People often request me how long it takes to do a painting.
I’ll tell them: “Twenty years”.
Mabye a few hours to actually do the painting.  That’s the EASY part.
The tricky part is the 2-3 decades of practice…practice….PRACTICE!  that it takes to get to that point.
I didn’t realize how much practice, till I put all my paintings on the floor.
These are only from circa ~2000 to the present.

Now, mind you, these are only the “Good” ones I’m willing to show people.
This doesn’t count the numerous MANY rejects I’ve done.
Or the countless studies from art class  (I still have a whole other box of this shit at my Mom’s house).
Or the  25 or so that I’ve given away as gifts to close friends or family members. .
Or the 40-50 (approx) that that I’ve sold here as well as there.
Or the others  hanging on my walls or at my parent’s house.
And that’s just on behalf of watercolors.  This doesn’t include pencil sketches,  cartoons, charcoal, drawing excercises, etc…
And I don’t even do this on behalf of a living.  This is just a hobby.
Imagine what a FULL-TIME artist does…?
Anyway, this blog post has taught me a two things
1) Geez, I’ve invested a LOT of time as well as money into my painting.
and
2) I definitely require to GET OUT more!  
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