Today marks six months since I began my superbly ordinary experiment of Getting My Art Into Gear. Here’s some of what I’ve learned so far: It’s difficult to motivate yourself to paint a brilliant piece of art, but it’s brilliantly motivating to just choose to paint and see what comes of it. Rather than aiming for perfection, I aim for … More Practice makes Progress
Sometimes, what starts out as a good idea ends up being not so excellent after all. Such was the lesson I learned this week, when I raided my crockery cupboard and thought I’d go all hero on cups and saucers and over-sized soup mugs. Being particularly over-confident, I thought I’d be clever and use multiple shades of … More Seeing Red. And White and Blue.
I knew from the outset of this project that it would be a bumpy ride, but I realised today – with a genuine sense of failure – that I haven’t blogged in almost a month. A whole month of creative idleness? I can almost hear the disgruntled mutterings of those of you who ‘follow’ my site. … More When Painting meets Pie Charts
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