There’s something about the lure of summer to awaken your creative juices. My favorite illustrators like August Wren and Alisa Burke create art. every. single. day.

I can’t even imagine doing that. Can you?

But something inspired me this morning to turn off my computer, find a sketch pad and grab a box of watercolors. Usually I plan out what I want to paint, but today, I decided to paint as if I were a child being handed a tray of paint.

What would I paint?

What colors would I use?

It ended up being nothing…just a series of lines and blobs. But that’s what a child would do. Well, actually they would most likely paint a rainbow or a flower or a lollypop tree…but if we said they could paint anything except those things.

I let the paint dry and took out a Sharpie marker and drew a few lines. Not worrying about it needing to be something.

And as it turns out, the painting did indeed turn out to be nothing, but it did its job.

Tomorrow I will do it again. This time, I feel it won’t take as much energy to get started.

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Want to create something with me? Paint or draw something tomorrow that could be used in your art class.

Tag me on Instagram with #deepspacesparkle and let’s share some ideas!

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