Beginner

Permission To Want

November 19, 2010

Sometimes it can be hard giving yourself permission to want things, giving yourself permission to pursue those things for no better reason than you ‘want’ to.

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Pen Sketches

May 31, 2010
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It was something I had all but forgotten until quite recently, but back in high school art classes I was introduced to an artist (whose name sadly now escapes me) who worked exclusively in pen.

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Painting: Abstract (Tetris)

May 20, 2010
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I joke that this is my ‘tetris’ painting, but really I was just playing with shapes, grids, colours and washes.

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A Creative Catalyst

May 20, 2010

Strangely it wasn’t this scenic imagining that got me started so much as when it became apparent that fantastical bubble had burst around me.

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Painting: Self-Portrait (Eyes Closed)

May 10, 2010
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Feeling rather disillusioned today. This painting caper isn’t working out as I might’ve imagined – even with all the advice that it’s okay to suck and that realisation I’ll be stuck in ‘the gap’ for a really really long time. Wondering increasingly if my time might not be better spent in some other way.

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Painting: Blake

April 26, 2010
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This is a painting of Blake. Although this isn’t a great likeness and a number of liabilities were taken, I like the bright colours and the combination of colours. I like the different colours in the skin tones.

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Painting: Single Tulip

April 19, 2010
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This was probably much more an exercise in creating interesting backgrounds than painting a flower. Indeed the flower was an afterthought.

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A Confession…

April 13, 2010
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I’m sure there’s something to be said for containment, about not sharing your work too early or too indiscriminately – especially for beginning artists or ‘recovering’ artists. But I think too that being open to feedback and criticism is a creative muscle and the only way you develop that muscle is by putting yourself in situations where you can receive feedback.

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