tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post2851829807334009556..comments2023-10-30T13:27:44.690-04:00Comments on Painting My World: Thinking vs. Over-Thinking a PaintingKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239336384191511625noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-73184692670339287532012-04-05T07:30:18.219-04:002012-04-05T07:30:18.219-04:00This is so true and so important.
Planning ahead ...This is so true and so important.<br /><br />Planning ahead of time is great. That always gives me confidence that the painting's going to come out well. Doing a series and telling myself that I can fool around with different variations of the same thing lets me relax and just accept the painting as it flows. <br /><br />During a successful painting, it's a completely nonverbal, intuitive process. That's what makes art relaxing to do. If I'm thoroughly in my right brain focused on my artistic perceptions, I paint with confidence and enjoy what I'm doing. That emotion goes into the painting, it provides a subtext of joy that comes through loud and clear to anyone else seeing the painting.<br /><br />All those preliminaries do something else. They're practice observing and sketching the subject - every single one of them is. I might be focusing consciously on composition, but doing that tree five times before I start the painting makes that particular tree one that I know pretty well. I trust myself to get it right. It's easier to soar and play with color and texture in it. It's easier to loosen up and express its identity in shorthand, paint more concise, get across its essentials easier.<br /><br />The benefits of your approach are many and there's no points against it. The time to think is in the preliminaries and finishing touches. Painting itself should be as liberating and expressive as a dance.robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-52175119927976858482012-04-05T05:46:44.120-04:002012-04-05T05:46:44.120-04:00Wonderful!!!!Wonderful!!!!Marielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368532461278519980noreply@blogger.com