Making Art Everyday

I have read many articles in Magazines & Zines discussing how people try to make art everyday, even if it is just for 5 minutes. This has always amazed me. Where do they find the time? How disciplined are they to do this? I have also read many articles on where people make art, and the ones that always amaze me are the ones that carry bits around to work on wherever they are and find they have time to spare - at work, coffee shops or waiting at traffic lights in their car. I admire their confidence to create in public.

I have been a little frustrated lately not being able to make a lot of art, it has felt that the only time I seem to be getting to the studio is at night when I am feeling too tired. I know to improve my skills and techniques I must practise, even if it is a little every day. It got me thinking about the articles I read. If these people can do it, how can I make it work for me. Then it came to me, 3-4 days out of five I have to wait in the car for school pick up for about 10-15minutes. So I swallowed my awkwardness in creating 'in public', packed a bag of supplies and decided to give it a go.

I know that I am not creating masterpieces. It is not about the final out come but about the process, and for me this is where the greatest lessons are going to be learnt...I hope! Just getting something down, letting go, creating for fun and trial & error, it is so freeing. Now if only they can make a car attachment for a heat gun!!

Comments

[Sharon Manning]

You are very Brave Ursula, mine would end up sat on and then I would have to get the paint out of their uniforms and wash and iron them before the next day! LOL

I know what you mean about having to create to learn!

Take Care
Sharon
xxx

[Megan Pickwell]

So you mean that bottle of pink water in your car wasn't for drinking?
Jokes aside - I think if we waited for the perfect time to create, it wouldn't happen, I remember that same feeling when deciding the right time to have children. There is no right time. Therefore grabbing those pockets of time is entirely the right way to go and is often just the right amount of time to start the inspiration engines towards a bigger artwork. Megan xox

[ro Bruhn]

Well done Ursula, I always have my journal and a few gel pens in my bag. I have to travel for an hour to work, so I do art at the traffic lights, and waiting for the trains at railway crossings, it's amazing I don't get anywhere near as frustrated driving as I did, and I don't even mind the red lights.

Ro
xo

[Julie H]

Sounds like a good idea to me. I know when I grab the "5's" it helps me get in to the bigger projects more easily than when I have had a long break. And I like the outcome here.

[JUDY WILKENFELD]

Oh Megan, I was gonna ask about the pink bottle of water too!!!!!

[Robin]

I love your supply collection. What an enticing array of stuff to play with!