Iduna-Haya

Recently, @CoreLounge hosted a challenge in which people were asked to make a drawing using only three colors: Prompt and image courtesy of @akiestar and @KovoWolf over at @CoreLounge I was SUPER excited when I saw this prompt, because aside from being challenging, it was an EXCELLENT teaching tool / practice exercise. Why? Because, to fulfill it, you needed to apply knowledge in composition, values, and alternative shading techniques. I asked @akiestar if I could write an article breaking the challenge down into its components, and he said yes, so here we are! While the official CoreLounge challenge allowed people to combine the shades above to create "secondary" and "tertiary" colors, for this article, we'll use ONLY the three colors, pure, because that adds another learning element that's useful to explore. Ready? Let's go! 1. HOW TO APPLY COLOR? (MEDIUM) First, how, technically, do we use only the three colors, without combining them? I saw some people wondering

When you write something to share publicly, there is a whole world that it’s going to interact with. You can’t understand every facet of that world, but you can approach it with awareness and take responsibility for your impact on it. If you’ve ever wondered how to avoid inadvertent insensitivity, or (maybe especially) if you’ve never given it much thought before reading this sentence, the upcoming Writing Inclusively Week articles are for you! Look for these articles from and : On Tuesday, 9/29: @GDeyke and @neurotype write about how to include gender diversity. @akrasiel explains what a sensitivity reader is and why you should use one. On Wednesday, 9/30: @Zara-Arletis shares how to overcome editing bias. @neurotype introduces #OwnVoices and suggestions for writing about marginalized groups. On Thursday, 10/1: @BornWithTheSun helps you recognize abusive relationships in fiction. @JessaMar presents a simple path for providing trigger warnings. We hope you will find all of