{"id":3440,"date":"2013-05-23T10:43:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2013-05-23T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T16:43:24","slug":"where-it-all-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/?p=3440","title":{"rendered":"Where it all begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3441\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sketchbook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3441\" title=\"Pages from my sketchbook (c) Amy Guidry 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sketchbook-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sketchbook-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artistcommentary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sketchbook.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pages from my sketchbook (c) Amy Guidry 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most popular questions I get is how I come up with ideas for my next painting or my next series.\u00a0 I&#8217;m always coming up with ideas and sometimes they may not pertain to my current body of work, although sometimes they do, but either way, I catalog all these ideas, thoughts, and notes in my sketchbooks.\u00a0 I keep a small sketchbook- well, it&#8217;s actually a diary, hence the lined pages- on my nightstand.\u00a0 At night when I&#8217;m going through my mental checklist of stuff to do- the neverending list- I try to clear my head of all this stress and mental noise to come up with some of my best ideas.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not to say that I don&#8217;t have inspirational moments during the day, but there are lots of distractions that can inhibit or halt the creative process.\u00a0 Sometimes I get ideas or maybe just &#8216;tidbits&#8217; from dreams, or sometimes an idea or a solution to a painting may just pop into my head once I&#8217;m rid of distractions and thinking clearly.\u00a0 Either way, I keep my sketchbook handy and get these ideas on paper, no matter the hour, for fear of forgetting them later.\u00a0 They&#8217;re not always the most legible and the thumbnail drawings are pretty messy, but it&#8217;s enough to jog my memory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.AmyGuidry.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.AmyGuidry.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for my monthly newsletter at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amyguidry.com\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.amyguidry.com\/contact.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow me on Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Amy-Guidry\/51953219932\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/pages\/Amy-Guidry\/51953219932<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular questions I get is how I come up with ideas for my next painting or my next series.\u00a0 I&#8217;m always coming up with ideas and sometimes they may not pertain to my current body of work, although sometimes they do, but either way, I catalog all these ideas, thoughts, and &hellip; 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