#clean studio

So, occasionally I spend a month or so immersed in anxiety about my studio, and the knowledge that its current state needs improvement, and stress about how to tackle it, feeling childish and disorganized and ridiculous because of the mess, and finding ways to procrastinate… before I  finally just take a bit of time and fix things. Yesterday was that day. I spent most of the day trying to clean up my creative space. I didn’t complete everything, but am terribly impressed with my progress.

One project I actually did earlier last week, but I love it so much, and it makes such a difference, I have to show you.

I saw this idea a while back on Oto Kano’s youtube channel. Using small black binder clips  and little black pegboard hooks , both purchased in bulk on Amazon (which was so inexpensive!), I organized all of my paint tubes.

(If you don’t have a pegboard, Oto offers a different suggestion in her video. I altered it for the pegboard above a little desk in my studio) No more digging around in bins to see if I have a color! I may also add a small color swatch to the side of each clip… I haven’t decided yet if that is actually necessary. (oh, there’s that pensive* quality again!) I ordered the wrong size clips the first time around, but used them for my acrylic tubes, and reordered the smaller size.

How fun is that?

It's been long overdue, but I've finally gotten around to organizing my studio space. In this waQ vlog I'm giving you a quick gear tour of the stuff I use. I'm also talking about my plans and what I'm going to do next to optimize my bedroom studio that I spend so much time in.

How do You Organize a Small Studio? Take a tour of my small studio and share your ideas. #artstudio #smallstudio

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Today marks the third consecutive day I am rehearsal/installation/theater FREE after work, and while I spent my first two after work afternoons sleeping, eating, and running again, I chose to spend the third day doing something productive. I cleaned my studio. It was so freeing, so purging, so good to get things straight. LOOK at the difference:

before......