Creative Productivity Archives - Alison Beere Art /category/creative-productivity/ Cartooning Makes Life A Light-Hearted Business! Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:32:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-alison-beere-favicon-32x32.png Creative Productivity Archives - Alison Beere Art /category/creative-productivity/ 32 32 3 Tips for When You Wake Up In A Funk /2022/when-you-wake-up-in-a-funk/ Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:24:21 +0000 / The post 3 Tips for When You Wake Up In A Funk appeared first on Alison Beere Art.

]]> Why Lowering Your Standards Can Improve Performance /2022/improve-performance/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:26:39 +0000 / The post Why Lowering Your Standards Can Improve Performance appeared first on Alison Beere Art.

]]> Gentle Productivity — How A Lily-Pad Structure Can Hold You /2019/gentle-productivity/ Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:32:49 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ What’s your gentle productivity approach (or do you just let it all slide sideways?) It’s finally school holidays here, so for me it’s time for some more gentle productivity. For the last ten days we have been in end-of-term mode — ‘a liminal space’ as my fancy friend calls it ?— which is neither one […]

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]]> Drawing Digitally & How You Limit The Fish Food Effect /2019/drawing-digitally/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:00:51 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ Do you love the magical power of the Un-Do button that comes with drawing digitally The freedom, the sense of possibility and the multitudes of textures at your fingertips You’re not alone! In response to my post last week about the ongoing relevance (or not) of the analogue cartooning process, I received a wonderful response […]

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]]> 2 Minute Rule: How to Show Up When the Psychology is Against You /2019/2-minute-rule/ Fri, 17 May 2019 10:00:49 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ Ever heard of the 2 Minute Rule Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to show up to the daily tasks involved in learning something new Even if it’s packed with fun and your learning material breaks things down well to teach you the relevant skills in tiny slices, getting the work done can […]

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]]> Mindfulness and Creativity: The Momo Approach to Cartooning /2017/mindfulness-and-creativity-the-momo-approach/ Sat, 30 Dec 2017 07:00:25 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ Mindfulness and Creativity… and Roadsweeping “You see, Momo,’ Beppo the Roadsweeper told her one day, ‘it’s like this. Sometimes, when you’ve a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you’ll never get it swept.’ He gazed silently into space before continuing. ‘And then you start to […]

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]]> 24 Ways to Keep Drawing (Even With No Deadline) /2016/keep-drawing-24-ways/ Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:45:50 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ When you keep drawing till its a habit, you build massive momentum Here are 24 practices you can embrace today, to keep drawing and slip into greater cartooning momentum. attach your daily drawing habit to another (established) daily habit choose a fun theme (e.g. crazy-exotic pets) go public with your intention to keep drawing — research […]

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]]> 3 Secret Compounds to Fuel a Tiny Drawing Habit /2016/3-secret-compounds-fuel-tiny-drawing-habit/ Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:08:44 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ What does it take to create a regular drawing habit Before we get to drawing habits… My husband can remember sitting crouched around his parents’ old black-and-white television set, watching the first-ever space shuttle launched into the unknown. After the nail-biting excitement of the countdown that shuttle and its incredible tail of flame shot upwards […]

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]]> Creative daily routine: how to turn the tables on inertia /2016/creative-daily-routine/ /2016/creative-daily-routine/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:35:21 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ Don’t you hate it when your established creative daily routine gets disrupted You sketched up a storm every day for a whole week. And then your in-laws came to visit (and now you haven’t drawn anything for a month). And you just can’t find the time again, even though you have the house to yourselves […]

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]]> /2016/creative-daily-routine/feed/ 2 Sketch Journal Ideas – Cartooning Niagara /2016/sketch-journal-ideas/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:03:19 +0000 https://alisonbeere.boomer.local/ Sketch journal ideas – you may be the wildest advocate for keeping a daily sketch journal, but where do you come up with an endless stream of ideas Cartooning things from your day-to-day life, small incidents that you might otherwise forget is a great start. And then of course there are holidays: vacation days when […]

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