You may have noticed that I have not had any posts lately for Lia Stampz. I made the difficult decision to step down from the Design Team. I had several reasons but one of the top ones was that I had to face the fact that I was just not good at colouring images. I have invested in Copic markers as well as Spectrum Noir markers. It hasn't been cheap even though I don't have all of the colours. I tried watching countless YouTube videos showing shading and using colourless blenders. I realize that practice makes perfect but so many times I could've sworn that a child in kindergarten could've done a better job. LOL Every couple of weeks I was expected to come up with a card, a tag or some sort of project using an image that I had to colour and I tell you it was stressing me out to the point where I wasn't enjoying it so I made the decision to step down. As I said there were other reasons as well but this was a biggie. I will still try out for other Design Teams but I doubt it will be for any companies where I have to colour images and make them my focal point on a card. I would very much like to try for a DT where paper is the focus. I can come up with my own designs but focus on the paper.
3 comments:
Oh, Marianne! Kindergarten, huh? lol Sometimes we are our own worst critic! I do hope you haven't packed the markers up for good. Maybe just some colouring for fun will be more enjoyable. You CAN do it, you know! :o)
Thanks Nancy! You are always so encouraging to me! Yes, colouring for fun is the plan. No more putting pressure on myself. Perhaps once I get better it will be time to enter a few challenges and then maybe a DT but for now it's just for fun. :)
That sounds like a great plan! :o)
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