Inspiration to use in your own creative work....

I don't happen to paint this way...but I certainly admire this method of painting...so of course, I had to try it!  

While I wasn't a complete failure at it... It was close. :)

I had a devil of a time letting a stroke be. Without complete concentration, I found myself reverting back to the old familiar "tweaking and adjusting."  

What I learned...

• use full bodied paint. The fluid acrylic doesn't hold the stroke. I had ridges on either side of the stroke that bugged the sh*t out of me!
• Stand up and have your support (canvas or paper) vertical..on the wall, or on an easel. I usually work with the paper flat on the table...You can't do the type of gestural, whole arm strokes as easily working that way.
• Lay the paint on... don't add too much brush pressure, or you'll have the dreaded ridges, and the paint stroke won't be uniform in color or value.

      

This week, I'm Celebrating: 

• contractor trash bags, helping me clean the studio.
• cat stevens songs...father and son, moonshadow...hearing lots of "blasts from the past" on pandora.  
• vanilla yogurt.
• Sunny days that smell like spring.
• a canvas stapled to the paint wall, ready and waiting for some paint to be added.
• first grilling of the year...marinated veggies and chicken...mmmmmmmmmmmm.   
• students that are motivated enough to drive to Honor for classes in my studio.  
• got through and organized well over 500 emails.
• painting blooming trees during a snow storm.