However, doing it day after day often proves too big a barrier to painters. On paper, setting up and tearing down a space everyday may seem like not that much work. All of this helps them spend less time figuring out what to paint and more time painting.
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They’ve already answered the question “What will I paint today” and if they don’t feel inspired by that particular subject on a given day, they have a system for how to find something that does inspire them. So that's part of the system,” says MillerĮach artist has created a system around their subject matter. “It's another thing that kind of grounds me and gives me some shape, so I don't have to figure everything out for me. For example, every February she knows she’ll be painting flowers because of Amanda Evanston’s 28 February Flower challenges. Miller also uses 30 day challenges as a way to help guide what she paints. That way she can walk in with an idea of what she wants to paint but then is also free to change her mind. Miller has organized both the photos she’s taken or has permission to use into Pinterest boards. For example, when artist Chris Krupinski (Episode 2) decided she wanted to get really good at watercolor, she committed to painting two hours every day no matter what. Many artists commit to showing up and working every single day. Isn’t just daily painting, painting every day?
While their entry points were different, the lessons they’ve learned along the path are translatable to all of us wanting to paint more.
After painting in college, she missed it, and so chose painting.Īcrylic and oil daily painter Debbie Miller (Ep 15) had been working in collage and journaling and took a life changing class (from Lisa Daria Kennedy no less!) and realized that daily painting was the way she could really commit herself to getting good at art. Not for her family or for her business but for her alone. Oil daily painter Kim Smith (Ep 13) got to a point in her life where she realized she needed to commit to a habit that was for her.
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