Tag: abstract landscape
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Losing the Plot
Being too set on how you want your painting to be can stymie creativity and change your mood from inspired to in trouble.
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Abstract Ideas
Abstracting ideas and creating something new is an adventure in art, one that has many twists and turns and may, in fact, never end!
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Diversification – A Bit of Carpentry
Presenting your art for display isn’t always easy. It can take a lot of thought and effort at times. The way I currently work has given me the opportunity to learn this new skill.
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Sending Your Work Out Into The World
Putting your art out in the world can take some getting used to. It can also take a lot of time and work. I vascilate between thinking it’s worth it and wondering why I do it! One thing I’ve worked out though, is that the benefits range from large ones, like sales or awards, to…
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Two Ways You Can Influence Yourself
I was forced to think more within myself. Solutions and ideas weren’t available at the click of a button, nor were they offering themselves uninvited on my screen.
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Working With Wedges
I said to some fellow artists this week that I need a helper, not to do bits of painting or other things, but to stand beside me and snatch my tools away at the most opportune moment in a painting’s development.
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Art is a Fickle Business
As I pondered, my mind went off on a tangent, automatically brainstorming, the implications and possibilities, as well as how to resolve this painting?
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Keeping the Momentum
My aim is to bear in mind the visual forms and textures, the feel of the place and my emotional reactions.
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A Series of Resolutions
Are they done or not? I have to remind myself that not everything can be “exciting”, but they can still be happily sent out into the world.