Growing Sequoias With Paint

Ever heard of growing Sequoia trees with paint? It’s figurative, not literal. Unlike the new (wrong) use of the word “literal”, I mean that I am figuratively growing trees. As in a figure of speech. . .

Please excuse the detour. Words mean things, and sometimes people need to be reminded, although I believe my blog readers are exceptional people, exceptionally smart and aware of reality. Otherwise, why would you all choose to read a blog by a realist? img_4986

This one is finished. It needs to dry, get scanned, varnished and added to inventory on my website. I can’t remember the title (Sequoia Number Something or Sunny Sequoias Number Something) and can’t turn it over to check the title while it is this wet. img_4988

Yikes. This is so ugly with only its first layer. You can see I have begun on the left side, which also happens to be farthest away.

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I think it could use another layer of detail, but it will have to wait until it is dryer. “Dryer”? Isn’t that a machine for drying clothes? Maybe I mean “more dry”. Anyone know a good editor??

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And this one is also ugly with only a first layer. I’m learning not to despair after only one pass over the canvas. It has only taken 10-1/2 years of painting to understand that ugly happens for a much longer amount of time than the fun part.

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Layer by layer. . . this one will also need more detailing and some color correcting.

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Here are all three, progressively more complete as you see them from upper to lower.

 

 

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2 Comments

  1. It’s so fun to see these as a work in progress! Thanks for the encouragement—-there are many things in life that go through a LONG ugly phase!

    • Thanks, Anne. Michael Hyatt refers to that long ugly phase as the “messy middle”.


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