Organizing the Creative Mind

Organizing the creative mind ... journal with you always, you never know when you will be stuck waiting somewhere and you can take the opportunity to write or draw inspirations that pop into mind. I draw in my agenda book if that is what I have. Later I may color pages in with color pencil or watercolor.
Painting Projects, © Maud Guilfoyle

Everyone can learn to draw.

Baseball and Spring Pod © Maud Guilfoyle, pencil and watercolor, 4 x 4 inches

"When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared back at me, incredulous, and said, ‘You mean they forget?’"  Quote by Howard Ikemoto.

When people find out I am an artist they often tell me that they can't draw, not even stick figures. I ask them if they took piano lessons, or if someone taught them to cook or use a computer. Drawing is a practice. Like everything else, you get the most pleasure and results by doing it often.