Stalled and unsure about what to do next?
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| Poppy.1 6"x 6" on cradled canvas $100 |
Have you felt this way? Sure you have and that's where I am right now. I'm stalled on a painting, this time an acrylic canvas that was going great guns until life interfered, resulting in a week away from the easel. Now I'm unsure about what to do next.
The story is a familiar one to most artists. I had a painting that simply wasn't ever going to make the grade so I began again by covering the whole thing with gesso except for the sky area which had potential. I grabbed an idea... red poppies... and took off running with brush and paint in hand, remembering a workshop with Jennifer Bowman where she demonstrated painting poppies modeled on dozens of varieties which grow in her backyard. My other poppy painting, In Flanders Field, has brought me great joy and I wanted to do another.
I began by shaping some individual poppies on small cradled canvases. Those four turned out very well and onward I went.
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| Poppy.2 6" x 6" $100 |
This new iteration was well on its way when I was interrupted. Each day as I pass my easel I think about painting, working through ideas and hoping I can make time tomorrow or the next day, and that I'll know what to do.
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| Poppy.3 6" x 6" $100 |
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| Poppy.4 6" x 6" $100 |
Just Do It
Nike has the solution... Just Do It, proclaimed on millions of tee shirts. Just begin.
When you're stalled or uncertain... just begin. Just Do It.
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Jo
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