025 - Complete two oil paintings

I've never had the nerve to paint with oils.

Or maybe I'm too lazy to clean the brushes.

Arcylics and watercolors, even housepaints, have been part of my attempts at paintings, but never oils.

Over the next 1,001 days, my goal is to complete two oil paintings. They won't be very large, I expect. The largest will be a 24" x 24" more than likely. Maybe, if I feel good about it, I'll do a larger canvas.

At some point, I will actually post some of my paintings. Like everything else that I do with a modicum of creativity, I take my inspiration from the things that I like and I try to copy them. That at least gives me the confidence to begin.

Painting, like any form of art, isn't about creating the masterpiece, it's about losing yourself in the process. It's not about being courageous or fearless because courage and fear don't even enter your mind. Questions of good or bad are best left to people with nothing better to do.

The quote on the poster (that I made at one of my favorite websites) captures the essence of the amateur artist. It's easy. Just do it.

So, I'll hold my nose and get out the turpentine and have patience with the long drying times and paint a couple of oils. I'll post the results.