Getting a creative space ready for action!

Wow, time has gotten away from me, but I'm back working hard at putting together my art. Part of my fresh start into creating more art for my own sanity is, getting my creative space ready. Now, this may seem ridiculous, due in part to the fact that it is taking time away from the actual creation of masterpieces... this is true...but I know myself. From years being an art teacher the space in which you make stuff, helps your mind find space to imagine things.

Now I have seen a whole variety of artists studios on Pinterest and in real life. From what I have seen I feel there are two ends of the spectrum when it comes to artist studios:

           

Raven's Wing Studio               Keli McKinely Hansen's Studio

1) This is what I like to call the "alphabetized studio". This is for the artist and person alike who has a place for everything and everything is actually in its place instead of on the floor or the coffee table or under the desk (which happens to me all the time)...etc.. which brings me to the other end of the spectrum:

           
Jenny Vorwaller's Studio                      ATELIER RUE VERTE Studio

2) These are examples of studios that are"organized chaos". These are the art studios that have piles of books in one corner and then something else hanging over there and then maybe some paper spread out on the floor. And while this may seem to be unfunctional to the untrained eye, to this particular artist it is a complex system. There is process happening and this artist knows what all the piles mean and where and why the paint brush is on the coffee table (that is not me.... I always forget why I put the paint brush on the coffee table)

Which brings me to the whole reason I had to get my space ready: TO MAKE ART YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOUR MATERIALS ARE!

And as you can see both of the ends of the spectrum are inviting spaces where creative magic things are happening, which is why space can be so important in art making. 

Having been given a desk by my mother in law, I figured it was time to put it to use and finally unpack my materials and set up shop in a corner of my apartment. There, I organized my materials in an alphabetized chaos, because well I'm somewhere in between those two ends of the art studio spectrum and then there are times when I'm just plain messy... Here's a pick of my work in progress: