Every single person who reads this, I want you to create art. Write, draw, knit, sew, build, sing, compose, etc. I don’t care about your skill level, I don’t care if you think you can. I want you to create. Do it well or do it badly, just do it.
Write a sentence. Outline a story. Make a doodle. Strum a chord.
Then do it again.
Because art is resistance, art is the weapon, art is love, art is life, art is god like creation. Art is an act of love.
[ID from alt text: Marker art of a snowshoe hare sitting down and looking at the viewer with text reading "everyone can make art! Yes, even you! You're more creative than you know!!" The background is plain white, and the artist's signature reads @ watercolourcritters. End ID.]
all of your feelings. all of your pain. all of your love. all of your rage. all of your hatred. everything that feels good, everything that doesn’t feel good at all. all of your insides. get it out. spill your guts, pour your heart out, and let it bleed out of your wounds. word vomit all over that blank canvas, baby. make it your own.
9 steps to make your own fancy paper. With the magic of editing, you can do it in 90 seconds, too! Now, make some zines! Or whatever you want with your fancy paper.
“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
Honestly, just do random shit. Make the pinterest recipe, hate it, and refuse to dump it because you're cutting back on food waste. Buy a pair of jeans and cut out squares for patches. Shower at two pm. Buy a candle because you like the smell but don't burn it because you hate the smell of smoke. Buy a plant and name it and forget its name and rename it. Go on a bike ride. Learn only one song on the piano. Grill a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich. Make friendship bracelets from necklaces you don't wear any more. You don't have to know what you're doing to do it.
the full set of this years joyeux printemps cards! last two shots to show off the gilding. I do love using all the fancy inks for stuff other than lettering...although I also handwrote all the backs of these in sparkly ink 😂
stamped and addressed and ready for a monday mail drop. 🤗