by barbara luel | Feb 28, 2017 | Urban sketching, watercolor tutorial |
This video was made in Kyoto imperial park in november (yes I know…. long time ago! We don’t find much time to edit the videos… I still have 5 other ones waiting to be edited!). I wanted to paint the beautiful gingko trees. I hesitated to post this...
by barbara luel | Feb 24, 2017 | creativity, vulnerability |
When in doubt… The monkeys in my head have been very active lately, making my self-doubt grow, telling me “I make crap and nobody’s interested, telling me I’m boring or ugly, telling me I’m too old for this and that… And look at...
by barbara luel | Feb 19, 2017 | creativity |
Where have I been lately? So it’s true what “they” say: from the beginning of february on, the good resolutions of the new year vanish? I was going to draw each day, but it didn’t work out. I got sucked up in work again, too much work in the...
by barbara luel | Jan 29, 2017 | creativity |
There’s no magic trick and it’s not about talent. It’s about time to focus and practice. So what did you do with your first month of January? I had loads of work, so I didn’t take the time enough I was writing about on the 31st of...
by barbara luel | Dec 31, 2016 | creativity |
Let’s take the time in 2017… “The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time.” [Mary Oliver in “The central commitment of creative...