Artstudio pro path8/9/2023 – Being okay when none of the above happens – Seeing metaphors and similes within paintings – Extending a feeling into each painting (more important to me than perfect process) – Knowing that others can teach me something – Creating a painting that is meaningful to someone – Exploring variations of colour, value and temperature – Getting into the studio when the muse is on vacation – Being okay with failed paintings and moving on – Learning from artists whose art excites me Isn’t that more fun than running around in circles anyway? (It is a weird thing to do isn’t it? And I speak from experience.) How I aspire to being a good painter: The thing is to take pleasure! Crossing the finish line is a choice-we can choose to meander off the beaten path. We can remember that our art is valid, whether we have a zillion followers or keep our world smaller. We can enjoy the process of making something out of nothing. We can take pleasure in the paintings we like. Enjoy the ProcessĪdditionally, we can take pleasure in breakthroughs. The wonderful thing about being an artist, compared to being an athlete, we can paint from infancy, well, to the second infancy. And so is focusing on doing our best with our current skills. So is accepting the fact that gaining painting skills is difficult. Being mindful that this happens to all mere mortals is helpful. Unfortunately, these challenges can also make us feel ‘not good enough’ when we get stuck or have setbacks. Taking on these challenges helps on the path to being a good painter. These painting challenges keep us interested. We also know there is always more to learn. As painters we are constantly learning how to paint better. In the creative process there is no finish line. Also, with social media showing us the global pool of talent, we can be inspired and simultaneously overwhelmed. But how to we quantify ‘success’ with our creativity? So few people get to the top in any field. However, competition did not teach that it is okay not to cross the finish line first.Ĭrossing a finish line is great. Secondly, we learned to focus on our strengths, and to improve our weaknesses. Now that I have bragged, what does this have to do with being a good painter?įor one thing, training for hours a day does teach discipline. For awhile I won, becoming one of the top runners in Canada. Things were very clear cut: you won or you didn’t.
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