The one's that end up as scrap...

Hey Reader
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Can I let you into a little secret….
There’s a messy pile of rejects in my studio - probably double those shown in the photo above.
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Because..Not every painting I create makes the cut.
In fact... loads up in the recycling pile.
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​Yep... we all have a stack of “that didn’t work out” paintings too and that’s fine... ​
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Because those flowers that actually turn out looking like potatoes - those paintings have an important job too.
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They're the ones that teach us what too much water looks like.
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The ones that show us when we’ve overworked a flower... and when we’ve slipped back into conscious thinking, instead of working in flow.
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The thing is…
We only ever tend to see the finished paintings. Same as any and every other subject on social media - the shiny ones make the cut!
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But behind every painting that makes it to the gallery... There are dozens of others that are scrap. And if the scrap ones weren’t painted then there’d be no gallery at all… because that’s your practice…the 10,00 hours. ​
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​That’s where creativity lives - it’s a process not a result.​
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So here's your creativity challenge this week...Instead of aiming to paint one beautiful painting...
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​Aim to paint five.​
Maybe one will make the gallery..
Maybe three will be average.
Maybe one will end up in the recycling.
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And do you know what? That's a brilliant week of painting.
Because every single one counts.
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Bye for now...
Go paint.
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Sue 🎨💛

P.S. I've been quietly working away on something that celebrates your progress and creativity being a process... A gentle monthly watercolour space where there are no perfect paintings... just people enjoying the process together. If this sounds like your kind of space - have a look here 👀

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have"- Maya Angelou