I usually try to paint as lifelike or real looking scenes as I can manage.
This makes it hard to get the paintings looking just right, but when I do succeed in some form I just find it exhilarating.
The pressure I put on myself to paint something good almost always ends up getting me disappointed with the actual result though.
I seem to think I’m a better painter than I actually am when I sit down to paint.
I then often get disheartened when I finish up the painting, not being happy with it at all, and leave it there for a little while.
When I come back though, I almost always find it looking better than I originally thought when leaving it.
This gives me back some confidence, which again sets me up for the following process with my next painting.
Anyway, in my last session I decided to give myself some slack, not worrying about things looking real.
I just wanted to be creative, doing something new and shake it up a bit.
So I made a very “not-lifelike” painting with two people walking in a colourful park, dabbing some paint on with a palette knife.
It felt good to not be so self-critical in the painting process. I don’t think it ended up as a very good painting, but I don’t feel it was that bad either.
Just somthing different…
I like it, feels very vibrant and free, refreshing ! Happy New Year !
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Thank you!😃 Happy new year to you to!☺
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I love this painting, I too find if I don’t think too much about what I’m painting it flows easier. Less pressure on yourself and more beautiful paintings like this one.
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Thank you, Elaine! It sure feels nice to let the troubles go from time to time ☺ With this one I decided to not care at all about how it ended up ☺
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And it ended up perfect 👌🏽
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Cool!!! This free style looks great!
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Thank you, Carsten!😃 I’m very glad you like it ☺
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It is awesome and a way ou should think about. You are welcome.
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I love it. So fresh and brave, full of spirit and energy. I like your self – analysis. “the unexamined life is a life unlived” Aristotle.
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Thank you, Anna ☺ I really like exploring new mediums and styles at the moment. So much so that I find it hard to choose my «true medium» these days ☺
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Just lovely!
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Thank you!☺ This was a new experience for me, so I’m glad you like it ☺
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sometimes just not thinking at all at what you want to create/in the process of doing makes the best results!
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It sure seems like it sometimes, yes ☺ That’s why I love painting. You never know what’s going to happen ☺
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