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Truth bomb: I struggle with taking this advice daily with my art. And I don’t think there are too many artists that don’t these days. Before this was my career, I used to just make art. I just made it. I didn’t post videos of myself making it, or feel pressure to share everything I painted that day. Ahh, those were the days. Pre-Instagram. But, I probably (well, probably most definitely) wouldn’t have a business if it wasn’t for the internet and social media. So sharing is a part of the gig! This is how I am able to make a living, so it’s a necessary tool that I’m super super thankful for. But some days it’s hard to find balance... I don’t want to care if people like my art. I want to make what I want to make without thinking about the final product, and then how I’m going style and shoot that final product to share inside a little square on a screen. I just want ideas to spill out of me and feel free to follow them where they might go... even if that ends up being the garbage. But I also NEED people to like my art so that they will buy my things, take my classes, and read my books! So I constantly have that in the back of my mind. It’s such yin and yang! Gah. Anyways, I’m guessing you may struggle with this as well, so just wanted you to know you that hey, so do I! 😘
Yay! That’s a wrap on the book of Hebrews! 👉 Next up: James. This is an ESV Crossways Interleaved Journaling Bible. All pages in acrylic. Oh and ps - I’m almost done with my Creative Bible Journaling book!! Eek!
A little play time may have been snuck in today...
Today I decided to mix things up and play in the Illustrating Bible by @dayspringcards and @illustratedfaith - I spent some time reading my favorite Psalm, Psalm 103 and then used some printables I designed for the @illustratedfaith Print and Pray shop and printed them on clear sticker sheets. It was fun using a totally different approach Bible Journaling today - I think I’ll still be painting in my Bible mostly, bc that’s more my thing, but since I designed this set, I wanted to play around with actually using the elements. Yay for creative time spent in the Word!
I think I have some kind of artist syndrome - not sure what it’s called - but basically it’s causing me to want to make ALL the things, but then get so overwhelmed with ideas that I sit and drink coffee staring at social media instead of making them. I get like this a lot. It’s not new for me. I have a big project I’m working on right now that’s taking most of my time and energy, and that I’m truly enjoying, but I get bored with doing the same kind of thing... so I try to always have a side project (or four) going on too. The problem is I have too many ideas and no follow through at the moment. I want to make patterns for products, paint portraits of all our foster kids, illustrate colorful animals, do some larger funky Florals on canvas/wood panels, paint some Christmas ornaments, design wedding invitations and greeting cards, and oh yeah, paint another mural in our house. Today I had some time in my schedule to tackle one of these ideas and I did none of these things - instead I painted Emma Stone. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️