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I am painting a lot these days, and I totally agree that painting daily (or just about) has exponentially helped my confidence at the canvas. If I had to guess as to why, well there's a lot of little reasons, but I think the single most is finally having a familiarity with the paints - not forgeting their names, not knowing what a paint's name was once on my palette, not recognizing what paint color produces what "goal" color. Now I'm feeling a lot of progress in all of those categories.
As the "conductor", I feel more in command of the instruments I'm making play. I didn't expect this to happen - and I don't think I thought about it until Tim posted this thread. I know I have soooooo much to learn yet, but it's solace and a hint of exuberance when you see yourself learning. I've accidently learned that painting "daily" puts both your left and right brain in high gear.
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