TIP 10 : Finished Project

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"Only when you say a piece is done do you stab it in the heart and leave it to die" - my old art teacher

In other words, you can always continue a piece until the end of time. You can always erase and fix, making it perfect. Once you say it's done, however, you've just killed it. It cannot move forward from that point.

Look at this sad painting that young me never finished...

Look at this sad painting that young me never finished

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It could have been finished if I didn't give up on it...

Okay, not the best example for this lesson... OH!
I drew a dream catcher once upon a time...

 OH!I drew a dream catcher once upon a time

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Looks done right? Nope. Because I could not set the pen down. I risked it all and added MORE!

 I risked it all and added MORE!

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I am glad I did it. I almost didn't add that at all, and it would forever be stuck at... the meh stage.

Thank goodness I didn't say it was done!

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