Tips on Daily Painting 2

The most important thing in a daily painting practice is to go into each day without 

planning to paint a masterpiece. 

In fact the less pressure you put upon yourself to be perfect the more fun and 

more creative you can be. My first year of painting I used a sketchbook with very 

cheap paper. It took away the preciousness of the whole thing. Its become a 

habit now so I have upgraded my sketchbooks, 

but I actually enjoy painting on computer paper or construction paper. 

Liberating!

My  painting above was a big, tangled mess of stems and leaves that had no focus. 

I still had time in my 30 minutes so I painted over that part in black and used 

my gold gelpen to editorialize my feelings. It felt good, almost like a big deep breath.