Art supply guilt can be a good thing. Really! I bought all different types of oil pastels over the years. I used them a wee bit. Since then, these have just been sitting ignored on the shelf and taking up space.
Today the oil pastels were radiating waves of guilt because I hadn’t used them in so long. I could hear the judgment in my head and that can really chase away my muse. But I had a simple way to trade the guilt for joy.
How? I used the oil pastels. Nothing fancy. Just making marks, scribbling. Truly. Even the brown ones. Yes, I used browns…granted I didn’t use them as much as the others. You’ll also see how I use the extender oil pastel in the video too!
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The extender oil pastel is colorless and it lets me smear and blend colors in a way that is different from just using your fingers to do it. Seeing the colors mingle and move brings me instant joy.
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The part of my brain that wants to know what I will “do” with this. I’m going to enjoy it. And then when I am done with that it might get cut up into art journal backgrounds. Or maybe something else. Who knows…well…I do know one thing for certain, there will be a free Spark of Art-spiration made with it.
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The guilt I felt over my oil pastels got me to play with them…after all I would rather feel joy than guilt. This strategy for dealing with art supply guilt works with any supply so if you ever have that guilt, now you have a way to turn it into joy.
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Your scribbles looks like a Cezanne landscape to me. Houses and gardens all in there. Love it. Maybe you should feel guilty more often! xox
Carolyn!
I really appreciate and enjoy your videos, sparks, inspirations etc….
but most of all I enjoy, YOU! I have lots of chuckles while learning – love it.
Thank you!
Bev.