The Laziest Painter in the World

Procrastination is my middle name. I've been a painter on and off (mostly off) for over twenty years. It seems the more time I have for painting, the less I am motivated to paint. A small stack of watercolours from the 90's sits in a bag in a box. Some halfhearted oils are kicking around somewhere. I just turned 50.

I happened upon the book Daily Painting by Carol Marine at the local library a couple of weeks ago. Her blog is called Carol Marine's Painting a Day. The idea of the book is to paint daily, in small manageable doses. Small paintings the take an hour or so. I spend more time on Netflix every day.

I have always believed that it is never too late to start (learn, do, play etc.) something. Lassitude is my Confirmation name, so I will try and stick to it even on bad days.

We have a supply of acrylic paints in the house and since I've always like the look of the finished works done by others, I thought I'd start there. I watched many tutorials online and jumped into it today. The reference photo was taken a few years ago at Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia. I see I have a long way to go.

Acrylic 7x9 on Canvas Board