A friend posted this the other day. I am taking a step away from my faces and my art journal as I just feel like I am not enjoying them right now. But I am still wanting to create so I thought I may try this sketching prompt by Tinkerlab. Ugh, I am just all over the place with this whole art thing! I won’t do a sketch everyday because I have now found that although for some, the prompt for creating everyday is joyful, it’s not so much for me. I look at it too seriously and add it to the ‘to do’ list instead. Lighten up, girlie, right? 😉
So when the desire hits me, I am going to check out the prompt for the day and see what my pencil creates.
If you would like to join along you can post your images to Instragram with @tinkerlab #tinkersketch as shown on the bottom of the image.
…and feel free to post a blog link here if you are going to play along. I’d love to see your creations in blog form and on instagram.
Happy Creating!
Moongirl xx
Ohhh this so resonates with me too. After finishing up the 29 Faces, I have to say I’m a bit burnt out – but still want to be creating, but not feel so under the gun to get things finished and deadlines… it ends up feeling like a job and not something fun anymore. I’m taking a break and just being creative when I want to be 🙂 … for now.
Claire! I just LOVE your faces and I have to say I’m so inspired by all your work (ooh I characterized them as work)! But yes, it does feel like work after a while, doesn’t it? I wonder sometimes how others manage to fit in so much creating every day. Ah well, I think, like you, that just being creative when I want to is just right for me. 🙂
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I think we all get in that place from time to time. I’ve been told it’s our soul telling us we are off track. I quit the DLP for just that very reason. We exchanged comments for the Grow Your Blog Party in January. I wanted to let you know I did start the Stop Pinning and Make something! Link party. Here are the two links. I hope you have the opportunity to join in!
http://afocusedjourney.blogspot.com/2015/03/stop-pinning-and-maker-something-link.html
http://afocusedjourney.blogspot.com/2015/03/about-stop-pinning-and-make-something.html
Thank you for your input, Diane. It really does make me feel better to hear of someone who quit DLP. I think it’s a wonderful idea but I just wasn’t feeling jazzed. I still want to do the art journal but I think it’s going to be me creating the pages from my own ideas and not using the prompts. Quitting it is something I never thought of. I just figured I’d get around to it when I felt up to it but that may be just what I need to do. Then I won’t feel the pressure – I’m silly that way! I’d still love to post my work and get feedback and I love so much of the work that is coming out of the project!
I’ll remember this: it’s our should telling us we are off track.
I never thought of it that way but now that you have put that out here it is like spring air in my winter brain! Thank you!!! xx
I will certainly check out the links you’ve added. 🙂