Fonda here...and I have a confession to make. I'm a cheater. But to be fair I didn't mean to be. When doing the project I sketched first, then started painting. And because Pascale and I had just talked about the first challenge verbally, I sort of forgot that was against the rules. But I don't think it matters because the challenge is FREAKIN' hard anyway.
Here are some of my thoughts as I have been working on it. Firstly, how did I get so old, and why hasn't anyone told me that I have jowls! Seriously I have no idea when that happened. I sat down and started sketching, which actually went pretty good as I was thinking about the angle I wanted to work from for a while (which is usually all the time I want to be painting but am doing laundry, cooking and cleaning for the family). Then I attacked the painting, which immediately started looking like something from a junior high art class...maybe even elementary school. The perfectionist in me cannot handle this so I had to paint the painting white and start again. I had been reading an art book and wanted to do a technique using pointillism (otherwise known as little tiny dots!). It's great and looking fantastic but not a speedy process. Sooo rather than write more now, I going to get back to the grindstone and dot my heart out so we can post our paintings.
On that note, Pascale and I have been talking about trying to get other artists to participate along with us in the challenges so we're working on having a place for folks to post their painting and thoughts as well. So stay tuned!
Here are some of my thoughts as I have been working on it. Firstly, how did I get so old, and why hasn't anyone told me that I have jowls! Seriously I have no idea when that happened. I sat down and started sketching, which actually went pretty good as I was thinking about the angle I wanted to work from for a while (which is usually all the time I want to be painting but am doing laundry, cooking and cleaning for the family). Then I attacked the painting, which immediately started looking like something from a junior high art class...maybe even elementary school. The perfectionist in me cannot handle this so I had to paint the painting white and start again. I had been reading an art book and wanted to do a technique using pointillism (otherwise known as little tiny dots!). It's great and looking fantastic but not a speedy process. Sooo rather than write more now, I going to get back to the grindstone and dot my heart out so we can post our paintings.
On that note, Pascale and I have been talking about trying to get other artists to participate along with us in the challenges so we're working on having a place for folks to post their painting and thoughts as well. So stay tuned!
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