Three lessons from the 30-Day Art Challenge
In my haste to finally finish before the week takes off again, I forgotto put the lessons learned. So many, it's hard to put it down to just 3, but here we go. First of all, THANK YOU, PEYTON for getting this idea out there and setting up the site and managing it and cheering us all on - I'm hoping to look at everybody's stuff for a little bit tonight, FINALLY!
Lesson one - I'd been thinking for a while now, maybe I can find a way to just spend a little time some nights during the work week, doing a LITTLE something artwise, instead of always waiting till the weekend. I was hoping that this art challenge would get me to do that at least sometimes. It did, but it also made me frustrated and just reaffirmed how much I want to retire so I can have more time to "make stuff." Not in the cards at present, but I did manage to actually do a few things or at least get ideas down and/or sketches and sometimes a little coloring stuff during the work week. Painting needs the weekend, because just the setting up takes a while, and the idea of having a whole bunch of hours spread out before you, not to mention an eager to go fresh brain, is such a different animal than trying to cram stuff during the work week, but drawing and colored pencils and markers are doable at least sometimes.