#Artstudio layering to correct paintings how to

If you have ever felt like this and been where I have been this week, please find time to take care of yourself and rest. Because I need to take care of myself too. It may be something like taking myself out to dinner or just sitting on my patio listening to music. So for the week after the art show, I am taking time for myself.

God has shown me that if I do not get rest and time alone with Him, I fall into depression because I am trying to do everything myself. I’ve always known that these things are important but this time it has hit me really hard. I haven’t stopped long enough to do something I want to do, not because I am in a show or because someone wants something but because I want to do it.įor the first time in a long time, I am seeing the value in rest and alone time. With everything that requires something of me because all I have been doing for the last two months is taking care of other people and making sure they are okay and have whatever they need. It was then that I realized how burnt out I am. It was the first time all week I had been able to do that. Even though it was only a 30 second sketch in pen, I was able to show how I felt. I finally drew the girl on the ledge when I had some time for me.

The techniques I use to over come my anxiety generally don’t work to overcome my depression.

#Artstudio layering to correct paintings how to

Usually I know how to handle my anxiety when it goes crazy but depression is another issue all together. I was either too tired from work or getting ready fro the show or crying and curled up in bed. I didn’t draw or paint or anything until Wednesday when I drew the picture attached with this post. I was crying at the drop of a hat and woke up every morning feeling extremely depressed. I was getting frustrated at everything thing, even the little things. This week was probably the hardest week I have had in a long time. I have not slowed down since school started in August or since I found out I was going to be in this art show. The last two months have been crazy! I did not realize until this week just how crazy everything has been.