Expectations
Yesterday I decided to pull out my paints and paint on watercolor paper. Lately my artwork has been daily sketching with a little bit of paints on drawing paper. I love the fastness and the ease of mental low pressure when I do a daily sketch.
I pulled out a new paint set that I received from Santa and I sat at the table with high expectations of great artwork about to be produced by me. Sadly, I made a hot mess of it. I was disappointed and frustrated.
Of course I will not share the picture! I almost ripped it out of my watercolor sketchbook but then I thought, 'where is the learning if I don't have documentation of my progress?' You see, I LOVE to flip through notebooks and see my progress. The progress isn't linear nor is it beautiful but it's there when I show up day after day. I capture shadows or a blend colors just right.
I have my very first sweater (mint green!) that I knit when I was a teen. Oh the mistakes and the missed accurate measuring of …
I pulled out a new paint set that I received from Santa and I sat at the table with high expectations of great artwork about to be produced by me. Sadly, I made a hot mess of it. I was disappointed and frustrated.
Of course I will not share the picture! I almost ripped it out of my watercolor sketchbook but then I thought, 'where is the learning if I don't have documentation of my progress?' You see, I LOVE to flip through notebooks and see my progress. The progress isn't linear nor is it beautiful but it's there when I show up day after day. I capture shadows or a blend colors just right.
I have my very first sweater (mint green!) that I knit when I was a teen. Oh the mistakes and the missed accurate measuring of …
