Sometimes, when I think about ALLL the things I have not mastered creatively, I get overwhelmed. So I think to myself, "I'll just pick one thing and work on that." And then I pick a thing to work on, but I'm intimidated and so I put off starting on it. Once again, I have a little inner voice conference with myself and I think, "How can I create some structure that I will actually follow so I can learn about this neat thing?" I then realize I need people, community, an event to encourage me and make it less of a lonely struggle. So I choose an event that is already established like Figuary or Inktober or I make my own event like a virtual art show. So now I have one thing to work on and I have a way to stay motivated. It's still overwhelming because, where do I start? Even this one thing seems vague and large and there's lots of aspects to consider I'm sure. How do I figure out what to do next? And then I think to myself, "Make it tiny."

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Make. It. Tiny. I wanted to learn a little about landscapes and see if it was something I wanted to incorporate into my art more this year, so I did TINY landscape drawings. I'm talking 1x1 inches and 1x2 inches. They were less intimidating this way and I got an idea of how landscapes work as a whole. Sometimes it's easy to get so focused on one small piece of a larger project that you miss what is happening with it as a whole until you step back at the end. It's also a great way to improve composition.

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Try it out with whatever you'd like to improve on next!

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Here are some ideas for what to do with them once complete:

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-If you are into Artist Trading Cards, there are groups that trade "inchies" which are pieces of art that are 1x1 inches square.

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-Make tiny frames for them and turn a shoebox into a teeny art gallery.

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-Bind them together into a little book. Make a bunch and have a tiny art book library.

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-Frame them in floating frames and hang them on your wall or give them to a friend.

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Below are some of the tiny landscape pieces I did during inktober 2020. Happy Making!