Da Vinci watercolor on 140lb Aquarelle cold press watercolor paperToday I tried to paint a crumpled up Kleenex 3 times but just couldn't see where the shadows and highlights should go. I thought it would be so simple. It looked easy but I just couldn't do it. Ironically, the crystal bowl that I did on August 18 - Day 18 looked so difficult but was much easier.
I know how to paint hard objects. I instinctively know how to shade and shadow - to some degree at least. With soft objects like clothing or fur I don't have that knowledge so these subjects don't come easy to me.
These repeated failures are making feel blocked.
It isn't really that I am blocked though - what I am trying to do is press outside my comfort zone by attempting to paint things that I either don't know how to paint or that I am not good at painting.
These repeated failures are making feel blocked.
It isn't really that I am blocked though - what I am trying to do is press outside my comfort zone by attempting to paint things that I either don't know how to paint or that I am not good at painting.
Repeated practice is the only way that I am going to learn and become better.
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