Wake 'N' Paint

Armed with a cup of coffee and messy hair, I am painting this morning.

The battle of waking up earlier has been won, though it has been a difficult one to defeat.  My new time to wake up is between 5:30 to 6:00 AM.  This will help fit in a morning studio session before going off to my part-time job.  Any way we can slip in some more studio time is a good thing for our creative endeavors.

In college, I always hated the 9:00-11:45 studio schedule.  I may have loved the class, but that schedule was a difficult one to get my stubborn mind to enjoy.  My attitude was always eyes half shut and believed that I wasn't awake enough to be creative.  Looking back, I now remember that even though a haze of fog may have been circling, it was easy to focus.  That censor in my brain, the perfectionist, was still pushing the doze button and didn't care what I was making in the morning.  The chatter of what errands I needed to run and assignments that were due was quiet.

One of the goals behind the 100 Works challenge is developing a consistant studio practice.  It is one of the most important things in order to improve and gain any momentum.  I know this, though I have been resistant in the past.

For you artists out there, when do you like to work on your creative projects?  How have you balanced time to create with other daily responsibilities?  I would enjoy hearing your different solutions!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great start to your week!



 

Little Mountians to Climb: New Studio Goals and Schedule

http://youtu.be/2XwSFHciGs4


The link above is a short video about procrastination that is a bit drastic, but so honest in some ways!

I am currently redoing my studio schedule yet again - I needed to accomodate for a new job that will be taking up quite a big chunk of my time.  SO...from now on I'll have 3 hours of studio time in the morning from 10am-1pm.  Most of the time I favor doing creative work in the evening, but for now that isn't possible.  We must do what we must in order to get things done, right?

I have to say that at first I only could come up with 2 hours of studio time per day, but I did some re-arranging in order to milk another hour's worth into my daily schedule.  Prioritizing...every little bit helps.  Two to three hours a day is much better than zero.  I've been doing zero for about a week now, and it's driving me crazy.  All work and no play makes Krystal an insane lady.

I have set some little goals into place for this week - I want to have my current painting finished by the end of my session on Friday.  I'm hoping that two complete sessions and part of today will help me reach that.  On Saturday, I hope to begin another that I will be able to finish throughout the next week.  Little mountains to climb.

Over all, I'm trying to create another body of work by December.  If a painting is accomplished about every week, it will be around 10-12 paintings, and that will put me into good shape for this December goal.

I've also decided to apply again for graduate school in January/February.  I would love to teach at a college level and having my MFA would allow me to do that and gow in my own artistic development.  I CRAVE graduate school.

GOALS,  GOALS, GOALS.  Now it's time to work!!