Just Do Something

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Are you ever stopped?  Are you slowed down by procrastination?  Do you need a creative boost? I must confess this happens to me and it can be a challenge to get going again.
These are some tiny steps that have helped me get moving again.  Please try one out if you feel stuck or stopped.

  • Break it down into a little doable task
  • Give yourself the give of a few minutes – just for you
  • Look for what you can do, rather than what you can’t do
  • See what is possible and do that

Here are three “Just Do Somethings” that could be a gift to yourself to get you going.

  1. Do a line drawing of something that is right I front of you, with whatever materials you have on hand.  No judgement just doing.
  2. Get up and walk around the block. Look up, look down. See what you usually don’t see.
  3. Lay on the ground and take 20 pictures with your camera/phone.

If you try this or have a “just do something” of your own, then please share your discoveries in the comments section of this post.

Or join me in the next session of Make Monotypes, an online printmaking course on the glycerin and gelatin plate.

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Still Moving into the Studio

2010, inspiration / /
Hanging prints in my new studio - Linda Germain
Hanging prints in my new studio – Linda Germain

Today, I painted a wall and hung up some work to make the studio a little more like me.  I have been thinking about, printing, schedules, blogging and teaching.  What do you do to maintain balance?  I seem to work in spurts, not really a steady pace.  Seems to me that it is beneficial to know my work style and to plan around that rather and to fight it and feel bad.  What is your work style?  What do you do to get things done?

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Print Project in my new Studio

2010 / /

thermo fax screen print by linda germainI was able to take advantage of my new studio space last week.  I pull 300 thermofax screen prints of a delicate flower to give away as part of a goodie bag at the WOW conference next week.  I could not have do this big project in my old space.  It was affirming to be able to put the new studio to work right away.

I still have most everything in boxes.  I can’t find what I am looking for most of the time.  But I have 22 sun filled windows.

Happy Printing!

 

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Repeating a Monotype Process

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Making notes on a practice monotype print - Linda Germain
Making notes on a practice monotype print – Linda Germain

Monotype printing Notes

Monotypes by definition are one of a kind prints.  Sometimes I make a print and want to be able to repeat the technique and make similar impressions.  I want to remember:

  • The ink I used
  • The paper
  • The type of stencil and the material it was made with
  • The weather or time of year
  • What steps I took and in what order

Use practice prints to reference process

An easy way to remember is to write notes on some less than perfect prints.  Keep these notes in a folder and then you do not have to reinvent the wheel with every new printing session.

Do you keep notes or do you just create with abandon?  What works for you?

Is a printmaking class right for you?

Would you like to explore gelatin printing with the homemade gelatin and glycerin plate in Make Monotypes, the online printmaking class. Check the workshop schedule and sign up.

This is what one student expressed about Make Monotypes, printmaking class:

Linda’s workshops are the perfect mix of instruction and going wild creating on my own. There are no mistakes. Everything is perfect and can be adapted, trimmed, printed over- unlimited possibilities!

I keep taking the class because I learn and do something new every time. I make tons of prints and pull them out to incorporate into all kinds of projects. Paula M, – Make Monotypes

 

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