The Artist's Studio

One thing that I noticed to be common in all of the studio spaces that I looked at was lots of stacks of magazines and papers. I think that this is because everyone uses these materials to brainstorm and get new ideas. There's nothing more inspiring than looking through a dense art book full of paintings and drawings. Also, looking through magazines can help people determine what kind of message they want to send with their work, or what types of pictures they want to model after. Also, a lot of the studios I looked at had [nearly] finished work placed or hung around the room. I do this is as well, because after looking at a piece that you think might be finished, you can get better ideas of what you might want to do to fix it. Having these products all over the room can help you get distance yet come back to them if you want to change something later.