This past month I worked on something totally different. I tried painting a landscape. I also experimented trying to be more free and impressionistic. Which is very difficult for me. My brain just continues insisting to add more and more detail.
This painting has been a big challenge for me this month.
It was so frustating I had to take a minute to step away from it and paint this little mini so that I could feel like I had accomplished something I like.
To be honest I feel as though I failed the challenge of painting more impressionistic. I am completely dissatisfied with how the painting looks. But I succeeded because I pushed myself beyond my comfort zone. The only way to grow is to push yourself out of your comfort zone.
Art sometimes feels like science to me. For me to figure things out I need to experiment. My main experimentation with this painting was mixing greens. This was in my opinion my gravest failure. The greens I mixed were not the greens I was envisioning.
So, my homework for this upcoming month is to continue experimenting until I am able to mix the exact greens I want.
I find that many aritst you find on the internet never really show you their full process, which include mistakes. I’ve read some but have not really seen. I wanted to show you my mistake. It’s part of learning, it’s part of becoming a better artist. It’s okay to make mistakes, don’t be afraid to make them( I’m still working on that part).
Jessica Becker Art 
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