It had been a long time since I painted. Ok, it was only 3 weeks but oh my did I miss painting! I doodled with paper and pens but no painting or mess. You can imagine how ready I was to paint! What if I forgot how to paint? A flower ornament bouquet? Positive Messages posters and prints? What happened to the finger painting project I was working on? Am I ready? Sound familiar? Sounds like procrastination? Fear? Doubt? Insecurity? All the above.

At that point, I decided it was time to paint flowers. What better way to celebrate my birthday than to get back into painting the flowers that bring me peace and joy. I have a new Blick Watercolor Tablet. I admit it. I was not ready to use that paper. How about a notes journal. Yes! We all go through these moments in our process. That’s when we really need to stop that thinking and make art.

This is the journal that I use to doodle and swatch colors. I keep saying I should have it open as a reference for mixing my colors but rarely do. When in doubt have a cheap journal where you can doodle. I also have a collage-ruled notebook where I have been doodling with Crayola Markers and pens. No matter what I will always make art!

My point for today’s post is no matter what, make art. When you have doubt. Listen to it, question it a little, but most importantly make art. Paint your ideas. The best ideas truly happen when you make art. That is all! I put painting on pause for 3 weeks because I wasn’t feeling well. Even then, I doodled! If I have that level of love for painting flowers, I shouldn’t let anyone or anything hold me back. In the words of Tabitha Brown, I’m going to keep painting flowers the way I do because that’s my business.

I have a list of ideas and projects to blog about. And yes I am working on the ornament flower bouquet. I’ll post my progress on Instagram. Thank you for reading and for your lovely comments. If you haven’t subscribed, please join us!

With Love, Mireya