Sunday, December 21, 2008

How to create a painting a day for a month

"First it was fun and invigorating, then it was exhausting and felt like work, then it was a great sense of accomplishment."


How I did it: Every night I would sit down in front of the tv with my journal and my bag of acrylic paints and I'd paint.

Sometimes I would have sketches and ideas from the day, sometimes I would go into it cold.

Painting sessions were often accompanied with or preceded by chocolate, ice cream, or sherry.


Lessons & tips: Just do it.

Look for inspiration everywhere.  Stick with one them like my theme of "Flying Girl."  It took some of the choices away so I didn't get overwhelmed. Write or sketch notes as you get inspired. Keep a blog where people are waiting for your next entry.  Then you feel like you have to be held accountable for what you are doing.


Resources: Hard bound sketch book. Golden's Fluid Acrylics, Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils. Blogger.com, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, FOX, and whatever UPN/WB turned into. And DVDs. And Klondike Heath Bars. And Reeses PB cups. And booze. :)


It took me 30 days.


It made me exhausted and amazed

6 comments:

Gifts of Creation said...

Wow!! congratulations, I would actually love to have that accomplishment and see what came out of it!! I think you did great work and you are inspiring!!

Genie Sea said...

Gorgeous end product! Is that a spot of sherry in the corner? ;)

spread your wings said...

i so impressed here.
i love your work.

Angela said...

Thank you for explaining how you do this! I am trying the challenge Creative Every Day (you can find the link on the small icon at the top of my blog - http://dreamspace212.blogspot.com ), and I am struggling to do it! Thank you for the help and inspiration! :)

Jane Hunt said...

What a great blog! I'm always happy to find w/ other moms trying to find the balance between creating and mothering - still not sure how we do it:)

Jobove - Reus said...

very good blog, congratulations

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