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20 Tips for Being Creative When You are Tired or Sick
Being creative can be a challenge, especially when you're feeling under the weather or exhausted.
jackiemorisette
Jul 10, 20236 min read


Celebrating Small Wins with Your Art: 15 Tips to Help You Stay Motivated and Inspired
As artists, we often set high standards for ourselves and strive for perfection in our work. However, it's important to remember that.....
jackiemorisette
Jul 3, 20235 min read


My First Public Art Showing
Full disclaimer my first public art showing was not what I was expecting when I applied for this show.
jackiemorisette
Jun 26, 20236 min read


Getting back to feeling normal.. Ish
It never fails every time I get back from travelling i get sick. When I touched down in Montreal my allergies kicked in with a vengeance
jackiemorisette
Jun 20, 20232 min read


Art school in Florence finishing off the week
I meant to get this out the other day but then you know how vacation goes. Galleries, eating, dancing and singing.
jackiemorisette
Apr 24, 20233 min read


Art school in Florence Italy day 3
Day 3 of art school in Florence started and ended with a bang. Coffee and cannoli for breakfast and italian karaoke until way too late
jackiemorisette
Apr 20, 20233 min read


Art school in Florence Italy day 2
Honestly I have not been this excited to be doing something in a long time. I have so much energy that I haven't really noticed the long day
jackiemorisette
Apr 18, 20233 min read


Art school in Florence Italy day 1
I'm exhausted lol but happy.
My first day at art school in Florence was stressful for me. Not because of anything in particular.....
jackiemorisette
Apr 17, 20231 min read


Education while being a self taught artist
I think the hardest part about being a self taught artist is knowing what you don't know you don't know. (yes I know a double negative 😬😂)
jackiemorisette
Apr 16, 20234 min read


Submissions and sleep
It's 4am and I haven't slept. I don't know why my sleep is so all over the place. Too many years of shift work catching up maybe.
jackiemorisette
Apr 2, 20231 min read


8 Ergonomic art practices
Fading tail lights in the morning night. I woke with that in my head today. My hands ache today. I have carpal tunnel so busy days at work..
jackiemorisette
Mar 26, 20234 min read


Morning sticky notes and being sick.
I started writing this blog two days ago. I grabbed my coffee got half way through it and then started feeling sick...
jackiemorisette
Mar 20, 20233 min read


Book work
This morning I feel like working on the book:
The train pulled into the station with a grinding halt. I had to hold on tightly to the rail
jackiemorisette
Mar 13, 20232 min read


Return to work
Back to reality and my day job today. A return to work causes my anxiety to go crazy. There's no need for it to be, work is a familiar...
jackiemorisette
Mar 12, 20232 min read


Back to drawing practice
*Just a quick disclaimer before I start, this post isn't sponsored I just really enjoyed the material by these two people.* I woke up...
jackiemorisette
Mar 11, 20234 min read


Jetlag is real
Back home to the cold north and is jetlag ever hitting me today. I don't know why, it's so random. Sometimes I'm fine others it just hits...
jackiemorisette
Mar 10, 20232 min read


Fly days
Why on earth did I book a morning flight? My stomach is in knots, I'm not a good flyer. If I could cancel it I probably would. That's why...
jackiemorisette
Mar 8, 20232 min read


Morning pages
I'm trying something different because I find it hard to keep up with writing a blog and to be consistent. So I figured why not do my...
jackiemorisette
Mar 8, 20233 min read


7 Tips on how to use a sketch book
The glory of a new sketch book. The stiff pages, crisp and clean, just waiting to be filled with the imagination of its new owner. I...
jackiemorisette
Aug 10, 20222 min read


Perception in art and how we view ourselves
I was recently reading about different artist's methods and I stumbled into sort of a philosophical rabbit hole. I had just finished...
jackiemorisette
Aug 3, 20222 min read
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