Day 6/100 of Creating and Showing Up

Today’s daily for The Creative's Workshop brings a page of color mixing. This particular sketchbook (Stillman & Birn Zeta) is primarily full of these kind of color mixes. I took one color of watercolor and mixed it with all the other colors I had, individually, to see what kind of mixes would be made. The left side of the chart is straight from the tube as is the right side with three mixes of the two colors in between.

Above each of the charts is a wet-into-wet combination of the two. That kind of thing which can be a beautiful characteristic of watercolor doesn’t work well on this type of paper. It’s also possible I’ve never quite learned how to do it very well. But I am one page away from finishing this sketchbook and will not continue this series. Sometimes it’s good to know when enough is enough and move on. I will keep on with color charts though!

I wasn’t spending a lot of time thinking about my paints while I did this exercise today. I was considering the concept of fear and what holds me back from creating in other areas of my life. I do want to do more with my art somehow, but I think that exploring how to be more creative with my words and business will help push me to do more with my art too. Showing what I make with my art is safe because it’s easy for me. Putting words together to describe me and what I have to offer is really my creative challenge. Playing with words is what I will try for in my future dailies. I’ll do a picture too just because I like the visuals.

What does being creative mean to you? Do you follow your creative urge or does something hold you back? How do think you'd feel if you went through with it anyway?