Artwork in Progress

The latest from the Paris trip: Part One of the Achilles Tendon saga that started yesterday. 🖍
I haven’t had time to document the rest, which basically happened today, but suffice it to say I now own a pair of French crutches (to match the pair living in the closet at home… sigh… as if I needed another pair of crutches… but in fact, I did—RIGHT NOW!)
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The good news is I’m in less pain with crutches. At least my left Achilles is. The bad news is it’s a PITA to get anywhere! But on a positive note, I’m getting some fabulous exercise and a good upper body workout with every step! 😉
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To be continued… .
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#Sketchnote of yesterday’s kickoff to our #vacation: the Polaris Lounge in SFO! Followed by a transatlantic flight in Polaris Business class!
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This had been a lifelong dream of mine (or at least as long as Polaris Business has existed!): to fly business class across the Atlantic, ideally on points. Which, quite accidentally, is how it transpired!
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It was pretty sweet. And.. at the end of the day, flying is still a PITA. Polaris just filed the edges down and makes it slightly less painful; it doesn’t actually eliminate the pain entirely, alas… 😜 Still, given my druthers, I’d take it over Economy any day of the week (as if somebody’s asking! 😂 .

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Snapped in our Lyft on the way to SFO! My #sketchnote story of our #lastminuteluck that landed us in #polarisbusinessclass seats to Paris today!!!!! #squee !!!! 🖍
I was always afraid of #artjournaling, keeping a #sketchbookjournal and so on, due to my terrible #perfectionism. 😜 Now that I’m an intentional #imperfectionist, however, I’m starting to discover things like #sketchnoting and #artjournals for the fun of it (I.e., letting it be crap! 😊) 🖍
Turns out, when you let your #originalart be crap, it takes the pressure off, so it becomes fun again. You learn stuff along the way, too, so you can’t help but get better at it. 🖍
Funny how that works. 😊
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Starting off my travel journal/sketchbook the day before the trip. Because you gotta test out the materials and make sure they work, right? Plus the getting ready IS part of the whole experience, after all!
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Now it’s off to run all my day-before errands! Gaaaahhhh! Tomorrow, Paris, here we come! I’ve been wanting to visit the City of Lights forEVER, andPlanning this trip for a year. I cannot believe it’s finally here! 😆😆😆
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Rethinking my art packing strategy! I’ve always wanted a watercolor sketch box, and this takes up a lot less space than a roll of pencils… #accoutrements #didsomeonesayindecisive #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #watercolor #moleskine #sketchbook #artjournal #traveljournal #herewego #originalart

Doodlebot is so anxious that we are going to forget something really important before going overseas! 🖍
Or maybe that’s just me…
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Morning doodle. Doodlebot is having packing-for-overseas-trip anxiety. Or maybe that’s just me. .
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Evening doodle.
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Day 8 of the #creativesandboxchallenge : kite. Think you can’t draw? Stick figures get the point across! Stick figures ROCK! Drawing as communication, rather than as “Art,” is POWERFUL! And anyone can do it!
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Inside the #creativesandboxcommunity, some people use the daily prompts of our monthly challenges to practice learning a new skill. Some people write, do poetry, practice illustration, paint, make music. I use the prompts to@build my visual vocabulary. There is no wrong way to use the prompts! Just as there is no wrong in the Creative Sandbox! (That’s Guidepost #1. 😊)
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Practicing #bikablo figures at today’s #creativesandboxplayday. See more in my IG Story.
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Creative Sandbox Playday is a half-day co-working retreat to work (or play!) on whatever creative project(s) you want, in the company of others doing the same. Today was the FIRST ONE! And it was AMAZING! I’m exhausted and happy; fulfilled, inspired, glowing, and excited for the next one, tentatively slated for October 14.
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Together we overcome the gremlin chatter and perfectionism. Together we are capable of amazingness! 🖍
It’s been a good day. 😊
What have you been up to today?
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August #creativesandboxchallenge day 4: crayon.
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A teeny-tiny crayon drawn with pens! Which look ginormous next to it. I don’t know why, but this just cracks me up. 😅
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I love how these daily prompts in the #creativesandboxcommunity nudge me to try things I wouldn’t necessarily otherwise try. And I love how we work together in the community to create things. Many minds bouncing ideas off each other inevitably lead to more exciting ideas together. 🖍
We produced an adult coloring book together. We make monthly creative challenges. We come up with all kinds of ideas that we DO together. I love that about the Creative Sandbox Community. 😊
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August #creativesandboxchallenge day 3: beanstalk. Inside the #creativesandboxcommunity we are doing Creative Sandbox 101 this week — the eCourse that was the precursor to my book, The Creative Sandbox Way™. Today is all about Guidepost #6: Ask, “What if…?”, so today’s prompt, with its connotations of fairytales, is so appropriate! 🖍
Member @carla.la.la.olson designed this month’s challenge, so thoughtfully and beautifully. And yesterday on our first Rally Call of the month, another member who designs and hosts a lot of the monthly challenges, @doc_angi, and I were brainstorming ideas for the September challenge. 🖍
Members take the initiative inside the Creative Sandbox Community. If they have an idea, they get to run with it, because it is everyone’s community! 😊 I love the spirit of collaboration inside the Sandbox, and I’m always so excited to see what we’ll create next!
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