Love this idea, Adam. Looking back on my first few sketchbooks this is really what they were - somewhere along the way I have lost that as perfectionism and overthinking takes over! I’m going to follow along and get back into this - thanks for the inspiration. :)
Thanks Emma, as visual people it’s easy to be influenced by all the pretty pictures we see on social media, but if you go to museums or watch documentaries, you’ll often find the messy scribbles where things originate from… and that aside, just the permission to play is so underrated!
Well Santa left me a cute sketchbook in my stocking and I was so intimidated to do a sketch in it.
Thanks for this gift from you!
I’ve recently retired and have dabbled with drawing and doing watercolor paintings and am enjoying learning techniques but am definitely intimidated. This artist diary is going to be just for my eyes and the creative side of my mind and we shall see what may transpire from there. Or not. Either way is good because it’s my diary!
So funny that this showed up today! I have been looking through my old sketchbooks/planners and have enjoyed seeing the images and writing snippets that were important at the time. I just pulled out a brand new Beechmore journal (green hardcover- serendipitous) and am ready! I
I guess I started doing this a couple of months ago in a different way. I called it my artist codex, haha. But I made it complicated by having different sections for things and I've started over, like 4 times, cause my ADHD brain needs it just right. But reading this (and I already read Day 2)...I'm going to stick with what I have and keep going.
I appreciate this so much Adam! I’ve always had an artist’s heart. But having little raw talent and being very practical chose another profession. I’ve just retired and am just now ready to call myself an artist. Your thoughts here will be so very helpful to make that lifelong desire a lifestyle! Thanks so much.
Love this idea, Adam. Looking back on my first few sketchbooks this is really what they were - somewhere along the way I have lost that as perfectionism and overthinking takes over! I’m going to follow along and get back into this - thanks for the inspiration. :)
Thanks Emma, as visual people it’s easy to be influenced by all the pretty pictures we see on social media, but if you go to museums or watch documentaries, you’ll often find the messy scribbles where things originate from… and that aside, just the permission to play is so underrated!
Well Santa left me a cute sketchbook in my stocking and I was so intimidated to do a sketch in it.
Thanks for this gift from you!
I’ve recently retired and have dabbled with drawing and doing watercolor paintings and am enjoying learning techniques but am definitely intimidated. This artist diary is going to be just for my eyes and the creative side of my mind and we shall see what may transpire from there. Or not. Either way is good because it’s my diary!
You can write down how you feel intimidated (and maybe excited) in your artist diary, and maybe draw a picture to go with it.
At the end of the book you can draw another one and say how you feel then!
Thank you!!! ☺️🎨🖌️📚
My pleasure Elisabeth
So funny that this showed up today! I have been looking through my old sketchbooks/planners and have enjoyed seeing the images and writing snippets that were important at the time. I just pulled out a brand new Beechmore journal (green hardcover- serendipitous) and am ready! I
am one of the creatives hanging by a thread…so…
Colleen Serendipitous indeed! Keep hanging on!
Thank you. Started my artist diary today (or realized I already have one) 🙌
I guess I started doing this a couple of months ago in a different way. I called it my artist codex, haha. But I made it complicated by having different sections for things and I've started over, like 4 times, cause my ADHD brain needs it just right. But reading this (and I already read Day 2)...I'm going to stick with what I have and keep going.
Thanks for this!
I appreciate this so much Adam! I’ve always had an artist’s heart. But having little raw talent and being very practical chose another profession. I’ve just retired and am just now ready to call myself an artist. Your thoughts here will be so very helpful to make that lifelong desire a lifestyle! Thanks so much.
Love this idea! So stoked!!
Yes!!! Great idea. Thanks again.
This is terrific! Any chance you can link your MUJI notebook? Can it handle watercolor washes or do you just use pen/pencil? Thanks!
Hi Julie,
Here’s a link to the notebook I use.
https://www.muji.com/my/products/cmdty/detail/4550002469238
It handled a layer of watercolor, i don’t know if it will do more than that
On Day 3 I’ll invite people to a chat to say hello, share their notebooks and discuss other aspects of their artist diary
Thank you!