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Sep. 27th, 2002 01:53 pmWell. Went to my second day of oil-painting last night. Kind of fun but kind of frustrating. We just sort of jumped right into painting without a whole lot of information on how to do it or any methods we might use or anything.. So, I wonder why I'm doing it in a class rather than on my own.
Also, since it's a class of mixed, first, second, and 3rd year students, a lot of the people in the class are way ahead of me and way more skilled than I am. I must be awfully vain because this really was sort of rough on my ego.. On the other hand, I should look at it as an opportunity to learn from others. It's not a competition after all. Maybe I'm just feeling a bit defensive because some of the other students were a bit snobby. IE: They're 'real artists' and I'm not... So I think I probably wanna try to show them up. :)
At any rate, the class load is pretty light. I could get by painting only in class the whole quarter and still make an A. So far, I like oil paints reasonably well. They're similar to acrylics except they don't dry as fast and feel a little less goopy. I think I'll get the hang of them fairly quickly. Anyhow, guess I should get back to work.
Also, since it's a class of mixed, first, second, and 3rd year students, a lot of the people in the class are way ahead of me and way more skilled than I am. I must be awfully vain because this really was sort of rough on my ego.. On the other hand, I should look at it as an opportunity to learn from others. It's not a competition after all. Maybe I'm just feeling a bit defensive because some of the other students were a bit snobby. IE: They're 'real artists' and I'm not... So I think I probably wanna try to show them up. :)
At any rate, the class load is pretty light. I could get by painting only in class the whole quarter and still make an A. So far, I like oil paints reasonably well. They're similar to acrylics except they don't dry as fast and feel a little less goopy. I think I'll get the hang of them fairly quickly. Anyhow, guess I should get back to work.
