something I am grateful for today
Nov. 24th, 2019 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johncomicsummoning the courage to take my first step toward painting
I haven't made a serious attempt to paint since high school. Back then I convinced myself that this is simply something I can't do. This year I feel ready to try again. For months I have been reading, studying, buying materials... today I actually did something.
This is only a first step, an underpainting for my test drive -- remains to be seen if I end up with anything usable, but I am already learning about how acrylics handle, and feel -- and have already learned that the process is a sensory pleasure on its own, so I look forward to continuing.
I haven't made a serious attempt to paint since high school. Back then I convinced myself that this is simply something I can't do. This year I feel ready to try again. For months I have been reading, studying, buying materials... today I actually did something.
This is only a first step, an underpainting for my test drive -- remains to be seen if I end up with anything usable, but I am already learning about how acrylics handle, and feel -- and have already learned that the process is a sensory pleasure on its own, so I look forward to continuing.
