I can understand that not all paintings will be as mentioned above--if they were, we would never grow as artists. I had to come into the warm and take a breather, since this new painting is giving me a fit.
It started off as usual, but now that I've hit the middle ground, it just isn't "gelling." The eyes are staring through me rather than at me, and since I'm working in such a high key, the midtones are completely gone, so I have to create my own three dimensional visual "bridge" that really isn't there...that's called improvising, and if it isn't done right, because there are no perceptual visual cues for me to go on, it changes the dimensions of the face...so I'm walking a very fine line.
My plan of attack is usually to start working on another area of the painting when I get stuck. I usually walk back about 10 or 15 feet, and look at as a whole, and see what needs to be adjusted, and get to it. Today, I woke up feeling yucky, it was cold out and I wasn't tolerating it well, and the face, which is one of the main composition components of the painting was just glaringly annoying me, the tones were wrong, the dimensions off, and too many fussy little things going on too early in the painting, so I went berserk and just basically painted out the whole thing--got rid of all details, and started again with big design components...
So now I'm in here...feeling crabby, and taking a breather. We've had a row, my painting and I, so now I need to be away from it and sulk for a while. Soon, I will go outside and make up with it, but just not now. I need to clear my head and get warm ;-)
Yes, I know it sounds psycho, and maybe to an outsider it is, but to me, it's how I operate and communicate to the Muse...sometimes we are friends, sometimes not. It's a very real thing, and once you leave your "zone," or can't find your way in, it's a problem. So, I'll clear the head a while, another cup of coffee...
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