2011 Painting Goals

This morning I decided that it would be a really good plan to have some goals.  So, here we go:

1.  Five practice pet portraits completed by May 15th.

2.  Further develop ideas for local landscapes/cityscapes project: my southern california - including:
           -a better name
           -pictures of the area to paint

3.  Paint a local landscape/cityscape by May 15th

4.  Marketing, have the budget necessary for this figured out by June 15th:
           -Price out some custom business cards
           -create a portfolio and fliers for a booth set up
           -what about an easy up and table/chairs?
           -contact horse and dog clubs about setting up at their shows

5.  Brainstorm ways to get the money for this.

I think this is good.  I'll call this my 3 month goals.

The reason I need goals is that I'm learning practicing these is work.  I drew horses ALL the time as a kid, so my first pet portrait, a horse, was really pretty easy and quite enjoyable.  My next projects, a dog and two cats, is proving hard.  The sketch up is coming along slower than I'd like.  But I have to keep telling myself two things:

-Everyone has to start somewhere.
and
-Practice makes better (not perfect, I'll never have perfect paintings, I'm not going to kid myself)

Ok, that's all for now!