11-27-2016, 10:41 AM
I'm back just to share some thoughts. I haven't painted anything worth showing lately, so no point in posting actual images.
It's obvious by now that I'm having a lot of fun painting stuff, whatever it is, but if I don't have an actual purpose, I'm not gonna take it seriously. That's why I never end up finishing anything.
I know I can paint almost anything, but most of the times there's this question that pops in my head "why would I spend 3 to 7 hours painting that?" I do know most of the hours will be spent on the things I struggle with. It can't all be fun, some parts will be harder to paint, I'll want to quit and move on, I'll have to take breaks, study more stuff, then come back and so on.
Until now I kind of avoided the ugly parts and if I didn't like something on a figure, I would just ignore it. Getting another reference and replacing the parts I don't like is a bit harder, especially if they're things I'm bad at, like hands for example. Clearly, I'm lacking the purpose to why I should finish stuff.
So I decided I'm gonna take a break from personal stuff for a while, do some thinking, maybe try some other stuff as well. I'm thinking I should spend some time writing. Or reading.
The deal is I'm not gonna post any more personal stuff until I get something that I can call finished. If I don't post anything else this year, you'll know why. We'll see.
It's obvious by now that I'm having a lot of fun painting stuff, whatever it is, but if I don't have an actual purpose, I'm not gonna take it seriously. That's why I never end up finishing anything.
I know I can paint almost anything, but most of the times there's this question that pops in my head "why would I spend 3 to 7 hours painting that?" I do know most of the hours will be spent on the things I struggle with. It can't all be fun, some parts will be harder to paint, I'll want to quit and move on, I'll have to take breaks, study more stuff, then come back and so on.
Until now I kind of avoided the ugly parts and if I didn't like something on a figure, I would just ignore it. Getting another reference and replacing the parts I don't like is a bit harder, especially if they're things I'm bad at, like hands for example. Clearly, I'm lacking the purpose to why I should finish stuff.
So I decided I'm gonna take a break from personal stuff for a while, do some thinking, maybe try some other stuff as well. I'm thinking I should spend some time writing. Or reading.
The deal is I'm not gonna post any more personal stuff until I get something that I can call finished. If I don't post anything else this year, you'll know why. We'll see.