This sketchbook page is all about practising looking, seeing and translating the shapes and values on the page. It’s about working with a limited palette to help me decide whether I want to use it on a canvas. It’s about being loose with an untidy brush. It’s about trying out a pose to see if it fits with an idea.
I saw someone post on the socials saying “I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like.” and my opinion is that she knows everything she needs to know about art.
One of my pieces is in a competition, and I find myself observing the way I am attached to the outcome, and the thing is I really like the piece, it doesn’t matter if no-one else does. I’m human, the putting myself/my art out there in that way is loaded with opportunities for denting what little confidence I have, and creating roadblocks.
I’ve been riding this rollercoaster for 657 days, and my art has changed, but the only thing that’s changed with the critic mind-games is the cycles are shorter 😀
Til the morn,
Suzanne
657/700
Thrummie Bizzum 
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