Distracted But Committed

“Persistence. Perfection. Patience. 

Power. Prioritize your passion. 

It keeps you sane.”
  ~ Criss Jami

I'm really distracted from drawing at the moment, all wrapped up in 

getting ready for my fast approaching  one woman show.

 I do try to keep my commitments though, so here's today's 2 min. gesture attempt.

Got To Start Somewhere

“Every artist was first an amateur.”
~  Ralph Waldo Emerson 

    

“Joy is the feeling of one's powers increasing.”
  ~  Matthew B. Crawford

Wake Up Your Senses

"Artists get better by sharpening their skills  or by

acquiring new ones; they get better by learning to work, 

and by learning from their work."

~  David Bayles

"Drawing wakes up the senses and skills, 

and work is sharpened in other mediums." 

~ Timothy Nero

Quick As A Bunny

"As each new skill is learned, you will

merge it with those previously learned until, 

one day, you are simply drawing -  just as, 

one day, you found yourself simply driving 

without thinking about how to do it."

~ Betty Edwards

 "Skills can be found, like lost items that have always belonged to you. 

 If the spirit of learning is there, the passion of creation will never die."

 ~ Melissa Jean

What separates the Talented From the Successful?

Talent is cheaper than table salt. 

What separates the talented individual 

from the successful one is a lot of hard work." 

~ Stephen King

"If you work it will lead to something. 

It's the people who do all of the work all the time 

who eventually catch on to things." 

~ Corita Ken