Tizzylizzy,
I am also an artist and I have been stuck in a non-creative black hole for several months. Part of it is my meds. I consider myself to be a painter/printmaker. I mainly do monotypes because canvas and oil paints are so expensive. Of course, now, I got thousands of dollars invested in painting/printmaking supplies.

I am trying to get back into it. I think it has helped me to try a few new things to sorta spark my creativity—I have tried to crochet (yeah, not something I ever saw myself doing!! And I don’t if I will ever get it done.). I’ve done some experimenting with acrylic paints on wood because it’s cheap (Hobby Lobby or Joanne’s). I bought a kit to make friendship bracelets and I even bought one of those silly kids potholder makers—the ones that you braid the loops through a plastic frame. Basically, anything that makes me think about color and design and easy enough to not cause me stress. The kids section is not just for kids!

I hope you can find your creativity because I understand the emptiness caused by loss of artistic creativity. Yeah, I think my comprehensions for other tasks go up when I am doing art to help calm myself--even if it's a silly "kids" project. I even use the pot holders that I made!


Take Care,
DePressMe