This was the first of my "new" watercolors. I'd utterly given up painting (for years & years...about 12, because my leatherwork was occupying all my time & stealing all my creative energy), but I really missed doing watercolors & so I bought a really cheap set of paints & some so-so paper & gave it a go while on a long vacation in Miami.
Did this on the beach in about an hour. The whole piece came together in my head & fell right onto the paper...I love it when it happens like that.
You can tell that it's a transition piece, because it looks ver "masklike" (masks are how I make my living).
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lol...oh boy do I ever! I'm very driven & serious about my work, so I have a hard time justifying work that I do "for fun".
I'm better at balancing now, though. It's important to do things you like, in order to re-charge your creativity. That's why I love making/looking at fan art...it's just so much fun.
Making a career out of your art, though...that's a challenge. Your success is only 50% due to your talent. The other 50% has to be business acumen & self-promotion skills, plus the ability to be stubborn and single-minded.
Your work is so wonderful, and SO few people can do what you do. Really, turning to a career in art just makes sense, once you come up with a business plan for yourself.
I actually plan to write for a living. As much as I like painting and drawing, I really like telling a story and developing characters even more. I'm so very much "creation" oriented and it doesn't really matter which medium it's in.
It's nice to meet someone else who also seems to be the same way.