Use “In-between” times.

Part 4 of 5 of : FIVE ways to fit art into your daily routine

“There are no crappy moments” -Ryan Holiday

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Between having a pocket-sized sketchbook and a mindset that anything can be art you have everything you need to take advantage of when the opportunity to make art strikes!

But here’s the thing, opportunity feels less like lightning and more like a lull.

It takes practice to recognise the lull, and to say, this is my chance.

Ryan Holiday writes that there are no: “Crappy Moments”

Every moment is filled with the potential to make art.

Write a Sentence, or draw the most interesting you can see or remember.

Are you going to become an obsessive art-making machine? Is that better than being an obsessive doom scroller? Maybe, at least you are slowing down and looking at the world and not getting sucked into that wicked magic mirror we call a phone.

In fact, why not start there, instead of picking up your phone for that sweet, heart notification with a number next to it, use that moment to draw in your sketchbook instead. Draw a heart! Draw a star!

Celebrate your resistance and the fact that you took a moment to enter into the presence that is required to make art.

🎄 ← Christmas Treat! & Looking ahead, have you read: What to Expect in 2025 as a Ten Minute Artist.

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How do you use your in-between times?

What are some moments you can use to make art in the next 24 hours?

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TenMinuteArtist Prompt:

Like that!

Draw a box, draw something inside it, from memory, like the last think you ate or the last time you smiled. Beloe the box draw a heart, and write a big number next to it.

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PS: There is a FREE recording available to anyone of our last art gym session where we reflect on the year using visuals.

Draw Along with this Free Art Gym December Workshop[Replay] Reflection QuiltWorkshop

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