I've spent the last 24 hours planning how the owl will go, and I think I have a good start. Unfortunately I woke up this morning feeling the worse for wear and decided to not tackle that particular beast today. Instead I took the morning refreshing myself and recharging my batteries. If I have any time this weekend I will at least try to get the tracing onto watercolour paper done, and perhaps even a quick sketch of my plan so I don't forget it for Monday.
I don't know about you, but I don't think I take enough days for myself. Sometimes the energy to push myself into my studio makes the process less fun and more of a stress than I like. Sure I'd like to go professional one day, but that day isn't today and while daily exercise is important to develop and grow your skills, it's also important to not push developing skills so hard that they break. I don't want to ever hate painting and drawing. I want the exact opposite - to love it so much that it carries over into what I do to the point that people see it when they look at it and want to take that energy into their homes for themselves.
Lazy days are just as important for development as productive days - so long as they are few and far between :)
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