It has been a day marked by migraines: I woke up with a migraine (so went back to bed for several hours), then danced with another migraine all afternoon and evening.

Still, I managed to make a little art, amidst the migraines and picking my seven-year-old nephew up from school, and running seven-year-old nephew errands, and meeting a friend for tea.

A little bit of art-making is better than nothing, and it makes me feel better.

It doesn’t make the migraines go away (I wish!), but it does make me happy, and that is a good thing.

Small daily acts build creativ confidence. Creative Sandbox Way Guidepost #4: Tiny and daily. (And here’s hoping tomorrow is migraine-free…) #creativesandboxway #originalart #doodleart #doodlesofinstagram #pigmamicron #blackandwhite

Today’s greatest pleasure: making art at the dining room table with my 7-year-old nephew. I showed him how to use my Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils (with proper respect, not getting the pencils wet or breaking the leads), and we made art side by side.

This was what I made.

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The start of a new doodle.
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The view from my morning art-making spot. AKA siting in bed!
Because the thing I do FIRST is the thing that gets DONE!

So if I want to be SURE I get some creating in my day? I do it FIRST THING!

That’s why I keep my sketchbook and Pigma microns and watercolor pencils right by my bed! ?

Eliminate the hoops. The fewer hoops you have to jump through, the more likely you’ll actually do the thing you want to do.

What are the hoops standing between you and the thing you want to do? How can you eliminate them?

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Morning doodle. It’s not about the outcome, it’s about “what would happen if..?” It’s about following curiosity.
It’s about giving myself a moment in the #CreativeSandbox before the day steamrollers over me.

Because I’ll be a thousand times better able to handle the day if I do.
THAT’S what it’s about.

That and joy. Go get creating.
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