Continuing to learn...Diligence above perfection

I spent a couple of days in the studio with a private student this week.  It was really a pleasure to have the luxury of quietly explaining a process and demonstrating techniques.  When you are working with a group it's easy to overlook someone who hasn't moved along with the instruction.  There are so many little side issues that interrupt a train of thought.  I'm still working on my photoshop layering skills.  I have four photos layered in this piece along with some specialty photoshop brushes for the drips and circle marks.  It takes me a long time to get one done, but I made fewer mistakes today and I understood what I was doing much better.  I feel a bit like I'm back in kindergarten, learning to write all over again.  I remember being told by my  second grade teacher that I had horrible handwriting.   I was so embarassed that I borrowed a handwriting book and practiced and practiced until my handwriting was pretty.  I think diligence counts above perfection every time.  Keep trying, one day you will succeed!