still painting

Although I was feeling a little bit discouraged about painting the other day, I haven't given up on it. There have been quite a few "oh crap" (ok, stronger than that) moments, but I just remained calm and kept going. I'm getting pretty good at inner pep talks. Perhaps it might feel silly to say things like, "it's ok, you can do it," in your head, but I think it really works. Better than listening to those nasty inner critics (which also works... but not in a good way).

I've been obsessively painting roses. I think I was a little scared of painting roses before this. I'd tried it a few times and had never been 100% happy with the results. This time was so much fun. And I like how my paintings turned out.






I even added them both to my shop today along with two of the purses I made for the craft fair.

I hope you're having a wonderful week.

Comments

  1. I think these are your best work so far, Anne - just exquisite!

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  2. oh wow - awesome! I hope this doesn;t come over as patronising because it's not meant that way in the least, but in the time I've been reading your blog, your work has got better and better and these are your best yet. Beautiful.

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  3. These roses are beautiful Anne. You have captured the essence of them expertly! I agree with the comments above that these are (from a personal point of view) your best paintings as yet. Please be encouraged by all the comments. More roses please!!!

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  4. Your paintings are beautiful!! ...I'd like to be as good as you are!

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  5. Dear Anne. I am so glad that I caught up with your posts. I would like to write and say to you how beautiful your lemon tree is and your paintings and how great is your swap idea and how beautifully created person you are and how much heart warming your art is. Thank you for sharing it. I am back after little break. I really needed time to sort my life a bit. And it was pleasure to spend time on your blog and see how beautifully you are getting on. Big hugs . I am so grateful that I found and met through blog such a great person and artist like you.

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  6. These roses are gorgeous!

    Well done!

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  7. These are STUNNING Anne! It looks like you put lots of love and joy into them.

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