I don’t know what’s coming next. Sometimes it seems like the fire’s extinguished, the Muse snuffed out all the lights as she left, everyone’s gone to sleep, and the streets have stilled. It’s just me and a full, insolent moon staring down: Moon: ”What?” The thing about creativity is you never know. Maybe this is… Continue Reading
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Creative Bank Deposit: Backgrounds
I have a really busy week ahead and I know time will be short for creating art, so today’s Art Every Day Month project was to get a whole lot of backgrounds started so I could make the most of the time that I do have this week. I feel good, like I’ve just made… Continue Reading
Exercising Different Art Muscles
In my last post, I spoke about the portrait drawings I’ve been working on through my online drawing tutorials. The painting here is the next step in the process, going from the scraps of paper to the canvas. I’m actually pretty new to painting, up till about 6 weeks ago I’d completed about a dozen… Continue Reading
The Idea Catcher
“I have so many ideas that I’m lucky if I don’t trip over them each morning.” J.S.Bach I love the image of Bach tiptoeing through his room, over the ideas strewn on the floor like yesterday’s underwear. Isn’t that just how creativity works, too? Ideas are abundant. Having ideas is much easier than bringing them… Continue Reading
5 Unhelpful Questions For Your New Creative Project
At the start of a new creative project do you ever find yourself facing down a barrage of shaky thoughts designed to prevent you from even beginning? I certainly do. Sometimes the starting line can feel like the finishing line where, just as one last burst of energy is required to break the tape at… Continue Reading
Mild Flooding, Water Wings Are Located Beneath Your Seats.
I had three very cool internet moments over the last few days. The first was discovering I had been ‘itemized!’ on my favourite blog. Seeing my name and blog being mentioned on Havi’s blog was awesome, and thrilling! Very Cool Internet Moment #1. Awesome and Thrill were quickly joined by Panic once it sunk in… Continue Reading