Learning Curves

This experiment has really thrown me some curves. One thing is I do expect far too much of myself. The other is I am surprised by what I can accomplish. I was able to bring almost fours paintings to an almost complete state of finish. I am also finding that I am building on each piece and I will be going back to tweak and change as I advance on each one. working like this keeps up an amazing momentum, a constant feedback on what I need to improve. I’m far less attached to the one image I am working on as I have five others all staring at me, telling me “oh never mind THAT one – I’M the awesome one!” It takes the pressure off of THIS piece being my make or break. I have to say I really love working this way. The only drawback is that all of the pieces are small. I have a feeling I will be hitting Home Depot at some time and building a board on which I can attach larger canvases. This easel (It’s a Hughes easel) will allow me to lift and lower the paintings as I need – I have almost six feet of height on this easel to use!

Hmmm… Do I paint? Or do I go shopping…

Multiple Paintings Second Pass