Going full-page today. Layer one while listening to @jeffgoins Portfolio Life podcast with @mroachsmith. The perfect inspiration as my subconscious bubbles away on ideas for my next book.
#creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #morningdoodle #pigmamicron #visualjournal

What’s on my sketchbook page, with a colorful new doodle down the middle. This one got long and skinny. No reason—it’s a doodle. ?

#creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron #neocolor2 #neocolorii

Teeny tiny morning doodle. Starting with color. Neocolor II + Pigma Micron 03. Just because playing in the Creative Sandbox makes my life go better.

Or as one of my Creative Sandbox Community members puts it, making art is therapeutic.
What’s *your* art? It may not look like “traditional art” at all — maybe it’s gardening or cooking or coding drones to entertain your cat — but if it feeds you and makes you happy, for goodness sake make time for it!

#creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #neocolorii #neocolor2 #pigmamicron

A little color in this morning’s doodle. Following Creative Sandbox Way Guidepost #6: “Ask ‘What if..?'” Because curiosity is the birthplace of creativity.
THAT is what the Creative Sandbox is all about: exploring, experimenting, making messes, and just TRYING STUFF! Because it interests you. Because you’re curious. Because it’s FUN!

Because THAT is what humans DO!

This is why Guidepost #1 is “There is no wrong”: to free us up to try things, regardless of the outcome! Because there’s no way you’re gonna try anything new and crazy and weird if it might get you laughed at or scorned.

This is why setting aside dedicated Creative Sandbox playtime is so important. Even if–maybe ESPECIALLY if–you create all day already.
Creating for clients, or in any setting where there IS a wrong, is a very different situation. It sets up a kind of tension, a tightness, a pressure.

It’s impossible to access your inner 4-year-old in that kind of pressure.
Which is exactly why dedicated Creative Sandbox time is called for. Just for you. No clients or commerce or gremlins allowed. 🙂 Go play!

Small daily acts. They seem like nothing, but they have the power to change the timbre of your world.
#creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron #neocolor2 #neocolorii

Afternoon doodle. Still drained from this dratted summer cold, which seems to have sucked the life out of me. Time for another nap, apparently!

#creativesandbox #creativesandboxway #doodle #doodles #doodleart #doodleartist #doodlesofinstagram #dailydoodle2017 #dailydoodle #dailycreative #dailyart #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #abstractart #originalart #originalartwork #pigmamicron