Comments on: Clear The Clutter and Make More Art https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/ Art journaling, watercolor tutorials, and adult art classes Mon, 05 Dec 2022 16:34:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kay Creasman https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-79442 Sat, 06 Aug 2022 11:31:22 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-79442 In reply to Carolyn.

Paint on the sheets rather than the wall. You can change things as you need/want to. Also consider 4’-8’ insulation sheets from the hardware store. You can push pins in it easily to add you inspirations. I cover mine with batting because I’m a quilter, but you can cover with your sheets.

]]> By: Amy Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78171 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:47:37 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78171 In reply to Nancy Scarzello.

Nancy – wow this is such a wonderful testimonial to how following the thread can get you where you want to go. Step by step you get there! xo

]]> By: Nancy Scarzello https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78170 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:27:06 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78170 Wow! This clear out has really challenged me! I live in a very small house with my “studio” having taken up residence in the loft space that my office occupies, my library, a futon for guests and spiritual practices (meditation and yoga). Having moved back here in 2020, still some things stored and unpacked from the move since I had no where to put them. So, very cluttered and crowded with boxes and supplies and my art table in the middle of the room shoved up against the futon….not knowing where to start as to clear one area, another had to be cleared first and so on down a rabbit hole and I have been very rabbit-ish and freezing doing nothing! So, yesterday I budged and then gained momentum as things found a home….all storage and accessible space for art was taken by boxes and sewing machine and office stuff behind the futon, but where they needed to go in the bedroom was taken up by boxes of books and winter clothes needing to find a home, which needed to be unpacked (the books) and sorted for giveaway and put on the shelves on one wall, which was full of my jewelry and other stuff that needed to go in my dresser, which needed to get the winter clothes out to make room for them. Once I found my way to the beginning of the “trail” of clearance I could begin! Got the winter clothes out and away, moved the jewelry off the shelves into the dresser, moved the kept books to the book shelf, moved the sewing machine and office supplies to another space tucked away! Phew! More space now to breathe and continue organizing supplies that I didn’t even know I had and couldn’t get to! On to today to continue and it feels sooooo good!

]]> By: Linda Higham https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78164 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:25:59 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78164 In reply to Crystal.

Yes you can Go to Home Depot or Lowes and tell them what you would like to do and they are very helpful. Good Luck

]]> By: Jennifer https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78136 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 06:33:12 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78136 In reply to Amy Maricle.

Thank you for your reply! I will take a look at the page you suggested. I actually got started sorting in a portion of my area today because of your studio cleaning challenge, and now I think maybe just looking through my materials might help me also sort out my brain a bit! I just hadn’t really been able to get started and felt overwhelmed, but your challenge format is inspiring and helping me to dive in!

]]> By: Crystal https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78125 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 23:53:48 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78125 In reply to Elaine Bishop.

Can you paint the cement?

]]> By: Amy Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78111 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:05:33 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78111 In reply to Reensarai the artist.

It sounds like you are well versed in clearing out Reensarai! Cheers!

]]> By: Reensarai the artist https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78106 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:58:16 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78106 so interesting,I am on day 2 of the challenge and I am finding some liberation to release the art supplies that have dried up or the colors i painted with few times,colors that don’t appeal to me that have now dried up.Finding supplies that I forgot I own.I change my art space every season sometimes it is a fold out table sometimes it is an empty desk sometimes a window sill.

]]> By: Amy Maricle https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78083 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:23:20 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78083 In reply to Jennifer.

HI Jennifer: Besides my class, Studio Space, that helps you envision what you want for the space, what occurs to me is that that you might want to check out the page for my Small Creative Acts class. It helps you go back and forwards in time about your art process and find ways to do a bit each day. Other than that, it sounds like some good old fashioned writing to yourself about what you want and what your practice feels like and what you wish it felt like, might help. Cheers!

]]> By: Jennifer https://mindfulartstudio.com/clear-the-clutter-and-make-more-art/#comment-78068 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:32:35 +0000 https://mindfulartstudio.com/?p=50525#comment-78068 Thank you so much for your time and energy in creating this challenge and the accompanying materials! I am a sketchbook artist and a fiber artist. I overhauled the space and stuff pertaining to my sketchbook work late last summer, and that was the best thing ever! My fiber arts stuff and space, however, currently needs a massive amount of re-doing, and the supplies for this work are just by nature very bulky and space-hogging. In both the sketchbook and fiber areas, I have on-going difficulties dealing with inspiration/reference/instructional materials (which in my case means mostly piles of papers or similar) and dealing with completed works. An even bigger problem with the fiber arts area for me is that I have recently realized that I have been at a sort of crossroads for a while and feel sort of directionless about where I want to go with it. I think my on-going unclarity in this area has been holding me back from cleaning/organizing that part of my creative life. For instance, it’s hard to know what to get rid of or keep if you’re not sure what types of things you want to be doing in a particular creative area. I think what I really need to do first is figure out what my focus and current source of motivation are/should be, so I know how to move forward. Do you have any blog posts or other materials that address these types of issues? Thanks again for helping us think about our creative spaces/lives!

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