Let's try this again

I started watercolor paining a few months ago but stopped because I didn't like my pictures. I know, silly reason. Now I am starting oil painting. I like it much better because I am letting myself paint bad pictures and make mistakes. I am teaching myself so I have been painting exercises from various books, DVDs and web sites. I want to do realistic paintings.......still lifes and landscapes, plein air eventually. I have read that I need to do at least 120 bad paintings before I will do a good painting. I have done 2 paintings......118 to go.