Sunday, September 18, 2022

All it takes is one seed (re-work)

 


Acrylic, pastel and charcoal on canvas 24" x 24"

It's another re-work. I have some new blue-ish pastels which I like and a recent painting which was looking a bit embarrassed in the corner so I could not resist working some more on it.  Paint what you love - love what you paint.  If you don't love it it needs work.  If it's overworked it needs work. If it's embarrassed may the Lord help you both.

Done some more work on this one since the previous posting. I needed the forms to have a better feeling of direction and I strengthened the lovely blue mark in the top left hand segment of the painting. 

When you are working with neutrals and you become dissatisfied the temptation is to conclude the piece needs more colour but that's often not the case. Perhaps it needs more depth or more help to believe in itself. 

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