I was looking for a Nick Fedaeff print recently when I found a stack of old visual diary cards-
Its so nice to have a record of what inspired you, what caught your attention and the things that you thought enough of to record. Some times I keep a daily visual diary, but never for an extended time.
My diary keeping never seems to be important at the time, but its fantastic to be able to look back over old images, ideas, thoughts and memories. Stumbling over these has inspired me to find my spiral bound scrapbook, feltpens
glue stick and top up the ink in my printer.
I have lots of ideas jostling for a space on a board or canvas, so its important not only to gather that energy but to keep feeding the creative reserve with new ideas.
Now when I’m working on a painting I use Evernote to keep all the treads together. This was really helpful in completing the Musicians Family which has been on the go for longer than I like to admit. I used Evernote to collate photos, sketches reference paintings and edits.
And because it works on all my mobile devices and computers, wherever I was I could add an idea or thought and it would be available everywhere.
Its also great for keeping my favorite art websites in one place.
