I already got off to a rocky start of trying to do art everyday. It's been a few weeks since I posted, or worked on my painting. I wish I could stay home everyday and just paint. I feel too tired at the end of a work day to come home and get in the studio. I am going to have to start in baby steps. New plan...I will commit myself to paint at least one full day on the weekend (more would be better). The days I cannot paint, I will work on sketchbook drawing, or any other piece of art (no matter the medium). I have a micrography piece started. I have also started another charcoal drawing after Bouguereau. He is an awesome (yet difficult) artist to study. I will post these at the end of the day today.

Off to the studio.

I was not able work in the art room today. Sundays are usually set aside for prepairing to spend time with my kids. I fixed dinner and took it over to my youngest daughter's house. We all met there and had a wonderful time. I hope to spend at least an hour tomorrow in the studio. I will try to stay focused and use my time wisely.

My New Year's resolution is to paint more often. I have been studying the academic method of painting. I have three different art pieces started. I want to finish these three pieces and then paint an original in the style of my chosen artist - "Bouguereau". I love his paintings of peasant girls. They are absolutely stunning. I have an art education degree, but was not taught in the academic style. Unfortunately for me, this has not been a popular style for a very long time. Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong era. I once thought I could not be an artist because I was not like the others in school (abstract). Even now, some of my art friends think anything realistic is boring. I want to make myself more accountable by posting my goals, and reporting what I have done each day to work toward achieving those goals.