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New blog post: Acrylic Inks, learning with @missyd

New blog post: Acrylic Inks, learning with @missydunaway and @creativebug. After years of admiring Missy's sketchbook on Tumblr, I was super excited to see she was teaching four classes! I have to say, I've made leaps and bounds. This blog post is both a review and a showcase of how good instruction and dedication can bring you closer to what you want to create. I'm still learning though. Link in bio as usual!
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How do you replenish your creative well? Some day

How do you replenish your creative well?

Some days you need to recharge. I spent a long time yesterday at my desk, made a mess and was happy. But, at night I couldn’t sleep. I saw brushstrokes, colours, images. I wanted to keep going but even if you want to, your eyes become tired, you start losing momentum so you must stop.

Find something else to do to replenish. In my case, long walks along the Canal Lachine, or near the river in Verdun. Or visiting a bookshop. Then, in the afternoon, taking a nap (maybe), reading, writing, discovering new music.

But it’s so hard to stop!
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Back in February, I published a 30 page e-book on

Back in February, I published a 30 page e-book on finding creative independence. I wrote it in a frenzy, putting on the page all the things I wish I'd read before I embarked on the path to art and went on a maddening road to nowhere. It's a guide for learning to honor your own tastes and preferences. The step before monetization. I'm very bad at promoting stuff, I only mention things once or twice, but I'm so proud of this guide, I thought I'd let you know!

For the next two weeks it's on sale. The link is in my bio.
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What is the worst thing about creative block? Thi

What is the worst thing about creative block?

This week I had to revisit my own Guide to Creative Independence because I was tipping towards the dark room of comparison and doubt. After I saw few artists putting their work for sale and seeing how quickly they sold out.

Of course, none of my work is for sale so why even get that pinch in my heart?

I went back to my guide, and I realized I know deep down that making art for sale is not my priority right now. My priority is to get to a place where I’m making what I want to make. What I would hang on my wall.

And so, I painted with blue, because blue is never a mistake. It’s source of calm and mystery and distance. All three things that I want right now.

It felt strange to paint with bold blue again but sometimes just the shaking of routine is what’s needed.

If you’re curious about this guide, I’m offering a 20% discount. It’s a 30 page ebook on how to achieve more freedom in your work, how to find what you’re meant to be creating. It’s the step before finding your style, your voice and everything else. It’s about finding you.

Link is in bio!
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What books about art are your reading now? I borro

What books about art are your reading now? I borrowed this one from the library and it's fantastic. Sadly it seems to be out of print so I can't buy it, but I will renew and borrow and renew and borrow until I do all of it!

Do you have any obscure art books that you've discovered recently? Especially if you're self-taught, digging into the older instruction books help fill in the holes of art history and techniques that are not widely known.

I'd love to know about your favourites. Leave them in the comments please!

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