New art for a new year
I don't know if anyone still reads LJ, but I thought I would post here though this is also on my wordpress blog (http://www.spiralfirestudio.com/blog/)
At long last, I've begun drawing again. It has not been easy. As you probably have read, the completion of the deck too a lot out of me. To recap, though I finished painting late in June, I had to work on the formatting and all the publishing and production odds and ends. Anyway, after the deck released in October, I was utterly spent. I seriously spent a solid month just sleeping and watching tv, and avoiding email...
My birthday came and went on December 1, then of course the holidays. All this time I have struggled to draw. I sat at the art desk and nothing came. No inspiration, no images that just begged to be painted, nothing. So finally, I started reconsidering the art that I love - the Pre-Raphaelites. I decided to get some new reference photos, which my friend Becca was so kind to pose for. Then last night, it happened. I sat down and found an image and an idea, and I drew it. Drew the picture, liked it and moved it to the art board. Yes, tonight I finally painted.
The painting is the first large painting I have done in a long time. Not since I used acrylics have I painted something this size. I don't know why, I was just possessed to use a large canvas. Do you like it? It's only just begun of course, and now I type this while I wait for the canvas to dry. One thing I'm finding with using a large sheet of paper is that it bubbles up and ripples up worse than a smaller canvas. I hope this dries flat. I also hope this doesn't suck.
At long last, I've begun drawing again. It has not been easy. As you probably have read, the completion of the deck too a lot out of me. To recap, though I finished painting late in June, I had to work on the formatting and all the publishing and production odds and ends. Anyway, after the deck released in October, I was utterly spent. I seriously spent a solid month just sleeping and watching tv, and avoiding email...
My birthday came and went on December 1, then of course the holidays. All this time I have struggled to draw. I sat at the art desk and nothing came. No inspiration, no images that just begged to be painted, nothing. So finally, I started reconsidering the art that I love - the Pre-Raphaelites. I decided to get some new reference photos, which my friend Becca was so kind to pose for. Then last night, it happened. I sat down and found an image and an idea, and I drew it. Drew the picture, liked it and moved it to the art board. Yes, tonight I finally painted.
The painting is the first large painting I have done in a long time. Not since I used acrylics have I painted something this size. I don't know why, I was just possessed to use a large canvas. Do you like it? It's only just begun of course, and now I type this while I wait for the canvas to dry. One thing I'm finding with using a large sheet of paper is that it bubbles up and ripples up worse than a smaller canvas. I hope this dries flat. I also hope this doesn't suck.