What motivates us to paint? As a professional artist, for me is it money? I know that I wouldn't spend every available spare moment (as I do) painting, if it was purely for money. Amateur or professionial, I believe that painting passionately from the heart produces the best paintings. But in the real world, there are times when we all lose direction or inspiration. When this happens, it can help to change this question from "What subjects do we paint?" to "What subjects don't we paint?" and then ask yourself, could I? There are samples sketches to explain on my website which you can see by following this link: http://www.kayeparmenter.co.uk/pages/site.php?pgid=313 "Two Swans" is a painting that illustrates the process from finding inspiraton to completion.