I am an artist!

by Janice on Jun.24, 2009, under Contemplation's

My whole life, I have lived with the idea that an artist is someone who enjoys sketching, is good at painting, and is able to do a good portrait by hand without the aid of a camera…

Well!

I have been doing a lot of thinking and talking in the last little while and have finally come to the conclusion that you can be an artist and not like those ways of creating art.

What really got the idea sunk into my heart though was a little walk with the sketch book a couple of weeks back…..
I decided one day that it was about time that I ‘got down to it’ and started developing my sketching skills further. So I took a walk down town to the mall and sat down, pen ready to sketch whatever caught my eye.

I managed a potted plant (It looked ok) and a kid busking on the corner (that looked ok too)…. But it was so tedious. Not boring, but not interesting either. I lasted about 20 minuets and gave up. 20 minuets and I was totally over it…. However I can spend hours drawing intricate doodles or fiddling with photos and creating textures in Photoshop.

So I have finally come to the conclusion that It doesn’t matter.
I am an artist anyway.

What makes my heart sing and my creative juices flow is textures and patterns and abstract art.

And its all OK.