I like to sketch and paint. But I always have the same issue. I will get inspired by something, currently, it's koi fish and glow in the dark paint, draw it out enthusiastically till it's ready for paint. Then I get stuck with trying to find that same inspiration to start painting. I have some sketches that are years old that I haven't finished. It's really bad when I'm trying something new. Because I'm worried about ruining my hard sketched work by doing a bad painting. How does one get past this? This is a pic of the most recent art I've done. But I'm wanting to fix the tail fin. It's an axolotl and a mermaid.
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I've found it's something that can't be forced. Sometimes the inspiration will come in an instant, sometimes it evolves. But when I've worked on something from a contrived place, the product LOOKS contrived. I've found it's better to wait for just the right time. And it could be, that time won't come for that particular work. That happens, too.
