Adventures in Artlandia

As my husband will tell you, I am constantly working on projects.  If I am not crocheting, I am refinishing a table.  Lately though, I have been painting.  It has been rewarding but discouraging too.  I hate picturing something amazing and beautiful in my mind and then having it be horrible botched when I try to paint it.  My most recent attempt was a drab, foggy house face with darkened vines and a little boy walking past, peering though an archway that leads to a lit up garden.  I even got metallic gold paint to make light from the archway glow.  Sadly, I messed it up.  The worst part is, before I painted the fog, it looked awesome.  Sigh.  I guess patience is a lesson I must keep learning.