What are your next 3 steps to move your creative practice forward? (Go!)
The last time we did this we had a good discussion, I thought we’d do it again.
Share the next 3 steps you have planned for your creative career/practice. It doesn’t have to be a great plan. Share yours then go encourage someone else who’s shared!
1. Schedule 2 to 4 hours of studio time, that is the same time every day! (I've been working with the scraps of time available between raising a 1 year old)
2. Revive a daily sketchbook practice ( I do 3-4 days a week, but with a fixed time, I think I can do it daily.)
3. Write notes on all the books I've ever read that mattered. (if you can't use what you've read have you really read at all?)
It depends on where I am with my projects. These days, here's how my days are planned:
1. Morning - Exploration time. It means: exploring the subject and what is related to it with traditional media. Sketch, draw, and paint, without thinking about the final piece.
2. Afternoon: Reflexion time. Take notes on what I want to say, the overall objectives. Working on more clear sketches.
3. Consult illustrated books I like on the subject (I go weekly to the public library with my kids, and I have some at home.)
Extra ;) : I always gribble and doodle for an hour or two in the evening, while my kids are around.
1. Accept that I'm happiest working in multiple disciplines — painting, drawing, writing, photography; abstract, representational; silly, serious; big, small — and focus on growing as *that* kind of artist rather than thinking I have to be just one thing.
2. Take skills and lessons learned from each discipline and explore them in the others. Use figure drawing to inform large abstract compositions. Use the writing process to understand how to communicate ideas visually.
3. Write down what I'm learning, seeing, and doing. A creativity journal has been really helpful for capturing thoughts and processing the ways I'm growing as an artist, and I need to keep up that practice.
1. Schedule 2 to 4 hours of studio time, that is the same time every day! (I've been working with the scraps of time available between raising a 1 year old)
2. Revive a daily sketchbook practice ( I do 3-4 days a week, but with a fixed time, I think I can do it daily.)
3. Write notes on all the books I've ever read that mattered. (if you can't use what you've read have you really read at all?)
1. Write a sentence a day that could be in a children's book.
2. Start a book club for reading children's fiction.
3. Continue with my art curriculum!
It depends on where I am with my projects. These days, here's how my days are planned:
1. Morning - Exploration time. It means: exploring the subject and what is related to it with traditional media. Sketch, draw, and paint, without thinking about the final piece.
2. Afternoon: Reflexion time. Take notes on what I want to say, the overall objectives. Working on more clear sketches.
3. Consult illustrated books I like on the subject (I go weekly to the public library with my kids, and I have some at home.)
Extra ;) : I always gribble and doodle for an hour or two in the evening, while my kids are around.
1. Accept that I'm happiest working in multiple disciplines — painting, drawing, writing, photography; abstract, representational; silly, serious; big, small — and focus on growing as *that* kind of artist rather than thinking I have to be just one thing.
2. Take skills and lessons learned from each discipline and explore them in the others. Use figure drawing to inform large abstract compositions. Use the writing process to understand how to communicate ideas visually.
3. Write down what I'm learning, seeing, and doing. A creativity journal has been really helpful for capturing thoughts and processing the ways I'm growing as an artist, and I need to keep up that practice.