Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Do it anyway...

Earlier today I wrote to my friend that I'm sitting in my studio and have no idea what to paint. I added that I might decide to get a brush in hand and see what happens. So I did. I painted a face and hated it. The color was wrong, one eye was higher than the other (which I do almost always), her forehead was ridiculously small etc. etc. I disliked the page so much that I just grabbed a black pencil and angrily made circular marks around her eye. And then it happened... the feeling that I like most when creating. Something in me broke loose... probably because I had no expectations at that moment. I continued drawing, adding crayons, paint, markers, words... The result is not important (although I think I like her now). It is the process. I was free to play and I had fun. So yes, even if you don't know what to do - do it anyway, because you'll probably have fun as much as I did.

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  1. so your talking to me, so funny as I just came upstairs because I don't know what to do, a half finished painting, then I did a fabric journal and lost my train of thought on this painting, completely gone. I have this painting that I did a couple or 3 weeks ago that I thought was quite terrible, and now that I did some altering on the computer I like it almost best, so much I made a book marker so everytime I go to read there is a little print of it. The point is can I get something like that again. There is another point to this ramble, you sparked me a bit, helped me, You see with my nose in a book and at the dewing machine I got out of touch with paint, sort of.

    BTW the book was "The Tie That Binds" Kent Haruf a most touching story of people one might have known, talked to, thought about,loved, or even been. I laughed, and felt so sad sometimes reading this, such a mix all at once.
    Ok it is obvious, I needed osmeone to talk to this evening and there you were with a few simple words that opened the dam. Thank you.
    Just think of the breaking dame had you seen me on the street. Ha Ha the typo dame instaed of dam both seem OK.

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  2. I love that feeling! The painting I'm finishing up now was like that...I hated it..turned it to mud by overworking it, wasn't quite sure where I wanted it to go. So I got mad and started throwing paint down very loosely with a large brush, then my fingers and because I no longer was afraid to mess it up, I was free and now I like how it looks! I was being to stiff and rigid before and this painting needed a bit of messiness! I love getting in that flow!!

    xoEsther

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  3. Hey My Friend, This one is H.O.T. hot!!!. I hope this is on something besides a journal pages because somebody is going to snap it up. She is adorable and full of life. "Do It anyway!" what a message. This one was from the ♥.
    I ♥ you

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  4. Turned out to be such a fun painting--I think she's great!

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  5. I've heard that writers have the same problem and there are many who say that once they force themselves to sit at the keyboard...the words flow, even though they have writer"s block. I've had artists block only a few times in my life and when that happens, I start reading old art magazines and somehow it comes back.

    Your painting-girl with glasses-is great!

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  6. Your so right, she looks so cool! You go girl!

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  7. I love her!! WE don't see enough girls with glasses!!

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  8. i just came across your blog for the first time & am in loooove!
    i'm following for sure! i love your work...both your words & birds
    & bounty of women! eeeeeee! xox

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  9. I think she looks great. Gotta have fun when you are creating. Great job.

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  10. I think that painting is fabulous. So much commercialism about how everyone wants to and can look perfect. This reminded me that beauty is not in the perfection. I also loved the cool collage you made from pieces and parts of the painting. Really fun and awesome. I'd love to know how you did it.

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