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Readers Respond: What Are Your New Year's Resolutions for Your Painting and Art?

Responses: 5

By Marion Boddy-Evans, About.com

What are you going to do differently in terms of your art in the New Year? What are your goals and aspirations, what are you determined to achieve? What do you wish you'd done in the past 12 months? Share Your Resolutions

new year's resolutions

I painted almost every day last year and I sold a lot, but I feel very empty now all my paintings are gone. I'm going to paint for a exhibition this year; I want a change.
—dehaseth

Three Resolutions

To practice sketching and drawing every day. To paint something everyday even if its a mini practice piece. To enter every monthly project. I hope to live up to my expectations.
—papaya

Forward

I hope to develop my oil painting techniques. Though I have flirted with abstraction in 2008 I think I will concentrate more on non-abstract work in 2009, particularly landscapes.
—artonabike

try something "new to me"

One of my Christmas gifts was an Italian easel and along with it came watercolor tube paint and a watercolor book(by Grant Fuller). I have devoured the book already and can't wait for the holidays to come to an end so that I can get brushes and paper (with my gift certificates) to start some new projects.
—banonoke

Share the arts

I was inspired by another artist on About.com forum to share what we know with others, that it is a debt that we need to pay. Someone along the way helped us so we need to give back. I started in December giving lessons at the Senior Center and now I am scheduled to start at a retirement home. I have been blessed with so much help from other artist along my way. So for 2009 it is my resolution to give more of myself back and pay this debt.
—jlamons

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