Investing in myself

Since I won the watercolor award, and sold one picture also in the gallery, I've decided that buying myself a set of oils to try in my painting class this Autumn is something I give myself permission to do. I was going to get one of those $19. sets with student grade paints, which would probably be adequate, but I'll enjoy using something with better color and texture, so I've decided to get myself a high end student/low end professional set, to start with. With some discounts it's still four times the cost of the other set, but my experience with watercolors is that there is a real difference in the results when you use better paints, and they do last a while, so instead of trying to get good results with the cheapest pigments, I'll be trying with better stuff, and it may have the side affect of giving me more confidence.

I also got a starter acrylic set to play with, but they were much less expensive and will probably be ok since they are a name brand, and I already had some of the brushes and mediums accumulated to try with acrylics, so I wasn't starting from scratch.

It's always so hard for me to try something new, especially something I've been told over and over that I "can't" do, so having a class with others also trying new things, is a great place for me to attempt new skills. It helps that I know the teacher, and feel like I can learn comfortably with him. B*B, Ysabeau