Having Fun

I have found more and more lately that simply having fun is often the key to making good art. I think the words 'success' and 'failure' are very relative terms and one can really get way off course by worrying too much about success and failure.

One way to counter these worries I am finding is in taking and finding the opportunity to use your "leftover art" - or let's just say, art that didn't "make the cut" etc). Some of this requires a good image editor - Photoshop is the ideal but PS Elements is good I hear as well.

For instance, I had several watercolors on aquabord that had 'bitten the dust' as it were. Well, I had just browsed some textures online and even bought some - but the thought popped into my head 'I can do that !' No this isn't A Chorus Line ! ;)

But seriously, I realized I could use the aquabord to create my OWN textures for Photoshop ...All of the sudden, trash turned into treasure.

And it became FUN instantly. I worried less about the finished product and walked away when it was time.