Why do some people have the idea if you're born artistic, drawing comes easy, and you don't have to study or work hard at it, altho' talented musicians practice 6 hours a day? Art is given no more worth than a fun hobby.
This was my first try at serious painting. Yeah; I didn't know trees could get pregnant until I tried painting them--this is what they looked like.
I decided to try watercolor, but then paint for the treetop leaves soaked into the paper and almost completely covered the sky. I checked, and quality brushes, paper, paints were more necessary for watercolor than other mediums. (I'm embarrassed. This is not an original, but one of those tutorials you follow the instructor stroke-by-stroke. I knew nothing about watercolors so had no other choice.)
I had to practice; there was no question about it! So I decided to work hours on brush control, studied elements of composition and the fundamentals of light, structure, color, did scientific research on the objects drawn.
And my artwork began changing slowly! Yesss! My acrylic trees didn't look pregnant anymore--in fact, my acrylic paintings began to look like the painting at the bottom of the page:
No one likes to have what little he may have, hold dear, and work hard for treated lightly, called merely "must be nice".
But God bestows talent, and like saving Grace, He then asks us to work it out. I will go on enjoying His gift as much as I can. (And, hopefully, He will show me how to continue using it to please Him as well.) Whether or not my effort to make that blessing greater is or is not recognized by other humans cannot really lessen that enjoyment--unless I choose to dwell on it, that is.
