If I can paraphrase the Specials. Even tho I don't think they wrote that one...
Dude, go for it! Start
painting and posting what you do.
I knew a couple of excellent watercolorists pack in the day,
but watercolors were always beyond me.
Too much subtlety and control needed.
Hell, most painting is beyond me.
I can draw and do the pastel thingy, but i seem to lack the patience for
brushwork. I love that thick, quality watercolor
paper, though. Excellent stuff.
My first five years’ worth of work was all sold, given away
or destroyed. I think I have 2 paintings
left from those days. I did, I think,
only about 3 painting in the next 15 or 20 years, 1 sold, 1 kept, 1 trashed. When
I decided to start painting again last summer (don’t know what I was thinking),
my materials sat around for about 3 months before I finally picked up a brush
and started something. 3 paintings
survive of my first dozen or so attempts, and 2 of those are only because Dawn
likes them. Even this new series has
been a struggle, 3 of the 4 finished pieces are actually salvage jobs, probably
have 3 or 4 false starts a piece buried beneath the final image.
Words I can make do what I want. Acrylic paint, not so much.
2 comments:
i haven't done any work with the watercolors in years. i tended to be a little abstract with them, mostly just little drops on paper and let them run. i can't draw worth a shit, so i always figured just close my eyes and fuck it, someone might think it's art.
Abstract art rocks. It's the great leveler. From what I've seen, I can draw better than Pollock, but the dude's paintings (at his height) blow mine out of the water. I shifted towards writing because it was cheaper and I seemed better at it. In art, I have to struggle to keep things minimal. Too much paint, and I fuck everything up.
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