

So, even if you struggle to find a creative style for a challenge, try adding some constraints to your art.

  • Paint only in a circle, but allow one piece of your art to break out of the frame – like the tip of a mountain or a single palm tree.
  • Use a new font style and master it.
  • Have you ever tried flourishing? Maybe it’s time to try.
  • Use two types of fonts and mix and match them for a quote.
  • Doodle the image that creeps into your head when you read the prompt.
  • Create a comic strip with the prompt as the theme.

That’s what these challenges are all about! Expanding your creative vocabulary and discovering something new.

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge, creating using the floral name prompts.

Create cards to send to a friend, or create a collection of these words and hang them in a frame. Use the challenge word as a start 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 funny words drawn out in modern calligraphy, or try watercolor lettering.

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges – even if you happen on this challenge after it’s posted and finished on Instagram, nothing keeps you from using these prompts to create later.

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

Happy creating, and remember to have fun!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Resources

Here are some resources I used, and some of the references have some great image references.

  • Types of Flowers
  • 70 Types of Flowers
  • 50 Popular Flowers with Meanings

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges Tagged: creative challenge, doodle challenge, instagram challenge, lettering challenge

Creative Challenge: Summer Words

May 25, 2023 Leave a Comment

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

Summer Words Creative Challenge - Art Challenge - Doodle Challenge - Lettering Challenge - Use the prompts to draw, paint, letter or create something inspired by the day's word.

  1. Hello Summer!
  2. Lemonade
  3. Hot
  4. Fireworks
  5. Sundress
  6. Road Trip
  7. Backpacking
  8. Beach
  9. Lazy Days
  10. Boating
  11. Hiking
  12. Swimming Suit
  13. Sunglasses
  14. Surfboard
  15. Pool
  1. Family Reunion
  2. Airport
  3. Swim
  4. Summer Camp
  5. Sunny
  6. Picnic
  7. Vacation
  8. Camping
  9. Tent
  10. Canoe
  11. Sleeping Bag
  12. Friends
  13. Relaxing
  14. Breeze
  15. Watermelon

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?

  • Flip-flops
  • Hot Dogs
  • Hamburgers
  • Tan
  • Tent
  • Lawn Mower
  • Sprinklers
  • hat
  • Sunscreen
  • Umbrella
  • Breeze
  • Hammock
  • Snowcone
  • Tan
  • Diving
  • Poolside
  • Park
  • Roller Coaster
  • Ball Games
  • Sand
  • Staycation
  • Lightning Bugs
  • Park

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!

  • Angled
  • Art Deco
  • Black Letter
  • Block
  • Bold
  • Broadway
  • Brush Lettering
  • Bubble
  • Calligraphy
  • Cursive
  • Decorative
  • Faux Calligraphy
  • Floral
  • Geometric
  • Graffiti
  • Grunge
  • Illuminated
  • Interlaced
  • Modern Calligraphy
  • Monoline
  • Negative/Reversed
  • Ornate
  • Outline
  • Overlapping
  • Patterned
  • Polka-Dots
  • Reflection
  • Retro
  • Ribbon
  • Rounded
  • Sans Serif
  • Serif
  • Shadowed
  • Short
  • Sparkly
  • Stripes
  • Tall
  • Textured
  • Watercolor
  • Western
  • Wide

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!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

Leave a Comment
Filed Under: Blog, Challenges, Get Inspired Tagged: art challenge, challenge, creative challenge, doodle challenge, instagram challenge, lettering challenge, watercolor challenge, word list challenge

Creative Challenge: Travel Methods

May 3, 2023 Leave a Comment

This month’s creative challenge is all about travel methods! Use these everyday means of travel to expand your creativity throughout this month. Check out the challenge list below, and if you’re having trouble with creative ideas, keep reading. I have lots of ideas to share.

Handlettering these words is fun if that’s what you always do. But consider adding another element to your challenge. Of course, it’s up to you, but you could always use this challenge to expand into another form of creativity. Use this month’s challenge highlighting travel methods to try something new. Who knows? You might learn to traverse another creative method.

For instance, if you always use modern calligraphy to participate in a challenge, maybe you will try your hand at urban doodling this month. If you use watercolor, use this creative challenge to study travel methods with watercolor mixed with ink. I’m not promising that everything will be perfect. But these challenges make it easy to try a new style or enhance your skills without feeling like you’ve wasted anything – after all, you were just taking on the challenge.

Travel Methods Challenge List

Methods of Travel Creative Challenge - Art Challenge - Doodle Challenge - Lettering Challenge - Use the prompts to draw, paint, letter or create something inspired by the day's word.
  1. Car
  2. Plane
  3. Toboggan
  4. Unicycle
  5. Sleigh
  6. Roller Blades
  7. Covered Wagon
  8. Shoes
  9. Tricycle
  10. Row Boat
  11. Subway
  12. Bus
  13. Gondola
  14. Blimp
  15. Zipline
  1. Motorcycle
  2. Train
  3. Scooter
  4. Hot Air Balloon
  5. Sled
  6. Ice Skates
  7. Wagon
  8. Bicycle
  9. Boat
  10. Bullet Train
  11. Hovercraft
  12. Cable car
  13. Trolley
  14. Elevator
  15. Broom
  16. Steamboat

How to Participate:

Not sure how to participate in a challenge? No worries. These are not hard or fast rules – the travel methods creative 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 travel methods from the challenge, or do them all! It’s meant to challenge you and expand your creativity.
  8. Most importantly, have fun!

Bonus Means of Travel Not Highlighted in the Challenge

Here are a few bonus travel methods 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 travel methods did I miss for this challenge? And which one is your favorite, either to eat or to create?

  • Hotrod
  • Handcart
  • Flying (as the birds do)
  • Escalator
  • Horse
  • Submarine
  • Motorcycle
  • Yacht

Why a Creative Challenge?

This quote from Leonardo Da Vinci defines the reason why I love to do creative challenges. You can sit for hours staring at a blank page begging for inspiration to come, yet it doesn’t. But give yourself a prompt, and possibilities for creating seem to blossom unexpectedly.

Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.

– Leonardo da Vinci

I will sometimes add additional limitations during a monthly challenge. Such as drawing everything in a circle or only using two colors of ink. You’d think that these limitations would stifle my creativity. But to my surprise, I find that my ability to create expands when I have certain restraints.

So even if you are struggling to find a creative style for a challenge, try adding some constraints to your art.

  • Paint only in a circle but allow one piece of your art to break out of the frame – like the tip of a mountain or a single palm tree.
  • Use a new font style and master it.
  • Have you ever tried flourishing? Maybe it’s time to try.
  • Use two types of fonts and mix and match them for a quote.
  • Doodle the image that creeps into your head when you read the prompt.
  • Create a comic strip with the prompt as the theme.

That’s what these challenges are all about! Expanding your creative vocabulary and discovering something new.

What to Do & Ideas for Creating

Here are some ideas to get you started with this challenge creating using the travel methods prompts.

Create cards to send to a friend, or create a collection of these words and hang them in a frame. Use the challenge word as a start 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 funny words drawn out in modern calligraphy, or try your hand at watercolor lettering.

What I Love About Creative Challenges

What I love about creative challenges – even if you happen on this challenge after it’s posted and finished on Instagram, there’s nothing keeping you from using these prompts to create later on.

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

Happy creating, and remember to have fun!

Find Other Creative Challenges

Supplies Perfect for this Creative Challenge

Crayola Markers

  • Crayola Super Tips 100 Count | 50 Count | 20 Count
  • Crayola Broad Line Markers

Here are a few of my favorite watercolor papers.

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Hi! I'm Tricia, the creative behind ChocolateMusings.com, I know how it feels to lose your inner muse. After years of darkness (which I call the dark ages of my life), I found my inner muse hiding in the forgotten corners of my soul, I vowed never to lose sight of her again.

Bullet journaling helped reignite the passion for art and living life again while organizing my days. I also discovered modern calligraphy and watercolor. Since then, my use of the bullet journal system has evlolved and I call it 'creative planning'. Here on the blog, I show you how to use your planner to ignite your inner muse and explore creativity and art while staying beautifully organized and living a joyful life.

I invite you to grab some good chocolate and dive into my musings. Let’s ignite your inner muse.

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