#Ipaint coloring sheets scythes full#

Even my namesake, Michelangelo, once said, “ If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all,” as well as, “ If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius.”Īnd even the best artist you know? They will have a different process in a year. It’s the passion that fuels you to practice and practice and practice. You don’t magically “become” good without lots and lots and LOTS of practice. You may not see the hours and hours of time they’ve spent lovingly delved into their sketchbooks, but it’s there.

#Ipaint coloring sheets scythes full#

I also know that art doesn’t “just happen.” Ask any artist you love to show you their work from their younger years, and you will see the full spectrum. For me, there is a magic world between rough sketching and overworking a piece…and sometimes you can work a long time on something and it just still doesn’t look right. Personally, I paint as if I am rushing to save the life of a dying emergency room patient, and I don’t even have CLOSE to the level of detail that Monsieur Lhermitte had. I don’t have the kind of patience for that level of detail…but I do know that art is a process. I was blown away…not so much by the painting (which was amazing), but the amount of work that was behind it. And the thing was, the man with the scythe wasn’t even the only figure. It was like he was obsessed–to my memory, every wall in the room was FULL of rough painting studies and drawings, little sculptures, and sketches of this same figure, until FINALLY, at the very end of the room, was the painting–a very simple farm scene, called Paying the Harvesters, by Léon Lhermitte. I saw a room where on the wall was posted a small paper where an artist had doodled a simple man with a scythe. Some artists make it look so effortless! And if your own road is a little bumpy, you might have the urge to not even bother.īut no one starts & finishes in the exact same spot–even the old painters had a process! One very strong memory for me was visiting the Musee d’Orsay in France. Sometimes when you look at the final piece from an artist whose work you love, you are so inspired by the end result that you start to get frustrated with your own style. One of my favorite things about seeing artists’ work on IG is getting to see the behind-the-scenes process. I’ve mentioned before how inspiring Instagram has been for me (and I am extremely grateful to Diane from Design Recharge Show for talking me into it).