Many painters are afraid of the blank canvas,
but the blank canvas is afraid of the painter who dares
and who has broken the spell of ‘you can’t’ once and for all.
-Vincent van Gogh-
Day 9 of the 30-Day Creative Gathering
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30-Day Creative Challenge, Week Two
I know. Too much sky. I was working on clouds further up, but they bombed. So I washed over it. You can see a hint of the jagged shapes if you go looking for them. Before the wash dried, I took a tissue to the wet and created soft, almost invisible cloud shapes. The shapes were more pronounced while the paint was wet. But I am happy with them.
I had in mind the first painting I did like these. That was in a 2016 painting challenged. WOW! Doesn’t feel that long ago. It is one of my favorites. It was loose and abstracted. I keep trying to get back to that. And I keep failing. LOL 🙂
It started raining while I was working. That influenced the colors, and I think helped loosen it up a bit. Before I splattered paint, I splattered water. I knew the paint would flow when it hit the wet areas.
Tried it as a 4 x 6 postcard. It may work better with less sky. What do you think?
Day 3 – September Creative Gathering 2019
A learning experience. Yup. Ugh. Those flowers. Those leaves. Ha ha ha. I fussed too much. Still, overall, I am happy with this. 🙂 Took much longer than it should have. I blame Mingus.
