Enjoy Every Moment

For me, art is all about the process of creating and the time I spend being creative. If I like the result, which is not always the case, it is a bonus. When I started to treat the time I was creating this way, magic started to happen. I could let go of the unrealistic pictures in my brain that my hands never could transfer to the paper and that made me disappointed every time I picked up a paint brush. To find a process that I enjoyed and that made the time creating the important part, was the key to tap into my creative spark and to find my unique voice. I started to let go of my self-critic and the pictures in my head did not dominate my mind and I started to let my soul be the chief of command. It is how the creative process makes me feel while painting that is important, to enjoy every moment and when it feels good, magic happens.

In this lesson I will show you my imperfect process of creating an imperfect piece of art. I am working in one of my handmade art journals and I am working on a black background. I will add collage and scrap paint and I will work with different kinds of marks and different materials to create grunge. I love muddy colors and imperfections. When I accepted the impossible, to achieve a perfect piece of art, something deeper, something that is unique, something that is essentially me starts to appear and take form. It is a process that makes me feel safe, that makes me feel at home, and when I stay in the imperfection, my art fills with meaning and soul.