New Year's Resolution for Artists No 1:
I will use my sketchbook more consistently, more days than not each week. I'll be more meticulous about getting down ideas, at least in thumbnail form, rather than conning myself that I'll remember.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 2:
I will set aside half-an-hour a week to work on developing some of my ideas from my sketchbooks towards finished paintings (using a CSI for Art approach).
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 3:
I'll allocated at least half-an-hour a day to do something creative or inspiring that's not focused on an end result: playing with mixing mediums, being adventurous with a troublesome painting, paging
through a monograph on my favorite artist or a book on painting, popping into an art gallery or museum, reading something about painting (latest articles), adding to my Creativity Journal.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 4:
I'll regularly do at least one painting in size/shape that's outside my norm, whether extreme landscape format, a square canvas, a tiny canvas, or a huge one.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 5:
I'll do more plein-air painting and sketching, rather than painting only in my studio or garden.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 6:
On my birthday, I will treat myself to something I've always considered an extravagant luxury, such as a sable watercolor brush or an extra-large canvas.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 7:
Instead of just thinking about it, I'll post more comments on the Painting Forum. These are artists who are actively seeking comments on their work, and I'll support them by voicing my opinion.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 8:
I'll continue working on developing an identifiable painting style, so that people looking at my paintings will recognize it as being by me.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 9:
I'll share the most helpful thing I've ever learned about painting with other artists on this website by completing the easy Submit a Tip form, for the Weekly
Painting Tip.
New Year's Resolution for Artists No 10:
If one of my friends asks me for a painting that they like, I'll gently suggest that they buy it, reminding them that painting isn't something I just do to keep myself busy.
