I made this lovely lady today using watercolor pencils (borrowed from my mom) and painted the background with watercolor. I had a surge of inspiration from the Creative Thursday book Everyday Inspiration to Grow Your Creative Practice and I decided to act upon it.
In the book, the author, Marisa Anne, discussed how she makes "daily paintings," small works that only take between 1-3 hours to finish. The goal is to feel a sense of accomplishment for finishing something, and to accept that the work is not going to be perfect because there is no way that a painting made in a day will be perfect. I think that's the reason why I have never really tried painting or drawing before, because I feel as though I'm not very good at it and I want everything I make to be perfect.
I'm really pleased with the way my mermaid came out, and I'm glad I took the advice of Marisa Anne's book to just sit down and make something.
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