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6 | Wine, Women and a Paintbrush - Art Playbook

How To Get the Most
From This Guidebook
You are a DIYer.

You’re all
over Pinterest, follow countless
artists and bloggers, DIY is your
passion, and there’s never enough
time to create all the stuff you want
to create. But, as much as you love
it, it’s a little lonely sometimes and
you’d love to bring some friends together to share it with you, whether
or not they feel like they’re “creative”.

You'are a beginner. You’re

just getting started with exploring
creativity and are slightly overwhelmed/totally overwhelmed with
all the options. Not only that, but
intimidated. It’s impossible not to
compare and makes starting even
scarier. You’d like a fun, easy,
meaningful project to be all laid

out for you. Using easy to find and
inexpensive materials and getting
results that will squelch the inner
critic - at least a little.

You’re a teacher who wants to

infuse meaning into your classes.
There’s lots of great creative options but you’d like to do something
different with your class. Not just
teach them a technique or learn
about a particular artist, but inspire
them to know themselves better and
to dig deep. To restore that natural
lack of inhibition that you see draining away as they grow.

You’re a “tribe leader”. You
have a group of family, friends,
team, etc. and they look to you for
inspiration. You always bring the

cool stuff to the party. You’re the
organizer, the leader and, while you
love that role, you’d like to relax a
little and enjoy the party too. Not
have to do it all.

You’re a facilitator in your
"day job." And it’s harder and

harder to keep your audiences’ attention. They are so distracted!
You want to shake things up, do
something they’ll talk about for
ages, and remember you for. And
have a real impact on who they are
outside of the routine of their daily
lives. (Our results with creativity in
the corporate world have been nothing short of mind-boggling. If you’d
like extra info, or some help, please
pop us an email.)

How to lead a group:
So, you want to share your love of
creativity?! Yippee. Maybe you’ve
done that many times and are
perfectly comfortable. If that’s the
case, perhaps you’ll find a couple
of ideas to add to your toolkit. Or
maybe you are brand new to it, but
feel inspired, and want to ensure
that your friends or family, students or colleagues, enjoy it.
1) Choose wisely. The perfect
guests are curious, open to new
things, don’t take themselves too
seriously, share your love of connection, and are looking for ways to
make life more fun and meaningful.
No one needs to be an “artist” or
even “creative” to participate and
love it.
2) Set the stage. Share the “Playbook Promises”. Let people know
what to expect and remind them
that this gathering might be a little