How many critters do you see?
#20minutesinthemorning #doodleart #abstractart #originalart #organicart #intuitiveart #blackandwhite #doodles #artplay #creativesandbox #makestuff #pittartistpen #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: March 11, 2016 at 10:03AM
More critters are starting to appear in this one.
#20minutesinthemorning #critters #doodleart #doodling #abstractart #originalart #blackandwhite #pittartistpen #gogetcreating #makestuff #creativesandbox #goplay
Snapshot from My Studio: March 10, 2016 at 08:50AM
20 minutes in the morning, focused on black marks, letting my mind float where it will. It’s like meditation… but not.
No judgment, in terms of “good” or “bad.” Assessment, yes. But not criticism. The internal dialogue, instead of “yuck! I don’t like that!” is more along the lines of “hmmm… Interesting. What next?” Not striving to create greatness, but instead following curiosity.
This is Creative Sandbox play at its most elemental. My pen and paper are the bucket and sand. My headspace is that of a 4-year-old.
It’s my favorite way to approach creating.
#creativesandbox #doodleart #abstractart #originalart #20minutesinthemorning #blackandwhite #pittartistpen #imperfectionism #creativejoy #makestuff #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: March 09, 2016 at 09:41AM
Detail of work in progress, showing some of today’s 20 minutes.
Can’t make 20 minutes to play? Then make it 15. Or 10. Or 7. Or 2! Just DO SOMETHING!
Even 2 minutes doodling on the back of an envelope is something, and something is better than nothing!
#20minutesinthemorning #doodleart #morningdoodle #morningart #workinprogress #originalart #organicart #intuitiveart #gogetcreating #goplay #abstractart #abstractart #pittartistpen #pigmamicron #blackandwhite #livingacreativelife #creativesandbox #fullcolorlife
Snapshot from My Studio: March 08, 2016 at 11:07AM
Another 15 minutes and a few more inches of doodleart.
This is a page I started weeks back and didn’t like at all. Rather than give up on it, I decided to start adding—no expectations, pure improvisation and “What would happen if..?”, crap 100% allowed, in full Creative Sandbox mode. Damned if I’m not starting to like the thing more!
This is so often what happens. When we release expectations, it opens us up to see what’s there, rather than only seeing what isn’t there, how it doesn’t match up.
This is also the space where your authentic voice gets to emerge and flourish.
The harder you pound away trying to find it, the more it hides. Your authentic voice is shy. It comes out when you’re NOT looking for it, when your attention is focused on “What if..?” and following your curiosity. When the ego drops away and you’re simply in the moment. That’s when your true voice creeps out, tiptoes over to you and twines around your ankle.
You don’t find your true voice; when you stop trying so hard, it finds you.
#workinprogress #originalart #organicart #intuitiveart #creativesandbox #pigmamicron #pittartistpen #blackandwhite #doodleart #abstractart #makestuff #goplay #gogetcreating
Snapshot from My Studio: March 07, 2016 at 10:28AM
Home from six days at an art retreat, where I got to spend as much time as I wanted making art. Heaven!
Now that I’m back in regular life mode, there are all sorts of other things tugging at me—things I want to do, things I feel compelled to do—so most days arting I s just 15 or 20 minutes in the morning, but hey, something is better than nothing. ?
A little arting each day keeps depression away. ? So go play!!! #20minutesinthemorning #doodling #doodleart #blackandwhite #abstractart #dailycreating #originalart #organicart #intuitiveart #pittartistpen #gogetcreating #goplay #makestuff #workinprogress
Snapshot from My Studio: March 06, 2016 at 10:29AM
Verso:
yes
you can
can
can
you can
you
need
only a little patience
#alteredbook #bookpagepoetry #bookart #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #watercolor #watercolorground #zillerink #originalart #abstractart #creativesandbox #focretreat
Snapshot from My Studio: March 06, 2016 at 10:28AM
Recto:
Sometimes it takes
patience
to
see that
you are
perfectly adorable
you are
#alteredbook #bookpagepoetry #bookart #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #watercolor #watercolorground #zillerink #originalart #abstractart #creativesandbox #focretreat
Snapshot from My Studio: March 06, 2016 at 10:02AM
Work in progress–last two hours of the Friends of Calligraphy Spring Retreat!
#alteredbook #bookart #bookpagepoetry #watercolor #watercolorground #zillerink #abstractart #improvart #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #originalart #organicart #makeart #gogetcreating
New Animation: March 05, 2016 at 09:16PM
When I arrived at Santa Sabina on Tuesday, my plan was to make an animation every day. Plus draw. Plus write. Plus, plus, plus… This was my *plan*, but it was not what happened. Instead, I made ONE animation (on my first night here!), and although I did do some drawing (and painting!), and a tiny bit of writing, I allowed myself to enjoy long conversations, naps, reading (for pleasure!), and just BEING rather than my usual m.o. of “Do! Do! Produce! Produce!” I allowed myself permission to BE, which, it turns out, was exactly what I needed. (This retreat has a way of doing that—showing me exactly what I need, regardless of what my plans are!) Even the daily migraines have been, in a painful way, a gift—a reminder to slow down and take care of my needs, allow myself to rest and breathe and be.
And here it is, the last night, and I’m finally making another animation. Yay! Simple and fun.
It’s good to play. ?
#stopmotion #animation #claytoon #claymation #focretreat #fullcolorlife #creativesandbox #livingacreativelife
Snapshot from My Studio: March 05, 2016 at 03:39PM
Detail shot, work in progress. #watercolor #zillerink #pink #red #abstractart #intuitiveart #originalart #organicart #spiral #creativesandbox #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlife
Snapshot from My Studio: March 05, 2016 at 03:19PM
Dangling colorballs! #abstractart #workinprogress #watercolor #originalart #zillerink #gogetcreating #complementarycolors