LoisaTries
July 09, 2019
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Photo credits to @carolinewanderlust
I'm in love with anything related to arts, Psychology, books, letters, self- development and of course, iced coffee. I first experimented with arts one summer day in 2014
when I had my summer class.
I just wanted to de-stress from all the back-to-back classes I had; and
the fact that I didn't enjoyed my summer break.
I had to keep me sane amidst all the deadlines and quizzes
so I tried adult coloring books, and my love for arts eventually grew from there.
I experimented with a couple of mediums but fell in love with watercolors when I tried it in 2016. To be honest, my art sucks and every piece I made was as frustrating as the other. So what I did was stopped making art and just lurked in the internet. I stalked my art idols; deciphered their art materials and bought them. I even bought one of my art idol’s bookS!! (Hi Abbey Sy).
I stalked and stalked and stalked some more and watched them progress more.
And I grew frustrated than I had even been before. Their works was getting better and better and
I was thinking to myself, “How could I be like them? I couldn't even draw a straight line!”
That was the major problem, I started to compare my Chapter One to other’s Chapter Seven.
But an idea strucked me,
“How about I just try and practice?”.
There's no harm in trying afterall, right?
And there's when I came up with the term
“Art PRACTICEtioner”, it's a wordplay of ‘practice’ and ‘practitioner’.
It's my attempt to integrate my love for both Arts & Psychology.
It's also my subtle way of loosening up a bit and take the pressure off my shoulder
to create GREAT art immediately. I just practice and practice. My art didn't magically improved overnight, mind you. And I guess it's unfair to ask yourself and your art to improve right away.
Give it some time. Fail at it, but try again nonetheless. The key is in showing up.
The ‘success’ & improvement lies in every practice, in every attempt.
Finally, this is MY biggest takeaway, “I don't have to be Abbey Sy” to be good at my arts.
‘Art idols’ are there for inspiration but always, always remember that you are your own kind of creative. . . and I am the Art PRACTICEtioner <3
