by barbara luel | Aug 20, 2024 | creativity |
On my YouTube channel I published a video where I show a sketchbook from about 10 years ago from now: 2015….And I show a sketch from my home 10 years ago and one of the same subject 6 years later: 2021…. I find the difference spetctacular. I made this...
by barbara luel | Jun 11, 2024 | creativity |
A friendly reminder (also to myself): “No Progress without Action!” While I’m making my new online class about travel sketching in Portugal I am thinking about how to make people engage better and post drawings in the classes. I get a lot of reviews...
by barbara luel | Feb 11, 2024 | creativity, drawing |
I just came back from Finland, pushing my sketching bounderies with artist Marie Detrée (https://www.mariedetree.com/).First I went 5 days to Helsinki to see back old friends I know from my architecture studies in Oulu 30 years ago. It was amazing to see them. (We...
by barbara luel | Jan 4, 2024 | creativity |
What kind of a year was 2023 for you? For a lot of people it was a dark year of war time… and Climate Change… Quite stressfull of course…. So I’m very grateful and lucky to live in Belgium… I feel very privileged for the moment…....
by barbara luel | Dec 14, 2023 | creativity |
I have constant self-doubt when I write an email, a book or a blog post, and also when I draw… When I make a new online class for Skillshare it’s even worse. Why should anyone care and watch my classes? Of course when I get good reviews the self-doubt, or imposter...
by barbara luel | Nov 4, 2023 | creativity |
I’m feeling a lot of resistance lately in my creative work and can’t seem to get going…. My inner critic is louder than ever: everything I draw looks like crap and I’m overwhelmed by the violence in the world, and with work in the office. And in the evening I just...
