stop collecting art supplies and start creating art

why I am I browsing through a new-found (Croatian!) online store and drooling over their pages upon pages of supplies, all the while calculating the costs, if I have this goal on my list?
Tsk-tsk-tsk!

I’ve started going to a scrapbooking class with my 12 year old. It’s not “art” but it’s more than I was doing before. It’s only once or twice a month, so it’s not overwhelming. It’s in someone else’s space, so I don’t get distracted by other tasks. A lot of the other scrappers seem to be all about buying pre-made paper kits and assembling layouts designed by other people. I am more about gathering my own ephemera and making it up as I go along, learning about various techniques and tools as I go. I’m determined not to get sucked into buying lots of fancy supplies, since there are loads of things I can do with a scissors, adhesive, and some paper. Baby steps.

To get myself in the mood this year, I gave myself the gift of space. This was mostly a dead zone and unusable, but I cleared everything out, put in a usable desk, and cleaned it up with things I liked.

Now I have no excuse not to do art everyday. Not that I had one before. I’m excited.

Also, it’s annotated if you click on it.

...and I am being more compassionate with myself by understanding the reasons behind my lull in creating.

i’ve stopped taking art classes completely, so this will never happen :( i still have an empty canvas in my closet that is calling for some paint..

Maybe “art” is too big a word for the stuff I could actually create, maybe “crafts” is more appropriate. Will not worry about that now, but rather start using some of the supplies today when I go on making a scrapbook for my sister.

I could really use some decent brushes. But I’ve told myself no more supplies until I finish up what I have.

I have a couple of art books I have not looked at in years. I opened them today, and as such, I consider that in opening them, I am advancing this goal. Art books=art supplies.

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I collected quite a lot of supplies and they are all so beautiful I feel sorry for ruining them if my ideas don’t come to life like I intend them to be.
I just really really need to let go of so many things these days, arrrrgggghhhh….

I pulled out one of my sketchbooks and left it on my desk with the intent of using the whole thing, and what do you know? When it’s within arm’s reach I’ll use it!