I’m really enjoying doing these paintings. Making myself sit down and take a few minutes for myself. I know some people will tell me that I bring things on myself and I create my own stress. I do have a hard time saying no especially at work. But with my job if I don’t do it the question is who will? I also like my job and want to do anything I can to make sure I stay there for as long as I can. The down side is sometimes I stress a lot.
A friend of mine asked me “What is the point of these paintings?” Why are you doing exactly the images she sends you? I said because then I don’t have to think about it. If you tell me draw a bird and paint it then my brain kicks into overdrive with questions and critism. It’ll say… You can’t draw birds… that looks terrible…. why is your bird purple…. I don’t want that.
I’m the kind of creative that if you give me direction I can come up with exactly what you want but if you say “just be creative” it’s all downhill from there. I am a mimic designer as I call myself. It’ll have my spin on it but I can mimic a lot. As Whitney said in the class I took with her ..”Painting takes practice.. One of the great painters had painted 400 painting by the time he was 14″. I dont’ recall who the painter was.
So along with photography workshops this year I’m finding painting classes and workshops to help me just expand. I am creative but sometimes I need a boost.
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