Ever since I my painting purge a few weeks ago, I’ve had no desire to do any drawing or painting. I made a few half-hearted attempts at sketching and searched for online tutorials of new techniques but nothing captured my interest.
I guess it’s over.
I’ve had this feeling before. I did impressionistic oil paintings of landscapes for two years until I reached a point of moderate competence. Then, once my paintings became boringly repetitious, I switched to urban sketching and watercolors. Several months ago, I started having the same feelings of ennui about my watercolors.
There’s plenty I have yet to learn. I could learn to draw humans. I could experiment with negative space techniques. I could learn realism techniques.
But…meh.
So what now and what’s next? I do not know.
I need something new to learn and focus on that’s challenging. Nothing stands out yet.
Until something does, I’ll try a little of this and a little of that. I’ve looked into sculpture, woodworking, furniture refinishing, animal rescue and several other potential activities. None seem like the right fit.
Something is bound to pop up. I wonder what it will be.