iPad Scavenger Hunt Sketch and FOMO

Today is the end of Scavenger Hunt 270 and I am sneaking one in.  I sketched on the porch with the iPad using Brushes.  Not one of the best, but a quick one to fit the theme of items starting with the letter C.

Number 8 (actually, I put 7) china - one of the white with blue trim cups we had.  It is now much grayer and dingier than my sketch.  It has pieces of melted glass stuck to it and is very rough and burned looking.


I have spent time, lots of time hampered by FOMO (fear of missing out).  Thankfully it is mostly in the past.  At my advanced age I am finally discovering that I can be happy with who I am as an artist and work toward improving and sharing my work with the people that count.

Several articles I've read lately have been advising artists to focus on your own clients.  Someone in New York City in a super modern apartment will not be buying one of my Texas or New Mexico landscapes.  Therefore, I don't have to spend hours trying to get my work into some glossy pop art publication.  I would be competing with thousands of artists that belong in a pop art magazine.

I am much better off concentrating on the folks that are interested in my art and finding ways to present my work to that audience.

Still, I find myself wandering around the internet, galleries, facebook with a bit of FOMO.  Human nature I suppose.  I liked the help reminders in this article:

FOMO - Art Style

by Anna Rose Bain

Samuel Adoquei said, "The best artists are givers." That is what I see at events - knowledge and talent being poured out by artists so that others could learn from their successes and mistakes. Hopefully as we are inspired by others (and not hampered by FOMO), we will take what we can use for our own personal journeys and simply leave the rest. We've got painting to do! [...]

Read the rest of this article at:
http://fineartviews.com/blog/44431/fomo-art-style

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