Dec 19, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, everyday life, Knit like a fiber artist
I am feeling good about the progress today despite the fact I was up late and stayed up late last night. Notions sorted, and organized (not much to purge, I suppose I have already purges many of them in the move). Yarn and WIPs being culled through. I am finding far...
Dec 18, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
Okay, let me just say. I am tired of my own excuses. I have a little less than 2 more weeks to get this studio In order and that includes some serious plans for the holidays. I am frustrated with how messy the studio still is. I mean, progress is happening. It is...
Dec 17, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
I know I am not along here. Sometimes the hardest part of getting things done is really about inertia. The task seems so huge (emphasis on seems). Once I buckle down and get shit done (eating that frog) it takes next to no time to complete. Sometimes all it takes is a...
Dec 16, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, How to think like an artist, The Business of being an artist
Confession time, y’all. I did not spend a whole lot of time in the studio today. I had a computer glitch to investigate and some Christmas present planning that is taking over my drafting table as my mail orders arrive. But other than that I spent the day...
Dec 15, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
So one of the things I seem to fall down hard on, is settling on a project management system. I know it seems like overkill for an art business. It is something that was key to finishing large projects on time when I was an art director. I still use it when I build...
Dec 14, 2016 | 31 Day Studio Awesome Challenge, The Business of being an artist
Okay…so I am a day or two shy of a real midway point. But this is newsletter day, and I wanted to share in a broader way about how having an awesome studio is shaking out really to be more than just cleaning and organizing my room. If you would have told me 10...
