Hello everyone! I hope you're all finding a way to be creative today! I started this last night (and stayed up way too late working on it) and it's the first self portrait that I've ever made. It's not finished but I am very happy with it so far. If anyone has made one of themselves, whether realism or abstract, please post below. I would love to see them. If you've never made one, give it a try! Who knows you better than you?

Most artists don’t fail because of talent. They disappear. So let’s fix that. New challenge: Show Up & Create → 3x per week→ for 30 days→ post whatever you made (finished or messy) Rules: - No perfection - No overthinking - Just proof you showed up - Miss a day? Don’t quit. Just continue. This is about becoming someone who creates. Not someone who waits. I’m in too. Who’s joining?

I started a painting today, thought it started out really well and got excited! Then somehow it went downhill and I ended up paining over it completely. See my ‘progress’ and laugh with me about it. Do I deserve a glass of wine now?

Hello Everyone. I'm new to the group and new to calling myself an artist. It's taken a lifetime for me to finally prioritise and value being creative. Discouraged by everyone as a teenager, I gave up drawing entirely and took up a career in banking. Resurrecting my love for art fell to the bottom of a massive "to do" list and never got a chance. Through a mixture of happy and sad life changes, I finally found the time and motivation to get started again in 2020. I kept it secret at first, and didn't show anyone what I was doing. Once I did, I got commissions and did a few pieces. Then one nightmare "customer" gave cruel comments and refused to pay for the portrait I'd done for him. It really got to me and I stopped drawing again, for another 2 years. But now I'm back, and this time I'm not letting anyone stop me. It's taken 60 years for me to find the time, the space and most of all the courage. That is far too long, but still better late than never. I can't wait to see what everyone is up to in this group, and to hear about your journeys. As a gesture of faith I'm sharing the portrait that the unhappy client rejected. If I can share that, I can share anything!!! Here goes......