Painter..

So I'm going to take a risk here. For several years I've held a desire to paint. I had an art making history but that was all photo based work, secretly I always wanted to paint. I finally decided to do something about it. For the foreseeable future I will be driving up to LA to a painter friends studio for lessons in painting. Yesterday was the first session and I had a chance to do a little painting. It is my thinking that if I put the first one out there, no matter how crappy, it will get me distance from that voice that says "give it up," or "you'll never be any good," and I can just go on enjoying painting and hopefully in the process, get a little more skillful at it. So what you will find below is my first Saturday painting. My tomatoes aren't finished, but I like my lemon! Maybe this risk might inspire someone else to take a risk and do something they've been putting off, even through the rough beginning part. Now I need to get a sketch pad and draw, draw, draw. Enjoy:

Comments

[Kelly McCann]

I like your tomatoes! Good for you- risk and expression and diving into our fears. Keep going!