I have many art supplies. Too many. About eight boxes worth - the boxes vary in size - and I have a desperate desire to simplify and organize my home right now. Maybe it's a control thing. But rather of chucking them, which I can't bring myself to do, I want to use my supplies for Good.
I've typically been bad at motivating myself to practice art-making, but now I have about six months in which to practice (a.k.a. productively clean out my closet before we move later this year). I'm not sure if I'll keep the projects, sell them, give them away, or burn them, but my aim is to make the best things I can with the materials I have. Maybe I'll end up giving some of the supplies away in the end. My main hope is that the process will help me to sift through the supplies to see what I really like and will be able to successfully use, and to see if art is something I should keep as a lifelong pursuit. I studied art education in college, which I loved, but found little time to practice art apart from the classes I took that focused on that. Now is the time, I think, so I'm plunging in and hoping for the best.
My purpose:
Minimize the art supplies I own
Find what art media I most enjoy
Recover whatever artistic capabilities I have
Try a variety of materials in the process
Make/find good use for anything I create
Whatever leftover materials I have as of August 1, 2011 will be given away or saved for specific later use
So here we go.
