Did you ever get a thought stuck in your head that lasted for....months? Oh sure, lots of other thoughts come and go in that time, but there is that one thing that you keep coming back to...
So it is with me and painting. Specifically oil painting. The ridiculous part of it all is that I don't have any freaking artistic talent and yet... I find myself wanting to try oil painting. This has gone from a mere "hey, I'd like to try that" to pretty nearly an obsession.
And yet...
I still have no paints, no canvases, no brushes. Because I keep telling myself that it will pass, that I don't REALLY have an interest and it's a waste of time because I don't have any artistic talent. And then I hear THIS again...
Oil painting is not an inexpensive hobby. I know that. And the expense is one of the big reasons I haven't just gone out and gotten the paints. Remember, I lost my job in July and oil paints are pretty much out of the question budget-wise. And there's always the possibility that I'll be horrible at it and then it will be a complete waste of money.
And yet...
It keeps coming back... the thought that I want, no... that I NEED to try. That I have given up on too many of my dreams over the course of my life and I NEED to do this.
Some day, Bob Ross... some day...
1 comment:
Maybe you could try something like ArtRage on your computer first. I don't think it's as much about innate talent as it is about practice...practice...practice!
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