Weird Year; Study: Watercolor Tube & Paint Bottle

Weird Year

Greetings!  Its been a weird year.  Could it be because I started out with a proud proclamation of big goals?  I had great intentions of doing a painting every day.

Weird Year; Study: Watercolor Tube & Paint Bottle

And, then, mid-January hit.  A close family member became ill.  And then…and then…and well, then other things happened.  Its been stressful.  Here I am and its almost mid April.  My best intentions and goals seem to be derailed.

But, I’m still painting.  I’m still plugging away at my goal.  Every day I pick up my pencil.  I have missed a few days with the paint brush.  As soon as I can, I get back to it.  Goals have just been sidelined, not totally disregarded.

I think my intention of doing a painting every day was a good one.  That I have not been able to complete one every day doesn’t mean the idea was bad.  Perhaps with this type of year, I need to take things one day at a time and just keep plugging away at it.

Do you have strategies for times when external factors call for your attention to be somewhere other than the studio?  And, when you get back to the studio, what then?

Since its been that type of year, I think I’ll upload one of my latest studies and make sure I have a posting!

2 thoughts on “Weird Year”

  1. What a lovely loose study it is.
    Being a sort of unorganized type I have been trying to do something creative every day, even if it’s only a few minutes & recording my efforts in a notebook. Seems to be helping.

    1. Hi Raylee! Thank you for the compliment! What an excellent practice! You sparked a thought in my head. Creativity doesn’t need to be a big ordeal. A small sketch, a paragraph or two…whatever it takes to keep the creativity muscles primed! Thanks for stopping by!

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