Week 16: Artist Check-in | Mother-Artist Survival Guide

Summer brings freedom—and plenty of disruption. In this check-in, we explore the ups and downs of making art during the first week of break, from experimenting with style to creating connection points with our kids. Together we reflect on how setting intentions, inviting play, and embracing imperfection can help us ride the waves of a new season with creativity at the center.

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Welcome to the Art Peace Experiment. We're your hosts, two artists and friends. I'm Tasha. And I'm Brianna. At the end of 2024, we decided we wanted to cultivate more safety, peace, love, alignment, and excitement through our art and our art practices. So here we are sharing our journey with you. And we're so excited you're here. We hope you enjoy our conversations. They're honest, raw, just just two friends talking to each other about the realities of life and creativity. We're so excited for you to join us and be along with us for the journey. Week 16 check-in. First week of summer break. How did it go? Did you make time to create this week? Yeah, this week has been obviously crazy. You know, like the schedule is out the window. It's a new schedule. We're figuring it all out. But I did. Yeah, I did. I was able to squeeze in some time while Jenny was occupied, you know, doing something else. And so I was like, I'm going to do it. so I how did you manage I you know it wasn't very long um that's okay but I'm trying to remember this week has been so long it's been insane um the longest week of our lives yeah adjusting the summer break like a really long time ago that this even happened like a whole month a whole month ago yeah in a week yeah um yeah so I did the third um painting for my inkwell oh so that was really fun because it was like the last you know paper that I had cut the last one I think I'm still gonna do more because it'll be fun but I just have to make time to you know I have to actually cut the paper and like do the thing yeah um but yeah it was fun it was fun to finally finish those the the first three initial ones that I had planned on doing and so and then um to see them all together And put them in and see how they look and figure it out. was a little more you know a little more my style but still a little bit I don't know I was just kind of like putting it out there but this third one yeah I don't know I just really got in the zone and I was like leaning into how I like to create and how I like to do it and the blending and the colors and I just really wanted to you know do my palette and the other ones I was really experimenting you know and it was fun it was great and I like the way they turned out too they're just different but Yeah. This other one was a little more of the usual way that I have been creating. And so that one felt good. Okay. No, I love that. I love that you're doing more than one for the inkwell because then it is fun to see that progression. Yeah. And noticing that difference and getting even more like clarity on like, what do I like? What do I not like? What feels good to me? Yeah. That's fun. Yeah. Playing with style, playing with colors, playing with, you know, Yeah. All the different things. So it felt good. It was fun. It was, it was an experiment. Right. So how did you end up making time this week for creating with having your son at home? How did that part of it go? He was doing something else with his dad. And so I just took that time instead of trying to do laundry or trying to do the dishes or trying to do, you know, anything else. I was like, no, I'm just, I'm going to, I'm going to paint real quick right now. Yeah, your priorities. it yeah well he's busy I'm and I'm you know I have some time um that I don't have to be in mom mode or have to you know do anything else yeah I'm gonna I'm gonna do this this is what I'm gonna do so yeah I prioritized it I I just chose to let the other things go for a minute and and do do that and and connect with myself and it was really good because I I really needed it so yeah it was good I love that I love that yeah so before summer's started, I talked to my daughter and I was like, look, this is something that I want to work on this summer. I want to make art and I want to paint and I want to be creative and I want to make space for that every week. And she's old enough now that we can have that conversation. And just be like, look, I want you to be in the studio with me and come have painting, drawing days with me. And sometimes she wants to write and sometimes she wants to draw and sometimes she wants to paint

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um just telling her like you we've even pulled up like youtube videos of how to draw oh yeah different things there's a lot of fun tutorials for kids on there yeah well for anybody yeah but yeah that's that's a good way to do that too yeah so just had a conversation with her like look this is what i want to explore with this summer what do you want to explore with your art and your creativity what do you want to learn about? What's exciting you right now? And just giving her that moment of really supporting her, not moment, but like moments. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Of just being like, look, I really want to support you in this. I think it's important. And showing up for her that way. And then in turn, she's at least, I mean, we're one weekend, but she showed up for me

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that

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way. And we did, we had a really, we had a really fun, fun day in the studio that this week where I you know worked continued working on my painting on the big piece of paper that I didn't cut from last week yes so brave still working on that and she was in the studio with me and we listened to an audio book together and did some yeah did some creative work and it was really it was really fun and then I got some more done when she like had a play date yeah I love that I love that you made it a connection point yeah and then you made it fun together like a together thing you know it's not just like okay I have to work so you have to be you know go do your thing it was like let's do let's make this fun yeah this is something that's important to me and you like you know and so let's do it together and make it an experience together you know yeah that's brilliant you're amazing thank you like mom win 100% so good it helps that she loves to draw yeah so that was actually an exciting more exciting Oh, that's so fun. If she hated drawing, I don't know what I would have done.

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Well, I

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don't know what I would do. If I had just like a child that loved to play soccer or something, I would be so lost. I don't know how to parent this. It's okay. You got the right kid for you. So it's all good. I do. I do. Yeah. But I liked, I like having those, you know, if I'm going to ask her for support in some way, um, being an example like trying to be an example of that as well and like extend that same you know kindness and support yeah I feel like it's really helpful yeah 100% because then they want to do I mean kids are so great they just they want to you know they want to do all the right things and all you know they want to love you and they want to do you know be good yeah and so yeah when they have that experience Then they want to naturally just want to do that in return. And it's great. That was like really insightful. It was really good. Thank you.

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Thank

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you. Yeah. We also talked about like, what are some other things that are important to you this summer that you want to do? Yeah. again those connection points what do you want to do together that's fun for like could be fun for both of us that yeah you know either it's something that we are really focused on each other and working on you know being with each other together I'm trying to think of an example I can't think of an example but like with the art you know I'm doing my own thing and she's doing her own thing it's not like we're working on the same painting together right so you know it's kind of like you know do you want Do you want things where we are more connected? Do you want things where we're doing the same thing, but... separately yeah no I like that I like that a lot so this is mother artist survival guide 101 and it will probably like we'll see how it goes like we'll keep checking in and seeing what works and what doesn't work and if you are going through this we would love to hear from you what's working for you and what's not working yeah tell us please yeah like we'll tell you please tell us um like please we need all the help we can get it would be great no yeah yeah I think this is I mean off to a good start so yeah we're gonna make it work we'll let you know how it keeps going right and you know it's not gonna be 100% as planned throughout the whole summer we're gonna have ups and downs and so it's just riding the waves right riding the Yeah. and for our families and and the summer is going to go better you know if we're if we're feeling good then they'll feel good and the summer will go better so right yeah yeah I mean it was fun after our creative day because then we could do a little like show and tell oh that's cute it was really fun you know I saw this thing on Instagram um that somebody made like a whole art show for their daughter's art and like had it up on the wall and they have hors d'oeuvres and had people will come in and she like was talking about her artwork it was so cute oh my gosh that's adorable something like that would be that's would be fun to make it you know make it special yeah fun yeah have a party who doesn't love a party right yeah my daughter's been talking about wanting to do some commissions oh yeah and do like you know dnd characters or something cute because she's really great with like character design and um like uh magical creatures she loves drawing all the magical creatures so she's been talking about maybe she wants to do commissions like mommy and maybe make a little extra spending money over the summer which I think is just adorable that's so great yeah same my son has been doing the same I mean he's he's very like entrepreneurial minded so he's always trying to figure out what can he make what can he do you know what can he sell so he's had several different projects over the last little while of making artwork and he made like little magnets and a whole bunch of things I just love that I think it's so great and it's it's like a fuel

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well seeing their creativity and their excitement over and they're not afraid to ask yeah you know what great things can I put out into the world yeah make someone's life a little bit better today like it's just gotta embody that yeah ourselves it's so fun it's cute so yeah it's great I keep that you know like we gotta keep that mentality and and work on getting that back for ourselves you know that child like just freedom right and play and expression so good good reminders thanks kids yeah all right well we hope your summer is going well and if you have kids like we said let us know if you or whatever season you're in as you're listening to this we hope it's going well yeah tips and tricks for showing up for yourself despite life's crazy yeah craziness chaos and we'll see you next week that's it for today friend thanks for spending this time with us we hope you're leaving with a little more light a little more peace and maybe even a nudge to go be creative just because it brings a little more joy to your life if anything in this episode spoke to your heart sparked a thought or made you smile we'd Love it if you'd follow the show, leave a quick five-star review, or share it with someone who might need a little creative encouragement too. And remember, your creativity matters. Your voice matters. You matter. We're cheering you on always. Until next time, keep making, keep softening, and keep showing up as your whole beautiful self.