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That tricky old creative journey

  • October 20, 2019/
  • Posted By : Susan/
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  • Under : Abstraction, Acrylics, acrylics, art, Art therapy, artist, Creative Coaching, intuitive, knaap, Mixed Media, Painting, susan knaap, Tips & Tricks

Onwards & Upwards, Mixed Media, 30 x 30 inches, stretched canvas

Sometimes I just wish I could get to where I want to be… that promised land where I feel like I’ve ‘arrived’ as an artist. It’s easy to be persuaded that it’s just a painting away, another teacher away, another technique away. But the truth is that the creative journey isn’t some straight forward ascent to a final destination. It’s a series of steps, missteps, circles, cycles, disasters and successes. I can leave the studio feeling like I’ve cracked it one day, only to go back in the next morning and think, ‘What the hell?’.

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‘Stepping back’, and ‘sitting with’ your art work

  • October 3, 2017/
  • Posted By : Susan/
  • 1 comments /
  • Under : Creative Coaching, Painting, Tips & Tricks

An often overlooked, though really beneficial, aspect of the creative process is to look…. really LOOK at your work while you’re making it.

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A new painting and the bumpy creative road

  • April 11, 2017/
  • Posted By : Susan/
  • 2 comments /
  • Under : Abstraction, Acrylics, Creative Coaching, Oils, Painting

Crikey… It’s been a while since I last posted! Such is life when you work full-time and have to fit in your painting practice in between that and everything else!

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Burnout… and new beginnings!

  • August 23, 2016/
  • Posted By : Susan/
  • 2 comments /
  • Under : Creative Coaching, Painting

Burnout and new beginnings

Do you know what it feels like to slowly and painfully lose your mojo? To stand helplessly by as your all consuming passion slips away from your grasp?

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