Deciding what to make in the studio can be a daunting task. Remaining focused on how to carry out that individual plan takes patience and persistence, with yourself and those around you. This artist here sits down to start working, while sharing materials with her neighbors.
Taking time out from working toward a personal goal, to help someone else achieve their goal, presents even more of a challenge. However, it can also be very rewarding. Here, the artist responds to a peer's need for assistance in creative thinking and problem-solving.
Many artists work together, but it takes a great amount of mutual respect and clear communication to maintain an equal partnership. These two girls brainstorm together to try various materials and eventually determine how to make the structure remain strong in a 3-D collage. Their peer relationship strengthens while the two individual artists also gain insight into how to problem-solve cooperatively.
After helping her friend, this artist is able to return to her own work. She takes the techniques that she learned and applies them to her own creation. In the end, both artists benefit, and further skill on managing various tasks is developed. Pride in one's artistic product is very important, but inner growth during the process, and sharing a discovery with a fellow artist along the way, can often have much greater personal significance.
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