Practice

It was time for some changes

At the Marsh

For those of you that have been following me for a while probably know that like a lot of artists I’ve gone through a “dry period”. Lots of personal loss of family and friends in the past year, I broke my left thumb and trashed the tendons in the process, and now economic woes, all of that can weigh heavily on a person.

So what’s a girl to do? Make changes of course.

I started drawing and writing daily again, even if it was only scribbles and making lists, it was something!

I gave myself a deadline of January 15th, that’s been moved to the 30th, to clean and organize my studio. Once again I got stuck and started watching lawnmowing videos again. What I didn’t know was in the process of watching those videos I was learning! I was learning what I liked and didn’t like about various lawn mowing channels, and ultimately what I liked and didn’t like about my studio practice.

I learned I wasn’t just blocked, I was stuck! That’s not necessarily a bad place to be, so long as you eventually move forward, and take note of anything you may have learned during the process of being stuck.

So forward I go with my website and social media, making changes, changes that represent where I am now, and where I intend to go going forward.

Studio Practice

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I don't know if this is a good idea or not, however, I've decided to rerun the videos of online courses I've previously taken while working at my easel, bench, and/or sewing table. I'm curious to see where this takes me.

The other option is to listen to podcasts while I'm working and some can be a little intense, and I don't want that energy in my work.

My studio assistant and constant companion Oliver.