On a cold gray day, I didn’t want to paint. It is much more enticing to sit inside by the wood stove with a book. However, October’s show is coming and when it gets hot in the painting workshop during the summer, I will want to paint even less than I do when it is cold and gray. So, I took my donkey out to get some work done, telling myself that I could just do one color, or one piece, or one layer and quit any time it was just too uncomfortable. Then I turned on the little space heater and began.
When this layer is dry, I will relayer everything, paying closer attention to the colors, edges, angles, proportions, etc. At that stage, I will wish I could sign it, but will know better. There are always ways to improve the accuracy on the details, correct colors, and increase contrast in the most important places.
Yea for me. I stayed out in the workshop long enough to get to this stage. Then, I even did another painting. (No trophies required. . . )
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Yea for you. I just ended up doing yard work and reading a terrific book instead of working on a TCT article. The steps in creating and finishing a painting are very similar, as you know, to those in working on a piece of writing, but seeing the steps in the work on a painting is much more interesting than seeing the steps in writing. Thanks for sharing your always-interesting works and walks and commentary.
Oh Laurie, you can’t know how badly I wanted to do yard work today! But I planted my feet in front of the easels and kept inching forward, layer by layer. You are so right about painting and writing. . . edit, rewrite, edit, rewrite, edit. . . paint, fix, paint, redo, study, paint some more.
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