Art is hard, I can imagine how many drafts famous artists made and tossed before making their masterpieces. It takes practice, sure, but patience with yourself is key I think. No one is born talented at painting, not really, just a lot of canvas/paper drafts that will never see the light of day.

They’ve done X-rays of Mona Lisa and found that Mr Da Vinci had a crack at it a few times, painting over it and doing it again, until he got it “right”.

Warhol just liked contrast I think, that pop-art style. I’m not a fan, but he wouldn’t have made those on the first go and displayed it.

Dali did his own damn thing and I want whatever he was taking - he’s my favourite artist.

Kahlo was a legend - realistic yet surreal. But she would have had a bunch of canvas drafts and pieces that she didn’t feel were good enough.

My point is, is that art is a basic human trait, and we all have the ability to create it, in one form or another. But rarely does anyone but the artist see the time and effort and the canvasses that weren’t “good enough”. I don’t post my first draft of poems I write, I sit on them for weeks, sometimes months, until I feel it’s “right”. And besides, it may also be a case of just finding an art style that you click with - you may not think your Renaissance studies are good, but you might find you like surrealism, or realism, post-modern, maybe impressionism. Experiment and get messy with it - art is a reflection of our human-ness, and humans are messy.

Sorry for the text wall - I’m just really passionate about art in all it’s forms (painting, cartoons, games, music, prose and poetry, even body modifications like what catfish posted, tattoos, piercings - all I consider art). I hope you don’t give up - I think you can create something you’ll be so proud of, and I’m already proud of you for what you have created and shared with us already. 💜