#artthoughts

I have to give a shout-out to artist Gail Sibley (don’t think she has an Instagram?). Even though she works with soft pastels and I’m working in oil pastel, her blog at howtopastel.com has been really inspirational since I discovered it in the past couple of months and has helped make some painting concepts really click. Not saying my work is turning out super amazing, but it’s helping me get back to enjoying the process of learning and trying things and doing daily exercises, instead of the unnecessary stress it’s so easy to fall into with art where you get caught up only in how good the end result is or feeling like everything needs to be the greatest thing you’ve ever made, if that makes sense.
#artthoughts #oilpastel #Holbeinoilpastels #observationalpainting #dailypainting
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I’m really appreciating #arttags recently. I have such little time, and such a desire to create. #artistmama #art #artthoughts #musings #smallwork
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