Monthly Archives: August 2019
Don’t do It!
If you’re an artist, you probably have a large stack of paintings that don’t measure up to your standards. The longer you paint, the more this becomes a difficult thing to deal with. I learn something from every painting I … Continue reading
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Self-Portrait Complete
August 24, 2019 As always, the caveat is, it’s done for now. I’m happy with it, in fact, I’m so happy with it I want it in MY ROOM. I seem to have this belief that I can’t really paint … Continue reading
Posted in Oil Painting Tips, Painting
Tagged artistic angst, self doubt, self-portrait, trust the process, Zorn palette
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Weeks 10 – 12 Part 3
I’m learning a lot as I go along. One of them is figuring out how to divorce myself from the picture and paint what I see. It can be an emotional thing to do a self-portrait. You almost never appear … Continue reading
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