Cendrine Marrouat: What is the daily routine of Violette Clark? And do you like to work in a specific setting?

Violette Clark: I get up and have a coffee….I shuffle to my computer in my jammies and check my e-mails.  Then I respond to some of them. Next, I might create a drawing to illustrate a blogpost or if I’m clever I’ll leverage something I am already doing, for example a journal page and finish it up, either photograph or scan it and then post it to my blog. I’ll blog about the process or the inspiration of the piece. 

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Cendrine Marrouat: Would you share a short extract of "Journal Bliss: Creative Prompts to Unleash your Inner Eccentric" with us? 

Violette Clark: Here is a sample from my book "Journal Bliss":

“When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college— that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared back at me, incredulous, and said, ‘You mean they forget?’”
— Howard Ikemoto

Who doesn’t love to doodle? How many times have you sat at your desk or kitchen table during a long phone call, pen in hand, and wound up with some pretty phantasmagorical doodles? Now don’t tell me you can’t draw or doodle — of course you can! Your doodles can be windows to your soul.

Violette Clark lives in White Rock, British Columbia. She dubs herself a "compulsive painter, who paints with the colour and warmth of Mediterranean Sunshine." It is my pleasure to feature her today.

Cendrine Marrouat: Hello Violette, thank you for answering my questions. First, tell us a little bit about you.