Time for a Cool Change...

I have now been painting for one year. I know its hard to believe that its only been one year but I did start my first painting of Gandalf around this time last year. I have done art my whole life but painting is new to me. I can say this that I love to paint and do not plan on stopping any time soon. But it is time for me to cast of the training wheels and evolve to the next level. I have done 61 paintings this year and will be showing off my last portrait of celebrity work very soon. That being said I will still do a portrait from time to time but I will be moving my focus to fully original artwork. I would like to try my hand at Fantasy illustration once more now that I have learned so much from my work this year. I also wish to do some more realism but from photos that I have taken. What pushed me to this decision, a lot of things I will use exercise as an example. When you work out you at some point find a comfort zone and if you remain in that zone for too long you stop getting any benefit from you work out. You have to push your self and change the exercises you do to push beyond your limitations. The same goes for Art. I also want to work towards Art Shows and they all stress that Original work is a must. I also want to get my hands on some clay... So I'm off to explore my world thou art once more as I turn the page on this chapter I hope and pray that my next one will be better that the last...