|
nearly done nearly done nearly done (I keep chanting this in order to believe it). Tonight I go to painting class. Provided my daily frustration at work doesn’t deflate me so much by the time I can go that I just don’t have it in me to make it. (Ever notice how the very things [...] the clouds begin to come to life Apropos of nothing – as I write this – the evening before it gets its automated posting time – I have just discovered that it is not, in fact Tuesday evening. It is Wednesday evening. And the deadline for something I was supposed to do is not [...] The last class of the fall term was this week. I painted the wood pile and added a little to the fence line. I also ‘pushed’ the values on the barn a little – I made the shadows darker and the highlights lighter. Although I really liked the intense red glow of the barn the [...] the latest on my painting project You have to let your painting change you, so my teacher says. detail of the clouds Just as when I look in the mirror I see some things I like and some I emphatically do not there are parts of my painting I [...] 
When working on any sort of project I find it difficult to have perspective. The flaws are right in front of my nose. My weaknesses and lack of skills are frustrating me in the moment. Gratefully, I usually find that a little time or distance help me to appreciate what I’ve done. When I read [...]
I told someone recently that having painting class in the middle of the week is like having a midweek Friday. But I have to amend that somehow since my weekends lately seem so packed with agenda items that they aren’t nearly so stress reducing as is 3 hours of painting on a weeknight. So, I’m [...] 
The past two weeks I’ve continued to work exclusively on the sky in my painting. This picture was taken after my July 13 class. I don’t have a photo taken after my class on the 20th, so you’ll have to take my word for it that the sky, or at least the bottom half of [...] I love this whole concept of the underpainting. The forced generality of it. The fact that it is no more meant to resemble the finished product than the foundation of a house ought to resemble the house itself. I’m only establishing shapes and value. I am by nature a perfectionist. Or, as I sometimes say, [...] week 1 – the underpainting I’m trying to convince myself to act on a sort of resolution to stop raving about oil painting. It could get pretty boring for my friends and family awfully quickly. So this is the last time – I promise. I think. At least I’ll try. I really really [...] |
 
Becky's bookshelf: read
I was in a bookstore the other day hunting for something to read on writing when I got distracted by the books on reading. I picked this one up, knowing nothing about Nick Hornby beyond his connection to About a Boy. My impressions in no...
I grew up loving to read and hope to pass that on so every year I get books for my nieces and nephews for Christmas. There are twenty of them and as they're getting older I can no longer give only books I've read so each year there are o...
 
 |
|
Copyright © 2013 on becoming an artist - All Rights Reserved Unless otherwise indicated, all the blame or credit for the images and words on this site is mine and mine alone. Please be so kind as not to use them without permission. Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa Social links powered by Ecreative Internet Marketing |
|
Comments