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bif

(24,378 posts)
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 08:54 PM Dec 30

Anyone making any artistic New Year's resolutions?

Some of mine:
Try to do a sketch or drawing every day
Learn how to draw faces
Learn how to draw human figures
Have more patience when painting
Maybe try pastels?

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Anyone making any artistic New Year's resolutions? (Original Post) bif Dec 30 OP
I enjoy photography BOSSHOG Dec 30 #1
Stop procrastinating and get to work. Ocelot II Dec 30 #2
Just getting started is hard for me sometimes. Diamond_Dog Dec 30 #3
Don't tell me what you can't Do. BOSSHOG Dec 30 #4
I want to finish some quilts. They need redirection. Srkdqltr Dec 30 #5
Not artist really JustAnotherGen Dec 30 #6
enjoy the artists work on here . AllaN01Bear Dec 31 #7
I also bought this excellent book... bif Dec 31 #8
I forgot to include the most important one bif Jan 1 #9

BOSSHOG

(40,536 posts)
1. I enjoy photography
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 08:59 PM
Dec 30

Shot some pretty good stuff 30+ years ago. Still have the urge but I don’t know where my patience went. And I got all the time in the world now. And I much prefer shooting film kinda like I much prefer driving my old 51 Chevy Truck. I’ll try the patience stuff this coming year.

Ocelot II

(121,883 posts)
2. Stop procrastinating and get to work.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:03 PM
Dec 30

Big landscape, scares me.

Maybe do more sketching, do some live stuff outside when spring comes.

Diamond_Dog

(35,440 posts)
3. Just getting started is hard for me sometimes.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:08 PM
Dec 30

I have a project in mind but it’s bigger than my usual efforts and I just have been procrastinating way too much.

I can’t paint people but I can draw people. I can’t draw landscapes but I can paint landscapes. When I draw landscapes they look like a 5 year old did it.

BOSSHOG

(40,536 posts)
4. Don't tell me what you can't Do.
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 09:31 PM
Dec 30

Make a Nike Commercial. JUST DO IT!

Just for a moment I was back in the Navy, utilizing one way communications. Thanks for the memory.

And many five year olds are very artistic.

JustAnotherGen

(33,969 posts)
6. Not artist really
Mon Dec 30, 2024, 10:54 PM
Dec 30

But finish smashing together two Dollhouse Lofts (exterior) and master 1:12 tree making.

bif

(24,378 posts)
8. I also bought this excellent book...
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:10 AM
Dec 31

"365 Days of Art" with simple creative exercises you can do in a short time. I highly recommend it!

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