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.