Each post of a work in progress is an opportunity for me to ask "Is this closer to the target or not?" That said, art is also a moving target or a camera would have done the job. This painting from the "Tapestry" series was on its way to high realism but I lost my heart to it somewhat earlier. I'm glad I did.
The talented Doug Mays uses the phrase "the mantle stage" when he's talking about the necessity of leaving a painting alone so that it can decide if it is finished or not. I personally have always thought of this as the "piano stage" because I do tai chi in the dining room and each full turn creates an opportunity to see the new painting afresh. At the moment the creamy French horse (title still eluding me) sits in the front bedroom, which also uses creams, but has no chance to talk to me as I have a rotten messy cold and have banished myself to the back bedroom until I'm no longer plague-ridden. The best I can do is to take a digital and study that, as impersonally as I can manage (this being my baby, of course). If I post it into the website's "Work in Progress" at least a comparative look is available, as there are six so far. Having done that, I would like to add more rich creams to the mane, more speckling, and deeper shadows here and there.
Each post of a work in progress is an opportunity for me to ask "Is this closer to the target or not?" That said, art is also a moving target or a camera would have done the job. This painting from the "Tapestry" series was on its way to high realism but I lost my heart to it somewhat earlier. I'm glad I did. Comments are closed.
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