I liked the chair and the cherries but working on a bunch of tulips based on a drawing and a photo just was giving me fits. Plus I was overworking them to death on the 140# coldpress paper. And yet, I just kept going and going and going!!
Not even going to show that part.
Unfortunately, I kept painting - tulips in the bottom right, then a "table" and jar with a striped tablecloth that also was not working. But I just kept going.
Whew! I hope I got that mess out of my system because now it's time to start fresh. So, with a white sheet of 300# paper (not sure if it's Arches or Fabriano), I began drawing in the elements I wanted and trying to be slow and careful (not how I usually work at all, hence the overworked aspects).
So...wish me luck. I have begun again. And, hopefully, I won't be so heavy-handed.
4 comments:
Dear Rhonda, I know your skills and guts will lead/guide you, not luck. You're a hard worker. Please take care. Best wishes, Sadami
Rhonda, don't be hard on yourself, we have all been there. I am the queen of overwork. !
Start again and I bet you'll do fine... good luck.
well we all have those pieces that just dot work out, learning experience and yes hopefully the next one works better for you :)
This is such small potatoes compared to what is going on in the world today - why are so many people so angry about everything? Wouldn't it be nice if we all we happy and/or content 90% of the time - is that too much to ask? I will keep escaping into art but then it hurts when art fails me in this way (actually, I guess I fail it by not knowing what to do when I get in the middle of a mess but that's another thing). So...onward...keep putting down the paint and see where it takes me - we all have bad pieces that won't behave!!
Thanks for your constant support, Sadami, Barbra Joan and Jennifer Rose.
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