I, too, would rather paint than do almost anything else, including going on most vacations or sitting around on the beach. (Vacations that involve lengthy visits to Parisian art museums, or Venice would be okay, of course!)
Since I've been "pro" for almost two years now, I can easily convince my family that I need to spend time painting. However it's still not easy to convince anyone that I "need" to work on paintings that are not commissioned portraits. They don't seem to get the fact that doing landscapes or still lifes for "fun" is necessary to keep my commissioned work fresh.
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