There’s something that happens when you pick up a sketchbook with no plan. It’s lighter, not so dang serious. And that’s what this episode is about. It might be the most important thing you do for your art practice right now.
This week, I’m sharing what’s been happening inside my own Trust Challenge. What started as cafe sketching turned into filling pages with drawings of my dogs, because it made my heart full. Inside that simple choice lives one of the most honest examples of having your own back I’ve seen in my own practice: the small, daily decision to let some of your creative time be just for you.
I also talk about where this kind of making lands in the Four Seasons of an Art Practice, and why it’s okay, and important, when it doesn’t fit neatly into any single season. If your practice has started to feel heavy, this one’s for you.
In this episode:
- Why drawing in ink, where you can’t erase, is an act of self-trust
- The moment my Trust Challenge veered from the plan, and what I did with it
- How the making that used to feel like play gradually picked up pressure, and how to find your way back to the version that didn’t
- Practical tactics for sketching in public without making people uncomfortable
- How to treat yourself when you veer off your original plan, with curiosity instead of criticism
