Process Again? I'm Feeling Inspired.

Today while waiting for class to start I decided to doodle in my notebook. We were watching a NASA movie about the Colombia disaster and I started to draw a rocket ship. Part of it was copied off of the display on the smart board but when that changed, I kept going. Obviously I don't know the exact parts of a rocket ship to draw, so it ended up looking nothing like the actual rocket ship. I'm proud of it, however, because I didn't let my usual anxieties about making it perfect affect my drawing. It's only pen on paper but it marks a starting point in what I believe is my growing out of my insecure phase. I'm viewing this as a stepping stone to having confidence in my work again. 

Later on in STAC art I applied the same mindset to a watercolor piece I started and did not plan to finish. With helpful hints from Julian I figured out a way to retrive and repair the piece so that I liked it and I was able to get it through with. Every time I felt myself getting discouraged I would either get up for a second or make a drastic change to the piece, like Luke's technique. It lead to me coloring the butterfly with sharpies I found and actually ended up improving the piece. It still needs color in places but will be done by tomorrow. I'm feeling better about myself as an artist and feeling more inspired, FINALLY.  (These two photos are the before and after of the watercolor piece!)