6x8 inches
acrylic on deep gallery wrap canvas, painted solid color on the sides, wired and ready to hang
300.00 includes shipping.
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Artist Journal
Yesterday I taught a Flower Workshop at my studio. I had a wonderful time and I hope the students did too. We had breakfast , painted all morning doing exercises in painting, and then worked on individual larger paintings in the afternoon. It was a terrific day, and I could see big improvement in the work by afternoon. It was wonderful to see the different, distinct styles for each painter. The above painting was my attempt in about 30 minutes to put something to canvas.
The amazing thing to see were a few painters who knew nothing about painting. They turned out very nice work indeed and they show enormous promise in their work if they will keep at it.
I am going to start working on a serious Portrait in Landscape Commission this week. I ordered a custom made canvas from one of my workshops sponsors http://www.frenchcanvas.com/ and it arrived yesterday. I love French Canvas and they make very high quality canvas and linen. They are very accommodating for any need you may have.
I will record my steps toward completion for you in my artist journal over the next few months.
Painters Tip
Work on your stamina and patience.
One of the things I notice about workshops students is that they tend to run out of steam. They enthusiastically start out in the morning but by 2 or 3 PM they have lost focus. They get bored easily with the exercises in painting and are anxious to get to "real painting" right away. What they do not understand is that the exercises, worked on diligently over a period of time, are what make good painters.
One of the things professional artists have to do is to learn to stay focused for long hours. They are prepared to work for 9 to 10 hours at a time with only a short break. The production time it takes to do 200-400 paintings a year equals long hours every day. The discipline of study to improve one’s craft takes many long hours and determination.
If you are serious about learning and painting , you must be disciplined about your work habits.
Try increasing your studio time by 15 minute increments. That is almost unnoticeable but after a period of time, you will have built up the stamina to paint much longer each day.
More on discipline tomorrow………
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