Just Do It

Something that amazes me is how productive professional artists are. There is one artist I admire who puts out a completed work every two to three days it seems.He works in graphite, small studies of animals mostly. I completed a similar-sized work, 8x10 inches, in a month. I kept giving up due to anxiety, mostly from the concern that I didn't have the technical skills necessary to complete it. It turned out fine in the end, just some errors in accuracy. Other artists have said that the hardest thing to do is to begin. Draftsmanship issues can be worked out over time. Since the completion of my graphite work a number of months ago, I have not tried another. The difference between an amateur and professional seems to be that the professional realizes that the work must be done, and there are no excuses for not completing it.