Amateur Artist

I am surprised at my own audacity

In trying to create art beyond my capacity

When complex inspiration pieces I select

Outcomes similar to the originals I cannot expect..

I start drawing with plenty of exuberance

Soon thereafter I begin to lose confidence

In my ability to complete the artwork but at this stage I cannot

Abandon my project, I have already invested a lot

Of effort and time, so I keep working on it somehow

The use of permanent coloring tools does not allow

Correction of errors, but I try every trick I know

For all my effort, I desperately want to have something nice to show..

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In the finished piece lines are crooked and proportions are skewed

But at least my artwork is complete and ready to be viewed

Through the lens of my phone, and enhanced

With a variety of filters which give it a chance

To look presentable enough, even though

The artwork is amateurish, quite clearly so

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Next time I resolve to pick something more appropriate

For my limited artistic ability, but again my skills I overestimate

Once again an overambitious experiment I choose

Once again I let my shaky ego get bruised…

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But practice makes perfect, so I continue

To aim for something that currently I cannot do