I'm really bad at drawing and music. I'd love to improve both, but with drawing I haven't put in any time and music I'm too self conscious to practice in our living situation.

I suck at doing full color rendering, painting landscapes and elaborate scenes. I'm best when working in grayscale and quick sketching.

I tend to get bored finishing involved pieces because I enjoy the foundational part of the process the most, so I get the "accomplished" feeling early and then struggle with the rest, or abandon the project all together...I lack stamina.

Probably because of my all consuming need for instant gratification. (๑_๑//)

Painting/ Drawing.

I'm a musician, and a pretty good writer, having made a living doing both at one time or another. I love doing both, but I understand them on a deep, fundamental level, so any mystery and magic is long gone.

But I still view visual arts as nearly miraculous, because I can't do it at all. I've tried to draw, and it's always horribly embarrassing.

So long ago, I made the conscious decision to avoid doing visual art myself, and maintain that mystery of the process. I love going to art museums in whatever city I happen to be in, and I know enough about the basics of all arts, but visual arts specifically, that I can appreciate the works from an artistic perspective, but still be amazed by them from a casual viewer perspective.

I could probably train myself to draw or paint fairly well, but I'm not going to do that, and spend my time writing and making music instead. Appreciating Painting/Drawing as a fan will remain the way I can still maintain a magical connection with The Arts.