Casual talks with myself about my painting process as a visual artist in the studio.... and goings on around our rural place on Johnson Creek.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Is it finished?
I'm trying to decide if this is finished or not. Yesterday I went back to working on the last of the dozen small encaustic panels. I'd been playing around with making another few colors of wax paint and found a gorgeous Cobalt Violet oil paint in my supplies. SO....that with some reds, yellows, orange and a few slight mixtures produced this painting.
It is an intense color painting. First I needed to break up the overallness of the design......and I kept thinking that maybe it needed a little color contrast as well so I came up with these painted and incised yellow-green lines. After I photographed it to send to my friend Pat I realized I might like it better turned around to another direction. Now I have the line on the right side instead of the left or the top. It's funny how photographing something can help you see it with a different perspective. I, also, photograph paintings and put them up on the computer to take myself away from being so close.
I may possibly glaze over it slightly with plain medium one more time...hum, and a tad more green if called for. Gotta be careful I don't just end up with another painting though.
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I LOVE the colors in it! I think that the artist know's when a painting is finished. Do what you think you should, that's what I say. :) BEAUTIFUL WORK! *HUGS*
ReplyDeleteIt stood the day old test of time....just a touch of green and more clear medium. It is now wired and a box prepared for storage.
ReplyDeletelove those colors
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Claudia
Thanks, Claudia. It is fun working with beautiful color. The combination of hue and wax is also just a gorgeous combination.
ReplyDeleteIt's finished.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors just the way they are.
I too photograph my work and look at it on my PC when I get stuck.
Its like having a new pair of eyes!
It is at that....finished. I have it all packed in its own little box now and will take some slides today.
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