Enjoying myself.
Mar. 5th, 2010 03:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rimturseYeah, yeah, yeah...it took ages before I managed to pull myself together and get my water colours up from the basement, but I've started the first painting ordered by C and while I'm still just layering on base colours, I have to admit that I'm quite enjoying it. In fact I want to do more! And am considering getting a second water colour block so that I can work on one piece while the other one dries.
Just came to think of my "thank you, May, for showing all of us how to completely ruin water colours" art teacher in "gymnasium", who would blow her top if she knew that I'm still layering water colours. At that point I felt completely humiliated in front of the whole class, but now I can recognize art-snobbery when I see it; apparently, it's just not artsy to use water colours that way. I wonder what she'd have to say to Stephanie Pui Mun Law and James Browne. ;)
This was btw. the same teacher who said "I am giving you a 9 in art class, I would have preferred to give you less, but I would not be able to defend that decision professionally" and who didn't approve any of my final project layouts until 22 hours before it had to be delivered. I hope the old girl at least got some pleasure out of making others miserable.
Anyway after the www.epilogue.net pressure of "not to produce crap" started appearing, I found that painting and drawing became less and less pleasurable and more and more tedious, so any kind of enjoyment is a definite plus - and no, this is in no way Epilogue's fault, it's merely my mind messing with me.
Just came to think of my "thank you, May, for showing all of us how to completely ruin water colours" art teacher in "gymnasium", who would blow her top if she knew that I'm still layering water colours. At that point I felt completely humiliated in front of the whole class, but now I can recognize art-snobbery when I see it; apparently, it's just not artsy to use water colours that way. I wonder what she'd have to say to Stephanie Pui Mun Law and James Browne. ;)
This was btw. the same teacher who said "I am giving you a 9 in art class, I would have preferred to give you less, but I would not be able to defend that decision professionally" and who didn't approve any of my final project layouts until 22 hours before it had to be delivered. I hope the old girl at least got some pleasure out of making others miserable.
Anyway after the www.epilogue.net pressure of "not to produce crap" started appearing, I found that painting and drawing became less and less pleasurable and more and more tedious, so any kind of enjoyment is a definite plus - and no, this is in no way Epilogue's fault, it's merely my mind messing with me.
