I’d like to share a story one of my Draw Tip Tuesday fans told me quite some time ago. It stuck with me, and I think you can get something out of it too.

I was interviewed by Nishant Jain, for his Podcast The Sneaky Art Podcast.

Have you ever had an art crush? I have them pretty often – and sometimes they last for a very long time.
I’m listing my current favorites, all of which I try to channel a little in my own work:

‘I really want to make art, but I don’t have time’,
‘I procrastinate, even though I know I feel happy when I make art’,
‘I think of sitting down to draw, but then I don’t’.

Trust me, I’ve been there too. But after years of keeping a sketchbook habit, I found my ways.

Here are 3 tips to give yourself that extra push to take action

Last weekend we hosted open studios. We were all exhibiting during this weekend too. I felt a lot of resistance to exhibit my work, but reluctantly at first, I stepped way out of my comfort zone and did it anyway.

As I have been slowly getting out of my sabbatical and into action again, I am thinking a lot about how I want to divide my time between the many things I want to do. Do you make time to do what you love?

One morning I saw the sunlight falling so beautifully on the wall in the living room. It made me decide to sit down in front of it to draw that corner of the room. I found myself sitting down again the next day to draw the same scene. And the day after that I did it again.

Life is pretty crazy, and it’s hard to not let it get in the way of the things that are important to you.
Still, let’s not make it an excuse!

It’s good for you, to shake things up every now and then. The creative habit thrives by being reinvented regularly. I have a few simple but effective suggestions for you.

In July, I finally started a project I had been wanting to do for a couple of years: drawing all the shoes I own, using dip pen and ink. I got this idea thanks to my pal Jane LaFazio, with whom I happened to get into a friendly competition with: a shoe-off.