5 minute painting
day 15
Work in progress
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 151
Painted on Dec 15th, 2017

Success is the sum of small efforts,
repeated day in and day out.
– Robert Collier

I’m writing this post to clear up any confusion about the “5 minute painting” theme I’m doing this month. Several people, my husband included, have been thinking I’m painting an entire painting every day in 5 minutes. Holy moly. I paint fast, but not that fast.

Summer at the Cottage
20×16 inches on canvas
Available here
Small to large prints are available here

I almost hate to burst the bubble, but so far this month I’ve completed one painting. ONE!! This one ^. I realize one painting is a far cry from finishing a large painting every day, but I’m still happy with my results.

The way I look at it, one painting is better than zero paintings, right? And, that’s the whole point of this experiment. 

One of the reasons I’m painting for only 5 minutes a day this month is because so many people have complained to me over the years that they don’t have time to paint. I’ve heard every excuse imaginable. I’m essentially calling BS on all the excuses, in the nicest way possible, of course. 🙂 I’ve set out to prove it can be done in as little as 5 minutes day..even if it takes days or weeks to finish a painting.

If you take small baby steps you will still achieve your goal, simple as that. So, if you’re working a 40 hour week, you can still paint every single day. All you have to do is make the commitment, show up, and get to it. Don’t let anyone tell you it can’t be done. As the old saying goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Who made up the rule paintings have to be painted in a day? 

I was taught that the way of progress
is neither swift nor easy.
– Marie Curie

Hope this clears up any confusion you might have had. 

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Here’s a small glimpse of something else I’ve got going on this month (because this 365 day art project is only a teeny tiny part of my workday)…another revised painting. This one used to have a skinny blue vase, and it kinda looked silly to me. Now the vase is in better proportion to the canvas. I also changed the background, and now I love this painting. It will be hanging in my dining room until it sells. 

Newly revised
14×11 inch mixed media floral painting
Available here
 Small to large prints are available here

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5 minute painting
day 13
Work in progress
daily painting: 365 day art project
Day 149
Painted on Dec 13, 2017

Literally 10 seconds into my timer this morning my husband was outside my closed studio door trying to talk to me through it. There I was with headphones blasting, annoyingly yelling “WHAT.. WHUT??” back in response. I ended up dropping a big blob of paint on my foot because I was trying to turn down my headphones with my hands full. I mean, really, husband?? What were you thinking by interrupting me at that time? haha I’m still not sure what he was saying. 

Ten seconds after he left, Maudie cat started yowling at me to let her in. sigh. I swear, I’m NEVER shutting the door again. 

Top that off with me choosing a dreadfully depressing song to listen to, and blah. I couldn’t wait for this 5 minute painting session to end. Nevertheless, I think I’m seeing progress being made with this painting, so there’s that. 

Song I listened to today was Show Me How to Live by Audioslave. :/