tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post3169674600796856772..comments2023-10-30T13:27:44.690-04:00Comments on Painting My World: Getting Past the Ugly Stage in a Painting....pastel demoKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239336384191511625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-90632471536494196612014-09-08T10:38:36.209-04:002014-09-08T10:38:36.209-04:00Thanks everyone for your comments! I really apprec...Thanks everyone for your comments! I really appreciate your thoughts!<br />Robert, as always you have such a wonderful way of expanding my post topic. I love reading your insights! They add so much to the topic. Thank you!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17239336384191511625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-3508925277123922532014-09-08T10:20:16.131-04:002014-09-08T10:20:16.131-04:00Mwahahaha! (Evil Laugh)
I never, ever, ever bin a...Mwahahaha! (Evil Laugh)<br /><br />I never, ever, ever bin a painting or sketch. No matter how lousy it is. All of my artist friends do. I've got friends who are great professionals that boast of keeping only 1 in 20 of their paintings because they only want to release top quality ones. <br /><br />That sometimes leaves me feeling like there's something weird about me. The something weird is my attitude. <br /><br />I know I can't always tell if a painting is good or not or if it's done or not. I would have tossed out many of my best because I didn't realize it worked - until those same friends were commenting on the post that it was one of my best and urging me to paint more that way! When I started loosening up I went through a lot of that in a transition from tight realism to loose impressionism.<br /><br />So if I'm selling, I list it whatever I think.. and half the time the "Ugly" painting sold while my favorites got minimum bid or nothing? That happened from the first time I sold art. My taste is not the same as other people's. My technical appreciation of the one that came out Best I've Ever Done does not match the gut reaction of love that one or several buyers have for what they just saw that gave them a thrill.<br /><br />Given that, I never throw out anything. I sell my garbage. I trust that I'm competent and my trash is at least up to my current level of skill.<br /><br />After a class by a Colourist, I discovered Stage 3 of the method (Susan Sarback, Henry Hensche, Charlotte Herczfeld my teacher) looks hideous. Almost always. I finally experienced an Ugly Stage. Five years of it and I am finally training myself to recognize that's just Unfinished. <br /><br />Sometimes the loveliest effects have to be set up through stages that would not work if you stop there. That's all it is. Not even fixing a mistake - setup for a great finish. So I just never bin anything no matter how much I hate it but may put it up for critique if I don't know what to do next.robertsloan2arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02598847116529877475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-4666976310441267742014-09-08T07:14:46.647-04:002014-09-08T07:14:46.647-04:00Thanks for this post. I often just put an ugly aw...Thanks for this post. I often just put an ugly away for a while--I hate to waste paper so throwing it out just doesn't happen! Usually when I go back to it, I can see what I need to do. If I don't, away it goes again. Eventually I'll figure it out!Eileen Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14672405.post-44711414179444995522014-09-07T19:44:43.242-04:002014-09-07T19:44:43.242-04:00Thanks Karen! I was so happy to read this post, I ...Thanks Karen! I was so happy to read this post, I was struggling with an ugly painting this morning. It was just the ecouraging insight I needed to keep going and take a better informed approach.Kelli Paternosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418704472204064418noreply@blogger.com