Jan 13, 08:19 am
Getting to it....
Okay so I still haven’t fully completed the Week 2 challenge but have had great intentions all week and keep getting side tracked – like my 101 in 1001. Don’t get me wrong, the journal is filling up with all sorts of ‘anyting goes’ from results of colour quizes on the net (did ya ever do quizes like personality tests and then not know what to do with the results?), to photos of family etc, but I felt that my art journal wasn’t arty enough.
So last night I sat down on the floor beside the fire, paints in hand…..and what happened? I ended up painting about 12 ‘works’ (I don’t know if I can call them paintings and don’t know if they are finished yet). This is great because I haven’t really felt inspired to paint in a while, but I only got two of them into the book, with all manner of other sizes and prints of things on various papers and cards. See photo.
Maybe this is what is it all about? I’ve never kept an art journal, nor completed an art class, so maybe this is the idea.
Getting back to the challenge and ‘don’t ever change’ – I always want to be able to paint. I don’t paint for economic reasons and I don’t think I’m coming up with works of art that would win any prizes, but I get a kick out of it. I can relax and feel creative at the same time. I hope this side of me never changes.
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