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As I referenced in my initial post, I am hoping that painting daily and quickly will let me “loosen” up my painting process. This is for multiple reasons, one of which is that I am one of the artists “guilty” of drawing with paint. I am not sure if anyone has criticized me directly for it, but I am aware that my process of drawing and painting are not entirely distinct from one another.
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Overall, I haven’t thought of it as too big of a problem. I love drawing! I will always love drawing. Painting, to me, is the opportunity to introduce color into my artwork. The problem comes when I use this as an excuse to take too long making each part perfect at every step along the way. Painting with gouache has made me address this fear on several occasions, particularly since I’ve trying claybord this last week. I get one or two layers into my painting and think, “This is terrible. The proportions have warped, the paint is uneven, there is no way that this will turn out at all okay!.”
But the goal of the project is to create a finished piece, even if it is a terrible piece, so I keep painting until it reaches an overall complete feeling. So far I’ve yet to think of one the paintings unredeemable when I’m done. The problems have worked themselves, mostly, out and I feel as though I really painted it.
The chair above is one I’ve owned since high school, bought at a thrift store, is getting pretty worn down with age and love from my pets. Since I’ve had it, I have heard many people say that they or their great aunt had one just like it and a couple provide photographic evidence from decades ago! Now it is a studio chair for visitors, but let’s be honest - mainly for my pup and cats.
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