Join Richie and me as we discuss signs that you're ready to take ideas beyond the sketchbook, practical strategies to make the transition easier, ideas for setting up your space, and the importance of respecting cycles and revisiting sketchbooks as needed.

There are many ways to improve a creative space and make it feel like home. This week, Richie and I reflect back on the past year in our beloved art cottage and share the favorite updates and tweaks we've made to the space.

Feeling the pressure to figure out and define your art? What if you allowed yourself to play a little longer, to explore without constraints, and to gather inspiration from far and wide?

How long should you persist with a creative pursuit, art style, or medium if you are not enjoying it? This episode could also have been titled: I really want to love acrylics, but I am not sure if I do?

This week, Richie and I chat about why it can be helpful to revisit previous art styles or processes in your art practice or business. We also discuss the challenges we've faced in defining a style and approach for our YouTube channel.

Breaks are wonderful and necessary, but they can also make it hard to get back into your artistic groove. If you've been struggling to find your creative flow, you won't want to miss this one!

Do you ever get the feeling that being an artist was more enjoyable before? Is all this pressure to do more and be on multiple social media platforms accumulating, taking away the joy of making art?

When it comes to your creative process, what feels hard? Is it getting started on a new project? Or perhaps it's that final 10%, like varnishing and finishing a painting.

Should you keep everything, or are there benefits to clearing the clutter and creating space for new ideas? And what about reinventing old pieces?