10//2/2019: We are at the beach! My husband is competing in a tournament, and I am at the rental condo - with nothing to do but enjoy the beach and paint. I am SO excited about the next few days and the opportunity to rest, relax, enjoy the beach, and paint! I brought along FIVE unfinished paintings from the workshops I attended in September. Yes, I have five unfinished paintings! LOL! I got home from each workshop and basically crashed - was simply too artistically exhausted to work on the paintings at the time. I like them and want to finish them . . . I think. We will see.
Below are the "before"photos of each painting along with the "after" photos.
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And it was at this point, that our trip ended. So I finished three paintings while at the beach. I will finish the two paintings below at some other time.
And as far as the previous three that I "finished" - I still see changes I want to make on each one - and perhaps I will get around to that soon. Right now, though, I've really been thinking a lot about using cold wax medium again and doing some paintings that are more abstract.
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It seems that a painting, like a poem, essay, or other writing piece, is never "finished." I love these - especially the one with the wheelbarrow.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joan. My biggest change on the wheelbarrow painting is that the shape of the wheelbarrow is off. The other two paintings, I have the color of the leaves on the trees off - it's all too whitish. The trees look better in the "before" photos. I'll work on those net week. There comes a point where you say it's done - even if it's not - but I'm not at that point with those three paintings yet. LOL!
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