I am not a professional. I am not a professional. This is just a hobby.

I need to keep reminding myself of these things.

I have been working on a miniatures / craft / terrain project for a while now and it is consuming a significant amount of my time and creative energy. I went big right away. Really big. Doing all kinds of things that are well outside my known abilities and comfort zone. I have to remember that so many of the videos I see on line are, in fact, professional artists or crafters. They’ve got years of experience and they get paid to do what they do. There’s a reason they’ve got a new thing every week. There’s a reason they’ve got thousands and thousands of followers.

I am not them. I am forging ahead with my ONE project and when it is done I will move ahead with the next one. It’s a hobby. I CAN learn to be patient (and actually finish an entire project).

Here’s a sneak preview – the black skeleton of it all: