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Planning for my first Bring Spring Challenge prompt: May Flower, which I will try to make into an Indian Floral pattern. Here are some sketches, me trying to figure out how to turn typical Swedish May flowers into something stylized and Indian Floral looking.
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Check out my stories today for some more about the challenge.
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And welcome everyone joining me here! So happy to connect with all you creative spirits 😃. .
If you’re curious about how to create Indian Floral motifs and pattern, check out my Skillshare course on this specific topic. .
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Tried to make an Indian Floral Easter Egg yesterday. NOT EASY. It’s all blurred and messy. Note to self: water based markers will not stay on egg shell... Gouache will though (swipe for the second more successful egg).

Finally! - You’ve asked for it and we delivered! Spring is about Inspiration and New Beginnings, here is this year’s BringSpring Challenge!⠀
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This time I’ve teamed up with fantastic Top Teachers Anna Sokolova @plushbrush, Ohn Mar Win @ohn_mar_win, Gabrielle Brickey @artworkbygabrielle and Irina Trzaskos @irinatrzaskos.⠀
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Each of us have experience with different niches and industries and that - combined with our personal styles and techniques - made us come up with this year’s theme for the challenge - Growth. Regardless of your level, feel free to jump in!⠀
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We want you to be brave, to dare and try new techniques, tools & new types of motifs! Use this BringSpring Challenge to grow as an artist. ⠀
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Let’s experiment together, plant new ideas which can grow into something completely unexpected and unique! ⠀
Come along, show us YOUR vision of Spring, we’d love to have you join US.⠀
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The rules are very simple:⠀
1. Follow all organizers on Instagram @plushbrush ⠀
@ohn_mar_win ⠀
@artworkbygabrielle ⠀
@bearbellproductions ⠀
@irinatrzaskos⠀
2. Repost this image on your Instagram feed ⠀
3. Post your works using #BringSpring_challenge and #BringSpring2019⠀
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And the most important rule ENJOY the process!⠀
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!!PRIZES!!⠀
From all participants who has used all prompts and posted their artwork according to the rules we will choose FIVE(!!) winners that will get:⠀
- One year of Skillshare Premium Membership⠀
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You can do the different prompts whenever you want during the challenge, but in order to be eligible to the challenge prizes you have to do all 10 prompts and post before May 25th.⠀
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You can join anytime and use any materials. By the end of the challenge, you’ll have a set of beautiful artwork and not to forget, in great company :).⠀ ⠀
** This challenge isn’t sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram.⠀ ⠀
Are you in?
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I just posted a blog post about the challenge to inspire you some more, where you can read about the teachers/organizers and our courses.⠀

You need to know just how much all your beautiful comments on my second last post means to me. I don’t know, but I may seem to have my shit together, some success, found my style and live a romantic home studio life. But the thing is, 75% of the time I feel inadequate, like an imposter, that my work isn’t good enough, that I should’ve come further by now. You know, that stupid self criticising devil on my shoulder, that we tend to give too much say in what is the actual truth. You probably have one too?⠀
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You’re encouragement and support is the counterweight that pushes me to understand better that those negative thoughts are ghosts in my brain, in my subconscious.⠀
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So, thank you for being my shoulder angles, giving that devil a really good fight! She’s sulking in a corner right now, short of words.

Welcome to my corner here on Instagram! I have a bunch of new followers and I think it’s time to literally and figurative give you a picture of who I am and what I do (and I think there is some info here that I haven’t shared with my long time friends before as well). ⠀
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I’m a surface and pattern designer, illustration artist and top teacher on Skillshare. ⠀
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I’m married to Johan who is a risk analyst for a bank and we have two kids, Isac who’s twelve and Wilma who turns ten in a couple of weeks. And then there is Kalle, the bunny. We live in a house we built 10 years ago in the outskirts of Stockholm.⠀
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My name - Bärbel - isn’t Swedish, but German, since my dad is from Germany. I wish I could speak German fluently, but I can’t.⠀
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On Skillshare I teach courses on illustration, how to use markers and I have a series about how to create classic pattern design styles like Toile de Jouy, Indian Florals and Paisley (more is coming later this year). Right now I’m producing a class on illustration that will be published in 2-3 weeks.⠀
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Anything else you’re curious about? Go to my stories where I set up a questions feature.⠀
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On my blog I just published a post on what I’m working on right now, all my current big projects and sharing some news I haven’t talkens about here yet. See you there?

Hey you, yes, you! I just want to say thanks for following along with me here, this corner of the world of surface & pattern design, illustration & markers, Skillshare classes & history nerdyness.⠀
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Thanks for your little red hearts, crazy emojis, your encouraging comments and DMs, all your questions and the sense of belonging that you provide in my everyday life. You are really important, and I think about you a lot, probably a bit too much considering the amount of time I spend here. 😏⠀
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I’m planning to host a giveaway as a part of this 2K celebration. ⠀
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So now I’d love to know what type of prizes do you like in ’gram giveaways? A little something for your home? Art supplies? A digital resource? Other? And do you ever participate in giveaway events? Tell me in a comment! 😃
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