Tuesday, March 15, 2011  If I can't be good ....  I went to a
watercolor-painting demonstration a while back. I've been
painting for a long time - oils, acrylics, watercolors - you
name it. I picked up some good tips, but it was only a teaser
for a class that would cost $50.00 for four hours of a group
lesson.  Which I thought was kind of price-y. I mean, if there's
a bunch of people in the class, you're going to get little to no
personal attention.  And plus, I took a (more reasonably-priced)
series of painting classes a few years back and didn't get a
whole lot out of it, because the classes were self-directed,
which is not my thing. I need someone to show me what to do.
And basically, the main thing is, I suck at painting. I'm really
not very good, at ALL, and it's frustrating the heck out of me,
because let's face it, the reason I started painting to begin
with is because I looked at some paintings and said, "hell, I
could do that!"  Except I couldn't. And I still can't. And I try
and I try and I try and