New Year's Resolution

Posted by Alina Bradford Dec 27, 2007

When most people think of New Year's resolutions they think of "lose five pounds" or "make more money". If you are interested in growing your artistic ability, though, this may be the perfect time of the year to figure out where you want to be, skill-wise, this time next year. If you aspire to becoming a professional artist, you may want to include this wish in your New Years resolutions.

Last year I wrote quite a bit on how one could go about making artistic resolutions and how to boost your New Year's creativity here and here.

Make sure that your goal is reachable and not pie-in-the-sky. For example, if you are a new artist and you make a resolution to be in a gallery by 2009...well, let's just say that that's probably not going to happen. Instead, pick one or two areas you can grow in, such as learning how to paint in watercolors or use a pallete knife.

Did I complete my resolutions that I made in the link above? Well, I completed six canvas works in 2007 and entered a show in Southern Oklahoma. Not too great, but I guess I could have done more shows if I hadn't been planning my wedding, lol.

My resolutions this year? Once again, painting on canvas and not pixels is high on my list. Also, I would like to grow in making more realistic objects, even though my work is impressionalistic.

Happy New Year's!

Alina