by barbara luel | Oct 7, 2018 | creativity |
“Create before you consume” “Create before you consume”, I repeat myself every morning to push myself to make a drawing before going to work, ànd especially before grabbing my phone and browsing to social media or email. It’s a phrase I...
by barbara luel | Jun 30, 2018 | creativity, Urban sketching |
Summer is here! With the summer comes an air of liberty, excitement and restlessness of Fomo (fear of missing out) : I’m finishing some deadlines in the office and planning what to do this summer, like preparing for the urban sketching symposium in Porto 🙂...
by barbara luel | May 20, 2018 | creativity, vulnerability |
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.” – Oscar Wilde Last week was mental health awareness week. The theme was stress. In a world where everything in appearance has to be perfect, we’re quickly under a lot of stress… Have you read The Art of...
by barbara luel | Mar 17, 2018 | creativity |
“Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later” [Bob Goff, writer] Restlessness is invading me: I’m leaving again for Japan. This time to see the cherry blossoms. I’ll make some...
by barbara luel | Dec 4, 2017 | creativity |
You’re rejected How many times have I heard that my work was rejected for this or that competition, … I hear “you’re rejected”, instead of “your work is not selected”. It hurts and I take it too personally: I identify myself with my work, I AM my work. So I’m...
by barbara luel | Oct 30, 2017 | creativity, Urban sketching |
In need of a creativity boost I organized a workshop with the great Malaysian artist Ch’ng Kiah Kiean on 20 & 21 October. It was a wonderful weekend. Ch’ng Kiah Kiean is a generous teacher. His specialty is sketching with dry twigs and Chinese ink. Here’s his...
