Art // Mistakes

I wanted to share with you guys my mistake page. It doesn't look it because I stopped before I was ahead, kinda of. The page with grey on is glued down to the page before. Why? Because I wanted to try a new technique. I wanted to try painting paper towels. So I glue my paper towel down and started painting. However, the paper towel wasn't acting like normal paper so I had to use more water then paint. That's where my trouble started. Water is not paper friendly. Not as much as I was using. I started to see that this page wasn't going to turn out. Especially when I saw the other side and was shocked to see I could ruin on of my favorite pages. So I took out the paper towel (water and glue don't mix either) and then sopped the water and paint. I also put had to try the other side. I let the whole thing dry over night. In the morning, I didn't know what to do. The page had become really thin. I was scared about my painting so I glued it to the next. That way it gave my page strength and I didn't have to look at the mess.

To be honest, this could have turned out soooo much worse. I realized how great a lesson this is. We have to make mistakes, in art and in life. But that doesn't mean it has to turn ugly. I don't have to throw an grown up tantrums because it didn't turn out. I can be mature and level headed. I can see what I did wrong, fix what I can and move on. It's all any of us can. If we learn something is what makes the difference.


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