‘Even a bad drawing is better than no drawing at all!’ I think this will be my motto going into the new year. Thank you for the inspiration!

@werushka85

2 жыл бұрын

my thought exactly! :) happy drawing :)

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Great motto! It's been mine for years too.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

happy drawing!

Dear Koosje, I agree with you, and thank you. ANY little creative time, gets rid of "creative frustration". If you make it once a week on a Wednesday afternoon, great. 5 mins great. If it is every 2nd day, better. If you don't feel well, do some sick work.....creative sick work from bed! Today I made some ugly art, isn't that great! Did it make me feel much better? Yes. I figured out about how to use these lovely new Caran Dache Neo colours II a bit more. I pushed them hard. Work harder. Be free. Be ugly. The feeling of these new handful of crayons is sheer delight, buttery, yet stiff enough not to break, water soluble, layering with them, white over colours, some colours over other colours easier, some not so much. I made a good messy day. This is a lot for me, as while I have done art regularly since the age of 8 and now I am 48, I often like to be very clean, washing and looking after my brushes, every single time. So today, I put some cardboard under diary my work to protect my table, and made three planner diaries into lovely mossy greens. The transition from NYE 2021, to January 2022. If you want to be any sort of creative, and you are reading this, and you don't know how, here are the steps. Step 1. get some tools, play with them for 5 mins. Do not assess your own work, ever. Just feel the tools in your hands, how do they work? Step 2. Do it again. As Koosje reminds us, to attempt to do a bit more, regularly. After 40 years of art, you will still not love most of your work, but you will have touched so many kinds of art materials. Being creative with dinner or a cake making. It could be that you hear words at 2am in your mind, and you want to write them down as prose. You don't have to be a poet, but you can put two words together! The worst that could happen, is you may enjoy the process so much, you wiggle your feet that night in bed. Albeit , a wee bit happier. ;) In kindred spirit, I salute you fellow Dutchy! Happier, healthier, productive new year Slow, reflective, pondering, for yourself time Never alone Oh and enjoy your Oliebollen! Eliza Most Beautiful Day is Today! (PS my mum is a Van Den Hooven) Your new year plan? How could you (who are reading this) be creative for 5 mins? 31st of December 2021, 9:26pm NYE Dulwich Hill, Sydney Australia xx

Such good advice....drawing everyday, even only 10 minutes, seems to be the key. Your words are always so sweet to listen to. Thank you Koosje.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I want to draw and watercolor everyday. I love to do it. My problem is that I have chronic illnesses that get in the way. Be grateful for your health because when you lose it it’s a nightmare.

@KoosjeKoene

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes, I am very grateful, every single day. I hope that art can give relief and joy for you.

I Love your words. You changed my life. Thank you so much. ❤️

Thank you for your inspiration and invitation to…just do it!

Thank you for this! At the beginning I bought a beautiful Moleskine sketchbook and I was afraid to mess it up. I never finished this sketchbook, because i bought some super cheap notebooks that I now fill with joy, passion and no worries :)

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

I love that! You made it more accessible and therefore more enjoyable!

@leesa5118

2 жыл бұрын

I love to buy sketchbooks, imagining when I will draw in them, when I will “indulge myself”, when I will experience that personal happiness whilst doing it. Then life gets in the way and I forget how good it would be to feel all of these things. After listening to your words, I am inspired to start filling these books. I give myself “permission” to do this. Thank you.

I needed to hear this tonight thank you 👍

This is the pep talk we all need right now. Thank you Koosje!

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

You are just one of my all-time favourite artists! You are so inspiring and you’ve kept me inspired. I’m grateful to you. Thank you. 🥰

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks!

Your point of view is awesome. Thank you.

Thank you for all your inspirational videos, I always look forward to them.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thank you for this pep talk, Koosje! My attitude as a beginner is not to worry too much about quality and focus on quantity! or rather, regularity, drawing or painting practically every day, even a little doodle on my lap while listening to a video. The wonkier the better!

@Zeitounah

2 жыл бұрын

PS I do have a fancy moleskine (which I have already "ruined " lots of times lol) but also a cheap WHizz notebook from the supermarket with hundreds of pages for scribbly faces and doodles!

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!

Thank you so much....your timing is perfect for my pep talk! I note around my room and the bulletin boards which has little drawing pinned up! I love to look at them again....but I haven't added any lately....I've let the outside world undo my little habit of taking out my sketch book and making some marks with my pencil! Thanks so much for the reminder! Have a creative and very happy new year!

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

I hope your bulletin board will be filled with new drawings this year!

Beautiful blank page or wonky line! Love it!

THANK YOU - I needed that - especially the BLANK page part LOL. all your tips are right on!!!! gotto go now and sketch..... :) HAPPY NEW YEAR, Barb

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

Such sound advice. I have challenged myself to do some kind of art every day since the pandemic began. I cannot believe how much I have grown as an artist during this time. I have let go of perfectionism for one thing - started a brand new sketch book and managed to put a hole in the first page, hahaha! Well, there ya go - might as well fill it. Funny how all that pressure we put on ourselves dissipates when that first page gets some art onto it! Anyway, this year I challenged myself to work on things I find difficult - like crosshatching and oil pastels. Now they have become favourites, and my crosshatched illustrations are my primary way to de-stress. Line by line - just like one day at a time. We really need to be kind to ourselves during these difficult times - it’s amazing how taking just a few minutes a day for ourselves and our art can make such a difference. Thankyou Koosje for your encouragement and enthusiasm! 🥰

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

I love that! Let's take that approach this year too: one day at a time!

You are such an encourager! (Not sure that’s a word lol) I love your little pep talks! Thanks from Texas, USA

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a word. Thanks Jeannie!

Thanks for this video, especially for those like me worry too much and dare not start on new sketch book😅

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Your pep talks are so inspiring and motivating. I will do it, just at least a doodle in my sketchbook everyday and build from there. Love ya, Koosje. Wishing you a happy New Year!

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year! I hope you're doing those daily doodles now the new year has started.

I like to watch KZread for a little while for inspiration. Taking your advice, I’ve got out my sketch book, while I’m listening to you I have done a quick portrait of you. 😃 ha ha. There is no likeness but hay, I’m sketching. I will try to do this each day, see how I go. Maybe come back to your video and sketch you again, compare my sketch to this one. 😊

This is just what I needed to hear today. Thank you! 😊👍🏻

Thank you for this!

Love the idea of making a sketch date with yourself!

@debbielyons2796

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that idea too! Awesome 🤩

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

It's the best kind of date!

Tx.for reminding me.

Daily practice and drawing everyday is so vital, keeps me in the game!, thanks

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! It keeps the wheels oiled, so to say.

Great talk. I drew you and painted it with watercolor while you yelled at me.. lol 😆 We really do act "too precious" about our art.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

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Good pep talk! Happy New Year, all the very best wishes

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

Thanks for the pep talk! It gave my a warm feeling and a smile on my lips!

I found your channel because I’ve been learning to draw from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. I paint with Watercolor and would like to draw my own sketches rather than always tracing. It’s interesting how similar your pep talk is to some Watercolor artists I follow. I can highly recommend the book, Your Inner critic is a big Jerk.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is an absolute classic!

Thank you for your encouraging and inspiring words. Cheers to daily drawing in 2022!!!!!! :-D

I've been slacking on not just on picking up my sketchbook, but also picking my guitar back up this holiday season. Thanks for the encouragement, your advice goes a long way in regards to pretty much anything somebody wants to get good at.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, making music is one of those creative endeavors that need effort and time, but are soooo worth it!

thanks for the pep talk! much appreciated. happy new year and best wishes

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

Thank you for the video :)

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

All good stuff. One thing I've thought a lot about this year - I had collected a lot of material (for creative works) that I valued enough to not want to 'waste' it. Some of it I've had for up to 15-20 years. I wondered what would happen to it if I held onto it - unused/untouched - till my death. It all would (hopefully) be donated to a charity shop by my family and then someone else would buy it and perhaps hold onto it with the same fears I had. Fear is definitely present - all kinds of fears. You mentioned 'don't be afraid' but I think the first step is 'acknowledge your fear but don't let it stop you'. Feel the fear but do it anyway. Perhaps there will always be that fear - the stage fright - of stepping into the act of creation. But it doesn't have to stop you. And, over time, in my experience, the fear diminishes. So, I took those valued art materials and I started using them. It was a good year of creativity and in 2022 I'm looking to step past what I've done in 2020-21 and do the next thing - the thing I kept putting aside to do the easier, more comfortable things. This is the 2nd 'pep talk' toward that intention I've watched in the last two days. :-) Thanks for the encouragement.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

So glad those art materials are now getting used. Enjoy!

Hello Koosje, I’m your fan from Thailand 🥰

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

👋

Since spontaneity went out of the window, creativity died.

I love your eyes

I tried about 4 times and I could not get sounds and picture to synch. Nothing else on my computer is doing this. So I just listened.

@KoosjeKoene

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what happened there. It might have been a glitch on YT?