See the smudges? That happened while I was live-streaming this video via Doodlecam. Instead of panicking when the first smudge happened, instead of declaring, “This doodle is RUINED!”, I ran with it! I turned the smudges into a feature!
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My inner 4-year-old was having a blast! Now the smears were no longer a disastrous mistake, but an experiment to expand upon. Great fun!
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You can watch the whole thing in my first IGTV video. 😊 Let me know what you think!
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Artwork in Progress
I create just about every day, and share my works-in-progress here, and on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. You can find finished paintings from 2011 through 2015 in my Daily Paintings feed.
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Snapshot from My Studio: June 23, 2018 at 08:07PM
I have been so sleepy all day, but I still managed to grab a postcard and do a doodle on the couch. 😊
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Bad lighting limited what I could do, but I didn’t let that stop me. I simply let that be a creative constraint! 🖍
I can’t see well enough to fill in lines precisely? So I’ll make messy, imprecise lines!
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Do my gremlins approve? Heck no! But I’ve learned to disregard them, because my gremlins NEVER approve! 😂
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I simply kept going, because in the Creative Sandbox it’s not about impressing anyone (certainly not my gremlins!!), it’s ONLY about PLAYING! Exploring, experimenting—“Think process, not product” is Creative Sandbox Way™ Guidepost #2, after all, right after #1, “There is no wrong.”
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And let me tell you, taking even just a few minutes to make a doodle makes a huge difference in my mood!
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I hope you’re making time to make something just for the fun of it this weekend! .
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Snapshot from My Studio: June 22, 2018 at 03:28PM
What did you make today?
Here’s a doodle I made during today’s Doodlecam, all about dealing with the fear of improvisation when you create your art.
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Snapshot from My Studio: June 21, 2018 at 04:05PM
The finished doodle from this morning. .
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Art Video: June 21, 2018 at 11:44AM
Drawing Doodlebot at the end of a Facebook Live on dealing with self-doubt. Every time I do a doodle (or write, or make music, or [fill in the blank] my self-doubt gremlins tell me I’m not good enough. Without fail.
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Thankfully, I’ve learned how to deal with them over the years, so for the most part they don’t stop me anymore. (Huge thanks to @tarasophiamohr, whose Playing Big course was transformative in this regard, and so many other regards, too!)
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In today’s Doodlecam (as with every Doodlecam), I talk through how I deal with the self-doubt gremlins when they appear, and reappear, as they inevitably do.
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Learning to dance with these gremlins is essential. They’re not going away, folks! So unless you want to live in a state of paralysis, never achieving anything, you are going to have to learn to deal with them!
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