THE BIG JUMP
I made the jump and went feet first into the painting well instead of just wishing I could paint. I knew I was in for a challenge, but OMG. No running away now.
You know those little things in life you’ve always avoided or found ways to get around and make due? Well that’s me with learning colors well enough to mix my own. I buy my premixed colors I want in the craft section and away I go. Now I know why.
MASTERS OF COLOR & TOOLS
Now don’t get me wrong. It’s glorious to watch experienced wonders operate that color palette and I admire them completely. Now even more than before. It’s such a wonderment for me to watch the class instruction videos as they mix those colors and brush them across the canvas with beauty and ease. Then it’s my turn with the homework. HA HA HA!
Wondrous advancements in painting equipment, techniques and tips have been made to be sure, along with all the old standbys. But I know not old or new. No palette, only old craft brushes, no professional paint, no tools, and no space did I prepare for this adventure. Oh no, I just jumped right in and blew all the water out of the pool when I landed. After which I proceeded to pick myself up and look around to figure out where to begin to get ready to start this class. I’m in absolute chaos!
SLOW START
It’s been over a month now and I have made my first attempt and reattempts to paint a boat, an ocean scene and now a mountain scene. My new palette that is supposed to combat various painting problems should be here any day. I now have my basic professional paint colors, a couple of the right brushes and I’ve carved out a fairly workable space to paint. Every one of these online classes is full of information to digest creating a wish list in my tool box.
The rest of the online students are very far ahead in assignments, but that’s OK. I decided this class is just to be fun and I’m going to take my time to see what I can do with painting. No competition and no rush. That’s why I chose this particular online school, Acrylic University (acrylicuniversity.com). They encourage loving the doing of it as much or more than the rush to keep up. You can do at your own pace. They are there to support and help you along with way.
STRATEGY AFOOT
So my newest strategy for getting past panic is to also paint something fun that I like, like dragons, in addition to the assignments. I don’t care if it doesn’t look the greatest. I am practicing mixing colors and brush strokes and drawing all together with something I love. That is my goal.
However, I do see that I need the structure of learning the other painting formats and techniques in order to get to my goal. As I said, this is just my latest attempt to get myself out of panic on the homework. So far it’s not a bad strategy. My mountains are better than my boat. My dragon is funny looking, but he’s mine. The Master Color Mixing Class is this month and I’m so ready. Now if I can get to using the brush better I’ll have a fighting combination for my goal! YAY
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