Love this! I’m new to a daily art habit after years of creativity in other fields - writing, cooking - and it’s amazing how quickly I forgot that daily practice is everything!
Art everyday? Wow! I have an almost daily art practice, but I rarely manage to paint each & every day. I have a few weekly streaks, but I may just try for 39 consecutive days this year & see how it goes!
Thanks for sharing - so inspirational (I’m trying to make more art this year)!Did you take photos and then upload here? Or are the pics here digital? It looks so professional!
That process video was very pleasing to watch 🙂, and I love the idea of 50 pounds of art. I, too, was bitten by the bug to produce (in my case) a graphic memoir. I'm an artist but I'd never done anything like that, and it was an exhilarating voyage of discovery. It ended up being an exhibit (here where I live in Victoria, BC, Canada) about my mother's Lewy Body dementia that incorporated graphic memoir (some large scale), paintings, and an installation. The actual graphic memoir in book form is yet to come.
I was just barely into graphic storytelling until I read your _The Bitter Life of Bozena Nemcova_ and then _ The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law that Changed Women's Lives_ -- amazing and beautiful books. Your practice, disciple, and creative talent are a gift to the rest of us. Thanks. Jay Bremyer
Wonderful and fun post with fantastic evidence of dedication and serious of purpose even if the style is more lighthearted than the purpose but I prefer more lighthearted anyway.
So like many of you I try to "practice art" but it's hard to everyday or even close to it. But I've been doing lots of that "practice"- thousands of artworks anyway since 2011, including digital collage, portraits, kaleidoscope pics, mandalas, cartoons, graphic memoirs, jigsaw puzzles, large scale wall-sized photos for, hopefully, Art Basel.
Would love to illustrate here what I am talking about but apparently one can't in comments. Wonder why that is, Substack?
Many of us are readers, write, are artists and are even musicians and involved in movie-making. (And in my case, I am also a lawyer, too, and our legal writing is published and appears in libraries and on the web around the world to be read by anyone interested and these days, often for free with scandalously, I think, the copyrights belonging to legal publishers or the various states.)
someone once told me the "50 pounds of art" story but with no source or citation so i'm happy to see it here in full glory PLUS your actual practical manifestation of it!
I love this idea and the visual way you told your story. How did you do this? I’d love to try to visually storytell as well and appreciate the inspiration. Go 50 lbs!!!!
I love this story and art so much! I'm currently on a plane so I can't watch the process video just yet, but I'm coming back to it later. 📌
50 pounds of art, so legit.
Love this! I’m new to a daily art habit after years of creativity in other fields - writing, cooking - and it’s amazing how quickly I forgot that daily practice is everything!
Thanks for the inspiration!! That's awesome! I have a similar goal for 2024, hopefully it will work out.
Art everyday? Wow! I have an almost daily art practice, but I rarely manage to paint each & every day. I have a few weekly streaks, but I may just try for 39 consecutive days this year & see how it goes!
Thanks for sharing - so inspirational (I’m trying to make more art this year)!Did you take photos and then upload here? Or are the pics here digital? It looks so professional!
I love everything about this post! It is hopeful and shows how to begin. Thank you.
That process video was very pleasing to watch 🙂, and I love the idea of 50 pounds of art. I, too, was bitten by the bug to produce (in my case) a graphic memoir. I'm an artist but I'd never done anything like that, and it was an exhilarating voyage of discovery. It ended up being an exhibit (here where I live in Victoria, BC, Canada) about my mother's Lewy Body dementia that incorporated graphic memoir (some large scale), paintings, and an installation. The actual graphic memoir in book form is yet to come.
I was just barely into graphic storytelling until I read your _The Bitter Life of Bozena Nemcova_ and then _ The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law that Changed Women's Lives_ -- amazing and beautiful books. Your practice, disciple, and creative talent are a gift to the rest of us. Thanks. Jay Bremyer
Amazing! I love your illustrated stories and the ideas you share. And, WOW, over 50 pounds of art!
Wonderful and fun post with fantastic evidence of dedication and serious of purpose even if the style is more lighthearted than the purpose but I prefer more lighthearted anyway.
So like many of you I try to "practice art" but it's hard to everyday or even close to it. But I've been doing lots of that "practice"- thousands of artworks anyway since 2011, including digital collage, portraits, kaleidoscope pics, mandalas, cartoons, graphic memoirs, jigsaw puzzles, large scale wall-sized photos for, hopefully, Art Basel.
Would love to illustrate here what I am talking about but apparently one can't in comments. Wonder why that is, Substack?
Many of us are readers, write, are artists and are even musicians and involved in movie-making. (And in my case, I am also a lawyer, too, and our legal writing is published and appears in libraries and on the web around the world to be read by anyone interested and these days, often for free with scandalously, I think, the copyrights belonging to legal publishers or the various states.)
dear kelcey,
this is beautiful!
someone once told me the "50 pounds of art" story but with no source or citation so i'm happy to see it here in full glory PLUS your actual practical manifestation of it!
congrats and hooray and thank you!
love,
myq
I love this idea and the visual way you told your story. How did you do this? I’d love to try to visually storytell as well and appreciate the inspiration. Go 50 lbs!!!!
I love this. Very funny that you ended up with 50+ pounds.
Love the video! Which program do you use?
Love this idea! I was beginning to get a bit bogged down with my 50,000 pounds of art. ;) I shall keep on going. Thanks for the inspiration.😊❤️
I love everything you do and it is a pleasure to read your newsletter. Can you share more videos about the process? Is procreate the program you use?