You Have To Start Somewhere

I had to start somewhere.  

A Natural drawing talent was not one of my gifts.  

I struggled with a desire for perfection, which is the usual enemy of growing, or a least putting work out there.  The younger me was stupid enough to compare my drawings to masters of the craft.  

Sketches from riding DART Rail Service

But, drawing is like a marathon.  Your ultimate competitor is yourself.  Also, you have to keep drawing.

watercolor exercise
date forgotten
title not considered

 

sketch during lecture
i was listening, really
Done a few years ago
 

Eventually, a drawing emerges.  It dawns on you that you that there is more to art than perfection.  

ink with brush on paper
done a few months later