Here's the deal: Painting is the act of creating problems to solve.
I don't think I knew that's what I'd signed on for when I began painting, but I do think—to my surprise—that's what continues to bring me to my studio over and over again.
Problems that lit me up today: matching color-mixes I'd first concocted and used up days earlier, establishing balance, creating cohesion, and determining the ins and outs of how to infuse that black handwritten-words scribble into the textured mixed media of the lower right quadrant.
Fist pump of YES to all of that!
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Chop, Swell, Breaker, Trough 5 x 7"; acrylic, graphite, ink, pencil, oil pastel, and collage on paper abstract scribble study 2023 |
4 comments:
Weathering another storm! Several instructors have mentioned that it's better when you don't get the exact color recipe. Even when you write it down you won't get it perfect. Makes for richer color and more depth!
Carol, your art education is a gift to me. Love the tips about such things as color mixing. Thank you! I of course did not have an exact recipe for the color I was after, and I didn't 'get it perfect.' I did notice—and actually appreciate in the moment—the discrepancy; as you share above, it made for richer color and more depth! Ta da!
Hold on tight! Haha. LOVE this! :)
Sheila, you got that right: hold on tight! Glad you're lovin' the ride!
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