words of encourgagement from Robert Genn:

 

Feel and relish the environment.
Get into a "be here
now" state of mind.
Start your work anywhere.
Look cleanly and with an
uncluttered mind.
Be joyous and unencumbered in your stroke.
Work
everywhere at once when you can.
Try to leave your strokes alone.
Do not
labour or think too much.
Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Let the painting
tell you what it needs.
Though it may be small, make your picture
big.
Without being a wimp, serve your subject.
Don’t verbalize your
sight–sense the being.
Surrender to earth’s beauty and wisdom.
If you
make errors, fix them in good humour.
Be suspicious of what you’ve been
told, how you ought to do
things, and what you ought to think.