tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post9187918400052613809..comments2024-03-27T15:35:13.728-04:00Comments on <br> WATERCOLORS AND WORDS: Odds and EndsRH Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-10869414384234717612008-12-01T13:39:00.000-05:002008-12-01T13:39:00.000-05:00Love the covered bridge! I hope you enjoyed a gre...Love the covered bridge! I hope you enjoyed a great Thanksgiving!Suzanne McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14785042270660883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-44981425135065622662008-12-01T13:28:00.000-05:002008-12-01T13:28:00.000-05:00Thanks so much, Cathy, Ann and Sandy, for your com...Thanks so much, Cathy, Ann and Sandy, for your comments on these. I wasn't trying to make you feel guilty about any paintings you have laying around waiting for you to return - it's not like a puppy or a baby - they'll wait until you get back to them! ha ha Wouldn't it be funny if your paintings were like puppies, whining and barking and making that puppy sound when you haven't finished them?! ha ha Sandy, I'm glad you like the bridge painting - it wasn't easy and I hope it looks as good in person when you see it :) Cathy, great minds think alike which is why we were both thinking about those unfinished paintings.RH Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-59292857762364126762008-12-01T07:10:00.000-05:002008-12-01T07:10:00.000-05:00Hi Rhonda, that would be countless unfinished pain...Hi Rhonda, that would be countless unfinished paintings. I was just thinking about that, this morning,funny you should post it. I seem to be quick to start and slow to finish. It must be a discipline issue,or maybe, all of the unfinished paintings are part of the learning curve. I am going to try to paint more this week I have been sidetracked by the holidays. I have a lot of little projects that need to be completed.cathyswatercolorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318863061595720021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-69415878895323146662008-11-30T18:24:00.000-05:002008-11-30T18:24:00.000-05:00Sure am surprised by the bridge painting. VERY su...Sure am surprised by the bridge painting. VERY successful and makes me get involved. The post of it earlier didn't hint at the dynamics it now possesses.Sandy Maudlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-27816858127434573592008-11-30T11:07:00.000-05:002008-11-30T11:07:00.000-05:00I like them all but especially like the baskets of...I like them all but especially like the baskets of peppers. Looking forward to seeing the finish on each of these. I don't have too many unfinished paintings just plenty of ones that need to go in the trash bin. I'm one of those that can't rest until the painting is done and only do one painting at a time. Wish it wasn't that way. :(Ann Bucknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549669918916059105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-77754488751051235462008-11-30T09:10:00.000-05:002008-11-30T09:10:00.000-05:00Seems like creative people do have things lying ar...Seems like creative people do have things lying around waiting - Vicki, I like your idea of just hiding them so they don't nag you! ha ha<BR/>Thanks, Deb, Susan and Vicki, for your comments. I hope to paint more today - it's a terribly dreary, rainy day here so what else is there to do, right?RH Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497161758269292809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-14533034290618275472008-11-30T08:04:00.000-05:002008-11-30T08:04:00.000-05:00My unfinished pile was getting larger so I hid the...My unfinished pile was getting larger so I hid them under my mat cutting table so I would not have to see them. Not sure that solved anything but the studio looks nicer - lol. You did a great job on the covered bridge! Good finish.Vicki Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270035257336054899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-69260958113815337572008-11-30T06:22:00.000-05:002008-11-30T06:22:00.000-05:00I have four paintings waiting for me to decide wha...I have four paintings waiting for me to decide what is needed for them, also! I think it is a matter of losing the original enthusiasm and inspiration so you put them aside to marinate for awhile. Sometimes you don't get back to them for quite awhile because a new project comes up and you get excited about doing the new one and just don't get back to the older unfinished ones, the spark is gone! I eventually feel sorry for these orphans (or at least guilty that they are taking up space in my studio) and finish them, but the original feeling of having to paint the subject just isn't there. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad to hear I am not the only one to do this. By the way, I don't think I had seen the peppers in the basket painting before and I will look forward to seeing that one finished. I do remember the covered bridge one and think you finished that one very well.Watercolors by Susan Roperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091873961431846148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104034804712021440.post-3237411035098741132008-11-29T15:25:00.000-05:002008-11-29T15:25:00.000-05:00Well, duh, of course I have some laying around! I...Well, duh, of course I have some laying around! In particular a large one of - who would guess - 4 peonies! - started a while back. Each one looks like somebody else painted it; by the time I got to flower 3 I was getting in the groove, and I really like #4. I fluctuate between thinking I'll gesso it and start again, then thinking I can save it so, of course, I do nothing! Not to mention that I have a bin full of stuff not good enough to frame, but not bad enough to toss!! (And by the way - dog hair accumulates nicely, too! I actually cleaned today, but plead the fifth about how many weeks it's been since any prior cleaning has taken place - or should I plead insanity??!)debwardarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05225105239355671724noreply@blogger.com