tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post1278157409217376414..comments2023-10-30T13:27:44.690-04:00Comments on Painting My World: Loosening Up Your Paintings Tip #1Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239336384191511625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-42615997588235334832014-11-11T21:50:38.243-05:002014-11-11T21:50:38.243-05:00Thanks Nancy and Jenny!! I appreciate your commen...Thanks Nancy and Jenny!! I appreciate your comments!<br />Thanks Rob for adding your thoughts. I always appreciate what you add to my posts and this time you read my mind! Some of your tips are already a part of my next post!!<br />Thank you for sharing!!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17239336384191511625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-86706134794242688212014-11-11T21:43:32.287-05:002014-11-11T21:43:32.287-05:00This is so true and so perfect. When you paint dow...This is so true and so perfect. When you paint down at ATC size you have to simplify just to get the subject in - and yet you can get all the main forms and features down. You get more familiar with it and work out any changes you want to make in a very short time. <br /><br />You can try it more than once with different color harmonies too working that little. <br /><br />Scaling it up big, you know what you're doing and can limit detail just to the key details that heighten interest in the focal area. <br /><br />I started out in colored pencils and loosening up was a slow, painful process for me. I'm finally starting to get it, but that's what shows composition problems, color disharmony and other setbacks without the distracion of "ooh it's like a photo" detail. It either works or not when you paint loose.<br /><br />But what are you risking? A piece of paper, that's all. In this case, a piece of paper the size of a freaking business card that still comes out as a great little artwork in its own right. It doesn't take long to do. It can be sold for a few dollars or freely given in trade to an artist you admire or as a small gift to a friend, a freebie to a favorite collector. <br /><br />There's everything for this method and nothing against it. Thanks for a great article.robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-8980846470900617572014-11-11T12:55:18.247-05:002014-11-11T12:55:18.247-05:00thanks for taking the time to be so generous with ...thanks for taking the time to be so generous with your knowledge...it is very much appreciated....J"WJenny Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-67697451968207938842014-11-10T13:22:22.731-05:002014-11-10T13:22:22.731-05:00I especially enjoyed today's post because you ...I especially enjoyed today's post because you do give good tangible tips regardless of the painting medium, my preference being acrylics. Thanks for your blog, it's very helpful with my painting!Nancynoreply@blogger.com