Tips 7 & 8

Tip number 7. Start a blog

I only started a blog/website end of June and I'm so pleased I did. I think that it’s important if you wish to have a career in art and design that you start a conversation with your audience and network with people that have similar interests to you. Even if you're not at all interested in textile design or sketchbook work and you want to be a beauty blogger or a fitness promoter then you need to make people aware of your determination for what you want to peruse as these are the ones that will support you in your journey.

Below, I have included a video from Youtube on 'How To Start A Blog & Get It Noticed' by dizzybrunette3. You could either use Blogger, WordPress or even create a website like I have done for multi-use and blog as part of it. My platform for this is Wix. Just explore a bit!!

Tip number 8. Take a nap

The majority of us view a mid-day nap as unproductive but it can actually be extremely useful if you've reached the writers/artists block stage of your work. Sometimes dreams can inspire an entirely new piece of work. So don't feel guilty if you need an afternoon snooze once in a while.

Thank you for reading my blog post '8 ways to stay creatively inspired influenced by Austin Kleon'. I hope you enjoyed my tips on this, even using these idea's sparsely can help to keep yourself inspired artistically.

Keep your eyes peeled next week for some travel posts on my journey around France. Thank you for reading!!!