Daily Work

How do I decide what to sell and what to keep? A deep dive into how I make decisions for selling work and for my practice.

I talk about setting constraints for art making. How I’ve done it in the past and some easy ways to get started if you want to try it.

A video and description of what I pack in my travel art kit. It all fits in a smallish bag that travels in the car like a dream.

Moving into 2023 I want to gather some survey data about what others are interested in for the new year so we can build something together.

It’s my yearly recap of my artistic practice for 2022. Plus a concrete list of what my art goals are for 2023.

I’m taking a break from blogging and we are all gonna take a deep breath and meet back here in January for a new thing! Happy Holidays!

An explanation of why I don’t charge by using Patreon. And I only talk about my mom collecting my art for a paragraph.

In this post I do a flip through video of my black cover art journal and show some stills.

Fear of the blank page will lead to some interesting choices. I learned to leave myself a trail to follow to keep the fear at bay.

My week as an artist had a lot of twists and turns as I contemplated finished a project and how I should start a new one. Come along for the ride.

In this post I riff on doing the work that you know how to do right now and remind all of us to keep showing up even when we aren’t sure.

I reflect on an Amy Poehler quote and how DragonCon friends epitomise the quote for me and push me to be my best “make things” self.

Working from a place of artistic curiosity is better than working from the ‘shoulds.’ How the ‘shoulds’ snuck up on me recently.

Ten years in and I’m thinking about what has kept me making art. Some thoughts on my Guiding Principles process.

I’m right in the middle a 3-month art mentorship program and I wanted to write down the big shifts I’ve been making.