At first I was afraid…

…I was petrified

Kept thinking ‘bout what to draw,

but my ideas had all dried

Then I spent all afternoon thinking

how my drawing could go wrong

But I drew on

(and I modified this song)

(You’re welcome for that song now being stuck in your head).

Last weekend I couldn’t find any motivation to art. Sitting in front of a blank page was NOT a happy place to be. Literally all my ideas had dried up and it just wasn’t happening. It is kind of discouraging when that happens, but I didn’t dwell on it - if I had pushed the matter, any art I made would have annoyed me or had some negative mojo attached to it, so I put everything down and walked away, instead.

I prepped a bunch of paper yesterday (shown in that photo, above) so that I wouldn’t have to do it today when I sit down to draw. The pre-drawing prep stuff is sometimes enough to deter me from sitting down and creating. It’s kind of a mental block thing (don’t ask me why; I know putting tape on a page and whipping out my iPad doesn’t take much brain power, but tell that to my brain).

Let’s recap: everything is all taped up and ready to go, the iPad is fully charged, and I even have a few ideas for each of the prepped pages. It’s a full steam ahead art weekend.

Another fun fact is that I woke up to a big order from a repeat customer this morning: in addition to purchasing a pair of cardinals I made a couple weeks ago, she also commissioned me for a handful of pet portraits, so those will all be happening soon, once I have the details worked out with her.

In conclusion: I will survive (the art block).

Enjoy your melty hot weekend (unless you’re in Colorado, in which case happy snow day to you, after it had been 80 a couple days ago).

Have you ever gotten stuck and just have to walk away from a project, before you can sit down and bang it out? Have you ever changed the lyrics to a song to fit something happening in your life that day? Tell me about it in the comments!