Over the past few weeks, I've received many emails about feeling stuck and overwhelmed creatively. Along with many questions about style development, and finding your unique voice as an artist. I've experienced the same feelings throughout my artistic career, and I know how frustrating it is to feel this way, but, over the years, I’ve learned it will pass.

You have a deep well of creativity just waiting for you to explore. The only way to drink from that well is to show up and do the work.

Move your body! It will change your outlook on everything, I promise!. I take a walk every morning, no headphones, no music, and no texting. I have solved many creative and life problems on my long walks.
If you haven't read the Artist Way by Julia Cameron, stop everything, and read it. The Morning Pages will help you to become clear about your creativity.
Take out your sketchbooks and art journals, and look at the work you’ve done in the past. The pages are gold and hold"your ideas" in their purest form.

Sketch an object from life, something simple, like a plant or a coffee cup.
Observe it from different angles, and sketch with your favorite tools.
Don't judge the work and forget about the outcome.
Just study your subject, and respond through sketching. You can use charcoal one day, watercolor the next, a stick dipped in ink, anything to play and explore.
Sketch your subject with your non-dominant hand. It works like a dream and helps you turn off the negative talk in your head.
Sketch your subject every day for seven days. Don’t spend more than 30 minutes on the sketch.
Sketching is an integral part of the creative process; even if you feel your drawing skills are not where you want them to be - this exercise will help them improve.

Organize all your art supplies. If you find things you're no longer using, donate them to the local library, school, or Salvation Army. Or, put a creative care package together for someone who may also need a creative boost.
Put on your favorite music, and clean your studio space. Buy a new plant, burn palo santo or sage, and make the space sparkle. It works like a charm!
24-hour technology fast. It will be like stepping up to the ocean and taking a deep breath. Turn off your social media alerts! Instead, read, sketch, organize your art supplies, clean out closets, rest, dig in the garden, anything but look at your phone. The best part of this you will feel expansion in your soul, and ideas will float through your uncluttered consciousness. Next to my daily walk, this is a game-changer for me.
Study the Masters. Check out books on different master artists from your local library. Create studies of their work in your sketchbook. Learn about their lives, who they apprenticed with, and what inspired their work.