I'm not in a good place, and I'm not a painter!
Non sendo in loco bon, ne io pittore! What modern-seeming words, yet they were written by Michelangelo when he was painting the vault of the Sistine chapel in Rome in 1509. If you think about how difficult it is to crane your neck up to see ceiling frescoes, spare more than a thought for those who were up there often for months, actually doing the work...