I have actually been very proactive and disciplined towards my practice for sometime now and been enjoying my work developing in ways that I did not altogether expect. I guess it is a knock on effect of the mind working and thinking more about what I am doing which in turn is loosening the creative clutch and direction my mind imposes on my pen. I have become more receptive to trying different things and adopted the attitude that you live once – enough preparatory work and now just draw, draw, draw. Take risks, do it. If it works I win, if it doesn’t – it is a lesson learned.
Really a win – win situation.
The piece of advice I have given myself and have started to work to is this:
Work – and keep working, self doubt – push through, discipline problems – push through and let the creative current do the heavy lifting. You soon get swept into what you are doing.
Be ambitious. If you think it, try it…
I really feel I have laid down an established set of roots now and can feel myself looking into the future and what could be possible, it is a great feeling just to be active.
Now that my practice has a foothold within my sometimes extremely busy life I have begun to think about how I can begin to possible exhibit and take up some of the excellent opportunities there are available. Please watch this space, oh also if I have uploaded the image of one of my new drawing please feel free to comment. What do you think?