Day 3: Bubbling Stream/ Chuck it in the stream

It's a good thing Bob Ross is so positive in this course because I am positive I would've chucked this painting out the window if it wasn't for him. That and my Prince-like husband who was so thoughtful and proud of me when he got home. Neither he nor Bob knew the struggle I went through to even get this painting started let alone finished, and yet, I couldn't have done it without them.

Acrylics are so mean! These techniques are virtually impossible with acrylic paints and yet I hate quitting more than I hate struggling. And I would also like to complain about how much I've been complaining! It needs to stop! I'm genuinely a happy person and even Bob says that painting should make you happy right? Well painting does make me happy! But this is a challenge, so I should have guessed it would be challenging! I knew it would grow me and growing hurts, but I didn't think it would hurt this much. So I think I need to pull up my big girl panties and deal with it.

So in my blogging and in my painting I think I am going to give myself 1-3 things to complain about and then I'm going to list the great things that happened. I already complained so let me share with you what went well about this painting.

Great:

1. I finished. Praise the Lord

2. I experimented with different ways to make tree's without the fan brush because the fan brush is WEAK. Ha ha!

3. I spent a really long time on the sky so that may be my favorite part of this painting.

4. Bob mentioned that he would like this place to look like a nice spot to relax and enjoy nature while reading a book or take a nap, and even if this doesn't look like my best work I think I really could enjoy a nap in this place.

Hopefully from here on out I can start noticing even more beautiful things about my work and find my joy in painting some more. Heck it's during the baby's nap time so that's a little joy time anyways right?

-B