Donna Arnold Art
  • Home
  • Gallery
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Floral
    • Landscape
  • About
  • Contact

intuitive?  OR  conservative?

1/26/2019

0 Comments

 
Painters tend to fall into two different categories in the way they approach painting.  One is INTUITIVE, the person who dives into a painting and solves the problems as they go.
Picture
The other is CONSERVATIVE, a painter who spends time planning their concept with preliminary sketches before beginning, and, usually working slowly and carefully.
Picture
When producing a painting from start to finish, I find I work pretty slowly.  I think about my idea, sometimes do sketches to figure out composition and value, the traditional way, and then begin.  In the beginning I was a watercolor painter, and that is how I was taught to proceed.  And, experience tells me that the conservative approach saves mistakes and muddy washes.
     BUT since I've begun to explore acrylics, collage and other mixed media, I find I get frustrated with confining myself with being too methodical.  It's time consuming to make large changes in traditional watercolor; not so with the other materials.  So, now I'm in transition - still too worried about making "mistakes" but working to get past that.  One method is not better than the other.  Not at all.  It just needs to fit the personality of the artist.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?  
*  Do you quickly complete your work or enjoy a long, thoughtful process?
*Is doing a painting in one shot satisfying or frustrating?
*Are you more comfortable being tidy or expressive?  Have you found the medium that allows you to work at the pace you enjoy?
             Let me know about you!  Leave a comment!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Artist Donna Arnold

    Archives

    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    June 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

  • Home
  • Gallery
    • Abstract
    • Figurative
    • Floral
    • Landscape
  • About
  • Contact