A Tribute to the Pencil
A poem to mark the passing an endangered species: the #2 pencil.
My 5 top frustrations with making art while traveling (and what I do about them)
Have you ever filled a suitcase with art supplies and then never used them on your trip? In this post, I give my 5 top tips for creating art while traveling so that I only pack what I will actually use. Let go of the expectation that you’re going to make “great art” while on vacation!
Cozy Fall Evenings
Today I am sitting in my living room looking out on a wet, cloud covered evening. The maple tree across the street has burgundy and green boughs that are shaking ever so slightly with breezes that waft down the street. I’ve not yet turned on any lights and a gloom has settled over the furniture like a dark gray blanket.
Time for a studio makeover!
I FINALLY made the decision to repaint my studio! Honestly, it was the hardest decision of the project. Once I’d made up my mind that it was okay for me to keep the space as my own as long as I wanted, I no longer felt like I was “making do” with the space. It opened up all kinds of possibilities.
Update 1: The Faith Project
Here’s my first update for The Faith Project! I’ve reached the end of the Ideation and Evaluation stages of the project and am ready to begin creating the “prototypes”, i.e. sketch thumbnails and story outlines. In the update video, I show you a brainstorming diagram that I used to generate ideas, but there’s been a […]
Announcing my new project: an art exhibit about Faith
Imagine walking into a quiet, darkened room. You see empty picture frames on the walls, and as you approach the first frame, an artwork is illuminated within it. You hear a story begin, not a story about the picture itself, but a story that gets you thinking while you look at the picture. The story […]
What it’s like to be in a community play
I live in a community in which storytelling is a big deal. In fact, Jonesborough, Tennessee, is known as the Storytelling Capital of the World. The International Storytelling Center is right across the street from our courthouse. Storytelling night is a regular thing with the locals. And collecting stories is a passion for many of […]
An Expected Journey
Hello everyone! My husband and I decided to celebrate the end of my recent bout of chemotherapy and subsequent negative CT scan with an Adventure. So I won’t be posting for a few weeks. Expect a new post around mid-May and I’ll try not to disappoint! In the meantime, I hope you all stay healthy […]
Doodling for Focus and Inspiration
In conjunction with my last post, I thought I’d share a fun way that I use sometimes to get out of the “expectation” mode and into the “focus” mode. There are just some days when I want to make something but have no idea what to draw or paint. Those are the days when I […]
Are you a victim of your own expectations?
Do you find yourself feeling so frustrated with your artwork or your creating habits that you feel powerless to create? It could mean you are a victim of your expectations.