(A few recycled thoughts from a conversation with my Facebook group yesterday.) It's always refreshing and reassuring to go back and color from one of my earliest books. So many societal influences promote the belief that our beginning efforts hold less value than our more mature efforts. Schooling and workplace cultures focus on progress as [...]
All done! Seven hours of coloring over seven days - which was a really great way to spread out all of the shadings. (I tend to lose interest if I go overboard with shading, but spreading things out in such an unhurried manner kept it fun.) I could have left the background white at this [...]
When you color a piece that make take a few coloring sessions to finish, it gives you some good opportunities to take inventory of how you may be feeling. By the time I sat down to color today, I was quite tired. I can tell my coloring is a little slower, and slower marker strokes [...]
After a summer of coloring round designs it feels really good to switch gears and color in squares for a while. I have a few different coloring rhythms for coloring square patterns. Sometimes I color in the middle, then the corners and then the rest. Other times I start in a corner and go back [...]
I'm a big fan of being particular, particularly when it comes to creative endeavors. Each of us has things we like and things we don't and lots of stuff to explore. Our interests and tastes change over time, and we gradually gain insight into very fine details of what makes us happy and what's less [...]
When you work at home and run your own business, it’s really easy to blur the boundaries between work and home - especially if you work in a creative feel and want to let life and art intermix. I really never have a desire to get away from the creative aspects of what I do, [...]
It takes a while to finish a coloring page, and during that time you might find yourself experiencing a broad range of thoughts and feelings. This page started off very simply for me, but wow - did it ever lead me though a whole world of thoughts. It had everything - joyous feelings, analytical thought, [...]
(Thinky thoughts from a post to my Facebook group) ________ Good morning everyone! Whoopsie! No new addition to my blog this morning. :) This weekend turned into a lovely opportunity to practice taking a couple of days off. One of the biggest challenges is to do that without also trying to sneak in a dab [...]
Every new book launch is always followed by a period of adjustment and resettling for me. I have this vision of someday having kind of a perfect balance in my creative cycle - where exploring my artistry flows naturally and fully in harmony with a prolific level of book production. A life where I draw [...]
