Oh, the woes of an artist.
Michael started on a new red-tailed hawk drawing (we call
him “Fred.”)
All was going well…Then
he ran into a little trouble with Fred’s right eye. So, he gently erased…and
erased…and erased. Before he knew it, he had erased a hole right through the
paper. (Gasp!)
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Mikey was bummed. The drawing was ruined. The thought crossed his mind “Is this some crazy sign that I shouldn’t be an artist?!”
Of course not!
Marti the Motivator!
I reminded him that God has blessed him with an amazing
talent. But, mistakes happen and with every mistake, lessons are learned.
Lesson learned: Don’t
overwork it. Know when to stop. (Colored pencil is very difficult to erase because of its waxy texture, so erasing
should be kept to a minimum.)
I actually think this mistake was a blessing… it’s much
better for him to learn this important lesson early in a drawing, rather than towards the end of a drawing!
I also encouraged him to not spend too much time dwelling
on it. It’s not going to fix the problem. It would be more productive for Mikey
to pick up his colored pencils, give them a spin through the pencil sharpener,
and start over!
Mikey willingly took my advice and I am so proud of him
for diving into the new drawing! Knowing Mikey, he’s going to put even more gusto into the new-and-improved
Fred. In fact, Mikey came up with a funny little acronym:
FRED =
Freakin’
Ridiculously
Excessive
Determination
We’ve all “overworked” something. Maybe it was ruining a chicken dinner by adding too many spices… or pulling a muscle from exercising too much…
When was the last time you overworked something to the point that it was ruined?
