This week I broke out of my comfort zone, a little, to paint something other than flowers. I painted from a photograph I took of a lizard my son rescued. The lizard fell in the fountain in our yard and was struggling to get out when Super Boy came to the rescue. Other than the usual challenges of drawing hands, the painting was straight forward. I hesitated for a moment before removing the resist from the lizard's spots, I really liked the way the pigment pooled around the resist.
But, in the end, I didn't know how the resist would hold up being left on the paper for a long period of time so I took it off. I am not unhappy with the end results....but those little rubbery bumps of resist were fun lizard skin.
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Go you for breaking out of your comfort zone.
ReplyDeleteWell done :-)
Thanks, Ivy. I started reading "Guitar Zero" about learning to play a musical instrument at age 40. The author mentions how if you don't push your self beyond what you are comfortable doing you will never improve. So then there is a choose, stay comfortable or expand your skills...next week I'm thinking trees.
DeleteSweet hands of kindness!
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