artcation, day one recap

day one (yesterday) of my five-day journey to recapture my creative mojo went about as well as i could have hoped for. the more i do, the more ideas i come up with…which is kind of the point.  if i can keep up this momentum, it will have been a very productive holiday.

i started with a cup of coffee and an early morning sketch journal date on the patio, thanks to inspiration from michael nobbs and his free download ’75 ways to draw more.’

(it’s just a sketch journal…they’re allowed to be really crappy drawings.)

i spent some of the day–as well as this morning–familiarizing myself with my new slr camera. i’ve always been a pretty lousy photographer, so i’m looking forward to improving. i had such fun snapping (mostly blurry and poorly composed) photos around the yard.

      

in the top drawer of my art supplies is nothing but small canvases. i set as one of my goals to use all of these this week. two dozen of them are 4×4″, and i used them all in one shot yesterday. the finished product will be posted to my etsy page later today.

    

goal for today: some acrylic paintings, and hopefully a few short story ideas will spring to mind as i paint. now away from the internet and back to the easel!