As, one after another, I crank out my amateurish watercolors, I contemplate the joy of doing a thing for its own sake with no thought of 'monetizing' the work. I'm happy to be an amateur, a nonprofessional, not very skilled practioner, but also (taking the word back to its Latin roots) one working for the love of it.
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I continue to try to paint from life (except for that rose which was an exercise in a work book. I would never have chosen that brown background.)
I happened on this rather appropriate quote from Kurt Vonnegut:"To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. So do it."
