9" x 12" Rock Art WatercolorAnother primitive rock art painting. Despite it's free form fun, I do get anxious when painting these as the first two I ever did are my favorites, and I fear future rock art paintings will never be able to live up to my expectations.
My concerns include:
-Having a pleasing composition with a focal point and range of values.
- The horses should look primitive without being too cartoon-like.
-I add dashes of color (purples, etc.) beyond my brown rock colors but don't want to deviate too much from the earthtone browns.
-I also fear I'll never be able to "find" any more of those horse shapes I seek after the first paint wash has dried, because these paintings are only partly planned beforehand. A lot of the imagery develops after the first paint application.
-Oh, and with all that in mind, I need not forget to have fun and enjoy the process, and hopefully the paintings will look as if they just "happened"!
My concerns include:
-Having a pleasing composition with a focal point and range of values.
- The horses should look primitive without being too cartoon-like.
-I add dashes of color (purples, etc.) beyond my brown rock colors but don't want to deviate too much from the earthtone browns.
-I also fear I'll never be able to "find" any more of those horse shapes I seek after the first paint wash has dried, because these paintings are only partly planned beforehand. A lot of the imagery develops after the first paint application.
-Oh, and with all that in mind, I need not forget to have fun and enjoy the process, and hopefully the paintings will look as if they just "happened"!
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I like this primitive rock art horse. Interesting to read your concerns. I go through feelings that are similar every time I sit down to draw or paint. That fear factor is different. I think I mostly fear that someday I will not be able to afford art supplies.
I often think my art is getting worse not better. I like pictures that I did 3 or 4 years ago better than the ones I am doing now. Then I wonder why I spend so much time trying to post art. It has become sort of compulsion for me. Sorry I am blabbing a lot about me.
I think when you look back at art you did a few years ago, it's like someone else painted it. The passage of time allows you to look at it with detachment, so you are not as critical of it as you are of something you did more recently.
I never thought of that. Interesting train of thought.
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