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[ellenmillion]

I was cleaning out work files and found my daily artistic goals from way back when... I was hoping I hadn't lost these. I will probably refine these and post them above my desk. :)

My daily goals as an artist:

I will draw everyday. Even if I don't think that I have time, inclination, or inspiration.
I will take the chance of ruining a good beginning.
I will try to draw something I haven't drawn before, or something that scares me, or that I know I am not good at.
I will remember that I do not have to like what I've drawn as long as I've learned something from it.
I will not be offended if someone else doesn't like what I've drawn even if I do, or if they see something that is wrong with a drawing that I did not. I will remember to appreciate a discerning eye.
I will retain my humility without becoming discouraged.
I will remind myself that I love art and that it is a marvelous escape, not a curse or a terrible gnawing disease.
I will finish something. And I will remember that I will always want to go back and change things, and that there is a point at which a piece must simply be declared 'finished' or I will never complete anything.
I will use a medium that scares me; ink in its permanency, watercolor in its looseness, or something new that I've never tried.
I will develop my own personal style, something uniquely my own, but I will not be afraid to deviate from it, either.

Comments

[rhiamon.livejournal.com]

D'you know...I think I should copy that out, print it on a huge sheet of paper, frame it and hang it on the wall - and make myself follow it! Good list, that!

[dreamburnt.livejournal.com]

*nods* I second the notion of printing that out.