10 May Do what you love right now

I’ve had a lot of creative people reach out to me, as of late, asking how to start? Where to find inspiration? How to create a creative business doing what you love? How do I make this creative habit a creative career? Well I just listened to my favorite podcast, Creative Pep Talk, as I started my day in the studio and there was so much goodness there that pertained to these questions. Andy J. Pizza interviews Chris Piascik about his career path and his 10 year drawing a day project.

Here are my fave takeaway bits and pieces…

1.) “Creating all the time…quantity will beget quality.” There’s a freedom in putting work out there on social media and not being so precious about it. You may cringe when you look back at old work but you’ll see how much better you’ve gotten. And the bonus is when people see what you’ve created and say I want that!

I’m currently wrapping up a 100 day project. I created 100 mini abstracts in a span of 100 days. It’s a ton of practice which will only improve my painting. There are a few from this batch that I’ve made into larger pieces. So while I’m improving my craft, the by product is that I have pieces to pull from for painting references or even for licensing (I entered a few into a Minted challenge!)

2.) “You have to be a little delusional to be successful.” Yes, that fierce desire that makes you want to see your stuff in Anthropologie and actually thinks maybe that could be a possibility will serve you to ultimately make better stuff and hopefully put you on said company’s radar.

3.) “To just start!” Right now, today…start painting, drawing, designing…do what you love RIGHT NOW.

4.) “You make the time.” I get this a lot. How do you find the time? I think when I first started regularly drawing and painting 10 years ago I just made the time (like it was my job) because it gave me a creative outlet. It was my respite, my fun, my escape even. I loved it so much, and prioritized it so much that it BECAME my job. It’s like anything you put your time and energy towards…it thrives!
God I love Creative Pep Talk…it’s like fuel for my lil artist tank. Check it out friends!

Regarding the pic, photographing artwork is something I’m still working on;)