about half of my paintings, but I painted five days in a row, didn't worry about a finished product (for the most part), learned some things, and had fun!
I may redo all my paintings, but in a bigger format, just to see what difference it makes to me, and to see what I've learned about critiquing my own stuff. Painting such small things (3.5" x 5.5") is limiting in some ways, but freeing in others.
So anyway, this is a great blue heron with a snack.
Same stats as the other Challenge paintings:
Watercolor on Canson XL 140-lb watercolor paper.
The first thing I'm going to change is the paper I use. I really, really, REALLY like Arches cold press watercolor paper, so I'm going to stick with it instead of trying to use up the wood pulp papers I still have on hand. I can use them for things other than watercolor.
As a reward for finishing the Challenge, I ordered some tubes of better quality watercolors, so I'll be playing with those.
I've about half finished clearing out a bedroom that I want to use for all my artsy-fartsy-craftsy stuff, and for working jigsaw puzzles (it's a cat-free zone). It's amazing the stuff that can be shoved into a room. But I'm far enough along that I think that in about a week I can start moving furniture in and out and around.
Woo hoo! I'm gonna have a STUDIO!!! It's almost real!
I think the coolest thing about this painting challenge was that the small size made you let go of your perfectionism and just create. I like all of them, but my favorites are the ones with loads of colors.
ReplyDeleteI think you should continue with this size and take yourself on artist dates (a la Julia Cameron) and paint small in places away from home. You could keep a special bag packed just for this purpose and grab it and go at least one day a week. (A new challenge for you!)
That's exactly what I'm planning to do! I've been working on packing a bag or a backpack with portable painting/drawing stuff, and making a list of places to go. I'm going to be an en plein air painter - isn't that wild?
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