I have found I’m incapable of having a messy sketchbook. I am a textbook Virgo… an unrelentless perfectionist. So I attempt to make every sketchbook perfect. What that means for me is, if I have a sketchbook that Has 24 pages to start, any pages I don’t feel meet my standards I remove. So in the end I usually have a finished sketchbook consisting of 20 pages. I have tried all my life to beat my perfectionistic tendencies to no avail. I am now 56 and have accepted this is just who I am. Maybe one day I will be able to let go of that mindset because we all know there is no perfect, but today is not that day. Loved the painting!
I've also thought of removing imperfect pages, lol. But I would have too many to remove, so I gave up on that. I don't think striving to be perfect is bad as long as it doesn't cause you to stop doing something you love.
I have found I’m incapable of having a messy sketchbook. I am a textbook Virgo… an unrelentless perfectionist. So I attempt to make every sketchbook perfect. What that means for me is, if I have a sketchbook that Has 24 pages to start, any pages I don’t feel meet my standards I remove. So in the end I usually have a finished sketchbook consisting of 20 pages. I have tried all my life to beat my perfectionistic tendencies to no avail. I am now 56 and have accepted this is just who I am. Maybe one day I will be able to let go of that mindset because we all know there is no perfect, but today is not that day. Loved the painting!
I've also thought of removing imperfect pages, lol. But I would have too many to remove, so I gave up on that. I don't think striving to be perfect is bad as long as it doesn't cause you to stop doing something you love.