(22x30)I've had this full sheet drawing for more than a year, always alternating between wanting to finish it and wanting to abandon it. (My February 16 post shows it in it's previous state of undoneness.) After a year, I feel uncommitted whan I approach it, but maybe it's good to have on hand to poke away at a little when I'm uncertain what else to do!
lovely art! thanks for all the recommended blogs and names for inspiration. i'm a newly aspiring artist myself, photography mostly. i've started a blog, but it's journal more than art exhibit. if you're interested: http://hogerfelds-light.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeletekeep up the beautiful work!
Oh! How very pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting, Liesl. I did visit your blog, and I look forward to seeing more. I think you'll enjoy checking out some of the blogs I recommend here, and those bloggers have their own great recommendations on their blogs! It's pretty amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suzanne. I've been enjoying your recent green-centric posts too. The antidote to pinkness?
Even unfinished it's beautiful. I always like seeing the pencil sketch lines.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ruth.. i love the state it is in, right now... it is rather like a dream and keeps us wondering... its great when it's not all told!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ruth too! What would be ideal is to get to just the right point to stop ... and stop! ;-)
ReplyDeleteRight now I think there's still too much unpainted area, but, as I move outward from the already painted area, I'd like to taper off the "doneness," if that makes sense. There's a balance, or maybe a tension, that has to be right for it to work. It's something to try for though!!
Exactly, Laura... I think the MOST difficult part of painting is knowing when we are done!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, knowing when it's done is one of the hardest things... I like this very much at its present stage, but I'm also curious to see what you will do next, Laura. I'd say keep it on standby :) I admire your patience, by the way, I would never be able to keep a painting "in progress" that long..
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mineke. But I have to admit it's not patience so much as doggedness. I like "standby"--sounds more immanent than "on hold"!
ReplyDeleteyou are a most wonderful watercolor painter. I am inspired!
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