The Artist's Way - Copying Gauguin

3 of us did The Artist's Way course together in the spring of this year.

Then we decided to continue weekly without the book, simply asking each other the questions at the end of each chapter. Using a timer as in co-counselling helps to make sure we each have the same amount of time to speak. It turned into a lunch time event.

Now we have evolved into an art class. We started with a still life. The sun doesn't stay still though, the shadows kept on moving around! 2 of us are now working on a copy of a beautiful Gauguin painting. The other person paints her own work. We still bring and share lunch and use the timer to answer the questions.

It is such a good thing to be able to meet up as an ongoing group. We have some rituals which we stick to but we keep on trying out variations too according to our varying moods.

Spring Show - Lucie Motion, Ian Maitland, Anne Lawton, Thomas Parks and others

This Sunday afternoon I am holding my first one session Show at our house. I have many contributions from my extended family, friends plus a friend of a friend.

Two artists have their own sites:

Lucie Motion: luciemotion.com

Thomas Parks: thomasparks.carbonmade.com

The Artist's Way book

A group of us are using this book for the next 12 weeks. The Daily Pages are the daily task which is the key to everything else really.

Just today I read a quote by David Mitchell. I like the bit about dealing with stuckness.

'Everything you need to learn about writing you will learn, and can only learn, by writing. So get rid of the TV and work. And when you are stuck, write about being stuck, with merciless honesty, and you will become unstuck.'

Maybe doing the pages, which I haven't done yet today... is like brushing teeth and other daily actions. Yesterday I felt so energised and clear somehow after getting through it.