"Discovering Myself Along the Way"
4' x 5'
Well, it's my largest canvas yet... I am further along than what is represented in this photo right now, I'd say it's about 3/4's full of paint at the moment. One thing is for sure, it is no where near the vision I had in my head of what I originally wanted to paint! BUT, that is ok. Because I really committed to not worrying about the final product and just allow myself to "play". I wanted to see what would happen if I didn't plan it all out.
I am pretty pleased with it so far. The color is all crazy right now, but as soon as I can get the rest of it mapped in, I will tweak that anyway.
Right now I am just having fun...
Fun obsessing over all the negative/positive shapes getting sculpted with every brush stroke.
Fun trying to keep my right arm from falling asleep.
Fun using my new tube of Manganese Blue...
Fun discovering how much I enjoy taking the worrying out of painting!
3 comments:
Great start!
In my opinion it's only good that it's not going to be as you've envisioned it. It means you are 'going with the flow'. That's always my problem: envisioning and thinking too much and not following the flow...
Cheers,
Arco
I agree. I also am starting to find out the hard way that abandoning the planning phase can also cause issues with composition and color... all of which I am struggling with right now. AND when it is on a big piece, the issues are even bigger!
I am sure I will work it out...
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