Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
I saw this yesterday in a Facebook group I'm part of and it resonated with my current creative state of mind. I've debated sharing the creative shift that is happening. I can't keep plodding forward and sticking to my current path. When I read this quote it compelled me to stop and focus, to really think about how my creativity is growing and changing.The hard thing about trying to build a side hustle is finding the fine line between sales pitch and resource. By the way, I hate the term side hustle, but anyway.
I make a lot of things, and I get told I have a lot of talent and that my things are lovely. Being a resource is a hard thing for me. I mostly passionately curious about everything and have not really honed my craft into any kind of expertise in any one area. I know a bit about everything, but I've never been disciplined enough to become an expert.
While I'm a passionate card maker and I will continue to make cards, I'm going to be exploring other art mediums and creating things beyond the cards. In doing so, I'm going to try becoming a better resource by writing more blog posts.
Yesterday, I shared about the Art Journal subscription I've started getting. There will be more mixed media and art journaling in the future for sure. I want to share more details about some of the other projects I've posted on Facebook and Instagram. I'm not a how-to writer, but I would like to share more about what I'm learning as I try things.
Be a resource, not a sales pitch.
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