Adventure is Out There

Adventure is out there, if you can make time to find it. 

This is one of my very first paintings, and I am somewhat happy with how it turned out.

I am not completely happy with how the sky looks in the background. I found it hard to mix the shades of blue to create the sky look at I wanted. 

While painting the balloons I found that it took a lot of patience, time, and talent all of which I do not have a great amount of. I realized that you need to let each color dry completely before painting the next. If you look at the white parts of my painting, the clouds, letters, and balloon strings, you will be able to see that the white I was using was not the highest quality. I realize now that I need to go back over those spots on the painting and make the white lines more solid. 

I found when I was working on this painting by stress level was significantly lowered. I was able to focus my all my energy into this painting. I have found that painting once a week for one to two hours helps me clear my mind and stress from the previous day/week. 

I know I am far from being the next Pablo Picasso, but I feel that I have already improved my painting skills and overall mental health.