WHOA! HOW TO MAKE COMPARISONS

Maybe the better way to look at 2 things is not to compare but ask myself why do I want to compare them?  This will be clearer if I show 2 pictures.

Original Photo below and my watercolor on the right.  Seeing them side by side is not good.  I made the head too big, painted too many flowers and .........wait.  Why am I shooting me down? 


















I'm sure that when I go to EBAY and list the painting I'll be thinking of comparing it to other artists work.  That's bad for the ego.  Again, why do it? 

I found a great article titled "Do you compare yourself to others?".    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-paul-phd/self-worth_b_2855751.html#es_share_ended

It talks about how we learned to compare ourselves to others when we were children.  There's a little mental exercise to do.  I'll try it but first I need to think of myself as a child through a grandparents eyes.  Hmmm.  I'll post results later.