On Sunday I did a demonstration with a lively and wonderful audience at the Theater Lab Caberet Auction. I am always so nervous before these things. What if I make an awful painting that they then have to auction? To ease my fear I brought a few other paintings (completed) as my support cast. It said, "Yes I really can paint."
Prior to the demonstration I gave myself a pep talk. "People who step out of their comfort zone
and into the discomfort of uncertainty will be those who will reap the
biggest rewards."This article was not written for painters, but take the important information and think about it.
Read this article in Forbes.
During the demonstration there was no landscape to view, no photos on the wall, I wanted to simply concentrate on making a vibration. I brought my board of 6 paintings as my inspiration (see the board below on my November 11th post) and then just let her roll. Trying not to think and to simply respond to the three colors I had chosen as my main color scheme.
I am trying more and more to live in the courage zone.
