I have been painting for 35-ish years. In April, when it was clear that my professional activity as a floral and heritage surface pattern designer was economically unsustainable for me and my family because the studio I had been working for for two years didn't provide clients for my style, all of a sudden I stopped painting. I closed my activity in June. Since then, I haven't been feeling like painting or drawing. I have got many nice projects in mind, but the simple idea of picking up a pencil, a brush or a fine-liner makes me sick. In September I learned a bit of fashion illustration, just for the sake of it, but then I stopped. I know I'm good, but now I feel empty and mentally and emotionally tired. Having fibromyalgia and severe disc hernias doesn't help... I'd love to travel and to have "the artist's date" in a big European capital city, like Paris or London to "fill in the well", as Julia Cameron suggests, but I've got no money - and my health wouldn't allow it. Artmaking has been my joy and my comfort through my bad health for so long; please help me regain it. Thanks.

Good morning all, Another gorgeous chilly day in Connecticut. Look for some new content later today. And please chime in to let me know what you would most like to focus on next? Ask for anything, and I will most likely be equipped to guide you on that artistic path. Feel free to share the link I will send for friends and contacts you think would enjoy this community of art-learners. Have a marvelous weekend.

Good morning friends, let me know, have you watched and drawn along with the perspective videos? The video about the facial proportions? Do you have an interest in scratch art?