I’m not a slacker…I’m just surrounded by over-achievers!

| June Malone

I won’t lie.  Sometimes not very much art happens.  (What do you mean, you noticed?)

Yes, it’s been a while but here I am again – and thanks to this great online watercolour portrait tutorial I’m getting a kick out of painting again.

This image is merely an exercise in tonal values which I found compelling.  Agreed, it is undoubtedly overworked for what is supposed to be a simple study.

I find the tutor, Matt Rota, to be exceptional and easy to understand.  I haven’t even started the final portrait yet and I already feel I’ve learned more in a couple of hours watching his tutorials than ever before.

I’d forgotten what it’s like to be this motivated and giddy about painting…I feel like I could throw off sparks from my fingertips.  A new phase in my creativity is opening up and finally giving it some direction.  Seriously, I don’t know if I can take much more excitement!

Despite your suspicions, I’m not getting paid to drool enthusiastically about this course.

4 thoughts on “I’m not a slacker…I’m just surrounded by over-achievers!”

  1. Wowsa! You’re back! Woohoooooooo! And with a great portrait. I saw this on craftsy as well. You already did an amazing job and I look forward to more portraits. Nice to see your post. Now get back to work. :)

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  2. Yes it’s utterly thrilling to be painting again – even better to receive such an immediate & enthusiastic welcome-back from you Carol. Yes ma’am! *clicks heels and obediently picks up paintbrush* ;-))))

    P.S. Eager to see what you think of the course.

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  3. This is fantastic! …and I’m jumping for joy that you’ve returned to painting. I do not think it looks overworked and I like it that I can detect the use of wet-in-wet,wet on dry and drybrush. I will definitely follow this guy as soon as I’m on break for the Holidays! You have always been your own worst critic because this is very good!
    Welcome Back!

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  4. Leslie, thanks for the jumping and the praise. We’re all hard on ourselves, but that’s how we learn and grow. When you do the course you’ll see that I definitely did overwork it…can’t help myself. Can’t wait to see what you and Carol think of the course when you’ve completed it yourselves.

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