Ideas come first.
Inspired by nature, events, locations, experiences, feelings, music, lyrics, photographs, the idea begins to take on a life of its own. Sometimes they compost for quite some time until they begin to take physical form. Sometimes they just present themselves to you in whole cloth, waiting for paint to transform them into two-dimensional images on canvas. Inspiration! How exciting and energizing!
Artists live for it! It is the life blood that motivates us to spend countless hours developing our craft and skills, to earn paltry sums for our talents, and to not care, if only we can paint what our heart sees, and make you see it, too!
Here's a few pictures of the "beginning" of a painting, as yet far from finished. Here's what goes into making a painting, and how "long it takes."
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| Original sketch of "inspiration": standing crane, charcoal and white conte on newsprint. |
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| Thumbnail sketches from sketchbook, working out design idea on various planned paintings. |
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| Finished, working drawing "to size" for planned painting "Morning Praise" along with reference photo. |
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| First "statement", a rough "underpainting" showing value and temperature. |
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