Art Horse

What to do if you’ve fallen into the opposite of flow (drag?!!)!? Maybe just...come back to ur project later! What if the thing you’re looking for is in the last place you’d think to look (the newspaper)??? If you do the thing you’re afraid of there will just be more things to be afraid of (so get going) UR IMAGINATION IS ALWAYS RIGHT -- no one but yourself can tell you what a fish sees when you s...

Don’t sleep on creativity tricks u learned in kindygarten Take some time to listen to your demons so u can recognize their voices and tellem to stfu  U don’t have to read the book about going for a walk; u can just go for the walk Okay I’m listening to my gut but what if my gut says “this isn’t good enough”? TFL (Today Fiona Learned): a more authentic imitation comes from copying the process (not...

Saying ‘No’ can drastically improve your life - just ask Fiona! A little bit of discouragement can help you look at your idea and strengthen it (but too much feels real bad) Masterpieces are just regular pieces that resonate unusually?? What if other peoples’ problems are their own problems (and not your problems)? Sometimes balloons need to be popped so you can blow future balloons real big Join...

If you could choose, what would you spend most of your time doing? You’re Not Responsible For Other People’s Feelings about your art, projects, plans! What would it feel like to say yes to your big scary dream?! Ideas never run out but they don’t always come back (so write them down) Sometimes you just make a rare African antelope out of clay and you don’t have to know why  SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS! Joi...

The trouble with gettin all the equipment is then u have no excuse but to do the do Maybe we like prompts because it feels like our creations come from elsewhere --- so we’re less critical Expressing a difficult emotion in a piece of art might help u release hold of it even a lil bit Anyone can write a poem !!! (even jess hahahhaha jk jk jk jk) Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod See pics...

What if never solving your small problems (including “why me??”) protects you from moving on to more important/scarier problems? Using art/portraiture to cope with the weird, weird feeling of depersonalization (not recognizing yourself in the mirror) The unexpected and hitherto unappreciated advantages of the 9-5 Building a vocabulary of marks might come in handy when you’re trying to let r rip in...

What do you do when you like flying by the seat of your pants but you don’t like making expensive mistakes? Are new ideas just a bunch of old ideas Mr-Potato-Head-ed together? How to market yourself and your work without manipulating people? What if you could just do bad work in the privacy of your own home?  Join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod . See pics on our instagram @arthorsepod or...

How to worry about being too sexy and not sexy enough at the SAME TIME Nice isn’t the most important thing you can be  What if you could move in the direction of meaningful connections just like you would move towards any other goal? Profit and pleasure: if you’re thriving, you can put much more good into the world than if you’re suffering You can join the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod . See...

Armatures: save time and clay by making a wire n tinfoil skeleton for ur figurines (yes they are figurines haha) Maybe there’s a middle of the road between not planning anything and squeezing the life out of your writing? There are strategies to help you paint from your imagination - you don’t just gotta look at a blank canvas and go “ok, let er rip” What makes art “honest”, vs “pandering”? Who kn...

What to do when you’re afraid of this thing you want to love? Vibe check: are you artificially inflating the stakes? Maybe it’s fine if the shorts don’t fit over yr ass Sewing your own clothes is for making them specifically for yr style and yr bod, not for fastness Writing is crazy because you can literally write anything you want???!?! J oin the art club at patreon.com/arthorsepod See Jess'...

How to get unstuck? Maybe paint-alongs can hold ur hand n take u places u wouldn’t go by urself Sometimes “cheating” can move u forward -- or maybe there never was no cheating in the first place Why do some paintings have so much life and some are just D E A D ? Help Hell yeah to using what u have! But also hell yeah to buying a zipper if u need one instead of fashioning a zipper out of paperclips...

We are fans of puttering and putting fun things on yr to-do list How do u paint a feeling (srsly how)? If you like swimming holes, paint a swimming hole. If you like moths, paint a moth! Maybe doing art is just applying your own, personal lens to reality --- woah How to do cool tricks of beauty and wit instead of just admiring them?  Try makin a list of 100 things u love --- what a delight! We men...

With 3 hours and a shitty t-shirt, you too can make a shitty bra! A “wink” is a way to peek at the complexity of the truth. Stop along the way and let the painting concretize into being finished or not Julia (of Artist’s Way fame) says your job is to do the work, not to judge the work --- but then how do you ever improve, Julia?? And then like... what if that means there’s no such thing as wasting...

Huge, overwhelming tasks are actually a bunch of baby steps all smooshed together How do you make friends as an adult?!?! (srsly give us ur ideas) If you’ve ever wondered “what is the point of me” .... well, so have we (and Bo Burnham) Truly, writing songs is just messing up another song so bad it becomes its own thing If you’ve made something embarrassingly woe-is-me, adding a ~*~wink~*~ may make...

What the actual fuck colour is puddles? What if I finish this project and nobody likes it? Wouldn’t it be better if I couldn’t make it past the first step?  Maybe house paint just can’t look like the sun How to make something people want to buy…? Again??? Do people want a painting of Jess on the toilet, or nah? A swift rebuttal to: “You’re never going to learn if you don’t keep working on it and s...

All choices are good --- they inform future choices and keep you moving forward Shit-talking yourself is NOT the source of your achievements  What about DESK ZERO??? What if you don’t lack discipline, you lack community? Visible brush strokes don’t make it amateur! Just look at queen Alice Neel See Jess's sparkling clean desk and Fiona's lovely blue neck on our Instagram @arthorsepod , o...

Get three of everything cause dirt feels good on your hands Understanding the meaning of sweater collar - sometimes instructions are given for a good reason that you don’t find out until u disobey Trust the process and you’ll find your voice (if you enjoy the process enough to go through months, nay, years of not enjoying the product) “Having things to talk about with to people about is good (prep...

Wait what if I take the energy I spend on nurturing others and point it at myself? ? ? Harriet says problems with yr now relationships maybe stem from problems with ur “first” fambly --- *sound of door slam, car speeding away*  it’s worthwhile to do the things that bring u pure joy even (especially??) if they feel silly (like singin and dancin to nsync) If ur feelin low, just hang tight --- ur fun...

✨ Actually, you’re a boss ass bitch so everyone can just shut up (what happens if you write a letter to the editor in yr own defense?) ✨ Maybe if you genuinely enjoy something, you don’t need a punitive schedule to do it - maybe the punitive schedule is even **preventing** u from the do ✨ No such thing as free lunch, or free snacks, or free pianos on FB Marketplace ✨ Rudy: Goodbye forever? Fri...

Clarity of inner voice (and the confidence that comes with it) comes with time and experience Knowing u have a choice in yr situation can help u deal with hard ones BUYING is NOT the same as DOING How to balance infinite freedom vs. micromanaging: build up a lot of tension inside of your body for a long time and then have a break down Maybe all you need is to go outside and burn your face? Get Jac...

Don’t beat yourself up about not doing art if you’re in a depresso spiral ! that’s the opposite of the point Doing things u would normally enjoy (even if u dont) when u have depresso is still good 4 u n good 4 u brain Doing one thing to make tomorrow a little better can help dig u out of the hole A warm welcome to Hendini What even is a character even??? Are we characters??? What’s the story?!?! G...

Have you ever been curious who is listening along with you? WELL The first ever Art Horse Zine is READY!! You can get your digital (OR PAPER!!?!?!) copy at https://arthorsepod.com/zine   😱✨ This little handmade book is a collection of listener-submitted artwork: poetry, paintings, drawings, felting, photography, sewing, stories and more. The best part (we think!) is reading what it's like f...

Your learning projects don’t have to be perfect. They don’t even have to be nice. In fact, they can be bum-ugly Trying something new? Start small, use ENOUGH material, use colours you like, scour internet for basic techniques You do a finite number of things in your life ???  ( HATE IT ) Faced with an overabundance of choice, you don’t have to go through EVERYTHING --- u can just randomly pick thr...

Yr things aren't the boss of u (they're OPTIONS not OBLIGATIONS) You are the expert on what you like (and nobody else!): you get to decide what’s good enough, what’s right, and what honours the spirit of the project Sometimes you waste paint, and it doesn’t have to be a big effing deal You don't have to learn everything the hard way -- sometimes you can just take a freakin' cla...

Squeeze art into the cracks by 1. Packing yourself a kit of art supplies and inspiration and 2. prepping your sketchbook with interesting pages You don’t need to do it all at once Of course you don’t draw good when you’re looking at someone else’s drawing when you’re drawing Keep yr art funky fresh by taking inspiration from the world around u and going with the flo Dragon feet look like whatever...