I made a truly horrendous painting tonight. I'm not sure when I will just accept the fact that I cannot paint a decent landscape, not even at gunpoint. Let's face it, nature and I have never really been one. I have, since childhood, strongly believed it's safer indoors.
So this painting, which halfway through I recognized as hideous and tried to turn into an abstact- the effort being a dismal failure- was so embarrassingly awful that I didn't post it on facebook. This speaks volumes since a few of my shares should never have seen the light of day.
I sat there for a few minutes, and decided to give it one last try. Paint is such a wondrous thing. It forgives your lack of skill or simple mistakes every single time. I grabbed the masking tape and started covering any tiny little bit that I actually thought had some potential. When you paint over something, you cover up anything you value.
We'll see how this sad little painting fares, and I will take the larger lesson. Things aren't so hot for me right now. It's time to mask and re-work.
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