Things they don't teach you in art school....

Never expect a finished piece to be what you first intended it to be. Painting in the abstract takes less finesse (–noun 1. extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, SKILL, discrimination, taste, etc.) than painting something that is supposed to look realistic. People are willing to pay way more for your work than the value you place on it. If you think your work is worth more, than you are mistaken. Mixing colors in oil and acrylic is far easier than with watercolors, mine always turn out looking like mud. Which is ok, if you are painting mud. Framing a piece is the most expensive part. And trying to take a photo of your work is very difficult. The colors never come out right. No wonder they say artists are temperamental. Look what we have to put up with.