A weekly planning system and journal for artists who want to build a consistent, fulfilling creative practice and see visible progress, week after week!
From Frustration to Fulfillment
It’s all too easy to lose momentum in your creative practice. One week you’re inspired, and then before you know it - focus fades, motivation slips, and that feeling of progress seems further away than ever.
Without a clear plan, it’s easy to feel stuck and disheartened when consistency becomes a struggle (or grinds to a halt).
But imagine if each week you could see true, tangible progress in your art. What if every week ended with a sense of accomplishment, and each new week began with a fresh, clear vision?
The Creative Momentum Method helps you have just that, guiding you to build a rewarding creative practice with consistency, clarity, and purpose.
How it Works:
Step 1:
Download your preferred Creative Momentum Planner (digital or printable).
Step 2:
Watch the brief video guide to the Creative Momentum Method Journalling Prompts.
Step 3:
Use the 20-minute process weekly to see cumulative progress in your creative practice!
With the Creative Momentum Method, you’ll:
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Reflect on Progress: Look back on each week with insights that fuel your growth.
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Establish Productive Goals: Learn how to set realistic, rewarding goals tailored to the creative process—focusing on what’s within your control to sidestep frustration and build real momentum.
- Set a Vision for the Week Ahead: Anchor your creativity with a purposeful plan that feels both exciting and achievable.
After taking a long pause from my own creative practice, I developed this method to re-start, stay inspired, and keep motivated — even during the inevitable “off-weeks.”
And it has worked!
And not just for me:
We now use it weekly in the Creative Drawing Studio, where it continues to guide and inspire artists in their own creative journeys.
What's included in the Creative Momentum Method & Planner:
A video guide to the 3-Part Creative Momentum Planning Method
Printable versions of the Creative Momentum Planner
Choose from 2 color themes (so far!)
Digital versions of the Creative Momentum Planner
You can fill these out right on your computer, laptop or tablet.
A 20-minute, weekly planning system to use, to see real progress in your creative practice, week after week!
Learn a unique approach to goal-setting: one that embraces the unpredictability of the creative process.
Who you'll learn from:
Hi there! I'm Marina.
I'm a professional visual artist, arts educator, former Tenure-Track college professor of visual arts, and Founder (or 'Drawing Source'ress') of TheDrawingSource.com
In my creative practice I make 'drawing installations': large-scale drawings that transform an entire space, such as the one below. (Yes, entirely hand-drawn using charcoal on white paper!)
About Marina
Marina Fridman (BFA, MFA) is a visual artist, arts educator, and founder (or Drawing Source'ress!) of The Drawing Source.
As an educator, Marina held a Tenure-Track Instructor position at Northwestern Polytechnic in Alberta, Canada before leaving to build The Drawing Source. She enjoys distilling complex drawing concepts into steps that are easy to understand and put into practice, and considers herself successful when her students increase both their skills and their enjoyment of the drawing process.
Marina holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture and Dimensional Studies from Alfred University, and a BFA Degree in Drawing and Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
She is a three-time recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, an Edmonton Arts Council Grant in, a Canada Council for the Arts Grant, and the Manifest ONE Prize, to name a few.
She has been awarded residencies at MacDowell, the I-Park Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, the League Residency at Vyt, the Creative Practices Institute, the Manifest Gallery, the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) Residency in Estonia, and the invitational ArtBnB Jerusalem Residency.
Marina’s work has been published by Hi-Fructose Magazine (online), Booooooom, Art in America, ACS Magazine, Drawing Discourse, the Manifest International Drawing Annual, Foundations of Drawing (Random House), North Light Books' Art Journey, and Strokes of Genius, to name a few. Her works have been exhibited and collected in the US, Canada, and Israel.
My work has been featured in:
Take Your Creative Practice to New Heights
Consistency doesn’t have to be a struggle! With the Creative Momentum Method, you’ll have a practical yet inspiring tool to guide you towards the creative achievements you dream of.
Whether you’re just starting out or well-versed in your craft, working on technique or personal projects, this process is here to keep you focused, productive, and creatively engaged, one week at a time.
Ready to make progress that feels good?
Enroll now to access:
✔ A video guide to the 3-part Creative Momentum Method
✔ Printable Creative Momentum Planner
✔ Digital Creative Momentum Planner
✔ 2 color themes to choose from (so far)
✔ A 20-minute, weekly planning system to use, to see real progress in your creative practice, week after week!
*This planner is included in the Creative Drawing Studio,
where we use it together in a live planning session every week!