My husband and I are thinking of emigrating from the USA to Europe. We are deciding between Barcelona and Nice. I would be very interested in hearing about your immigration experience. So far I have felt too overwhelmed with the changes in lifestyle to create any art. I think I have done two sketches in the past two months. Part of that is that I have only been creating art for the past 2 years so it is not yet an established skill. I wanted to develop my watercolor skills but so far I have only taped off one page in my watercolor sketchbook lol. I am attracted to your videos/style because although I have never made patterns, using acrylic paint pens seems a little less involved than getting out watercolors and also my drawing skills are stronger than my painting skills. And although there is depth and contrast in patterns it seems not to be quite as particular about creating accurate shadows and volumes. I bought your domestika course but I am not able to join a monthly membership at this time. Other than following you on youtube, do you have any other suggestions on how to get started? Sorry for the very long comment
Hi Sandra, if it's of any help, my journey started with simple sticky notes and zentangles while passing idle time in the office. Compact, simple to start/stop, not much to discard/start over/try again if something goes wrong. All that non-committal vibe loosened up some creative juice. Once bored of the format, the habbit of looking for opportunities to touch pen to paper whenever im bored somehow stuck. And this, the sensation of NEED to externalise while glued to the chair instead of letting thoughts run wild, was my key to unlock the door to Narnia.. Format is just a vesel, hope you find your key. It sucks that the lock is like a fingerprint scanner and noone can tell you which digit got assigned to unlock it. Gotta check them all now, even toes included! With painting specifically, atleast for me, waiting for paint to dry was the biggest obstacle. I could paint in 20-40 minute bursts and then things would lay arounds for weeks 'drying between layers' 😂 Hairdryer was the key to unlock that, but then i ran out of ideas way too quickly and decided to go back to natural drying unless i have something very specific in mind and wanna make sure to finish painting up. Now i even like my unfinished stuff. Its a safe cozy place to return if there are no new ideas Wishing you all the best in your journey. Kindest regards from Europe🌻 P. S. Never been to Barcelona, but Nice definitely lived up to its name in 2011 💛
