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I spent a couple of hours on a painting, and it was a failure. First painting in 6 months, so it& #39;s no surprise, and I& #39;ve learnt how to not let these failures bother me. I wasn& #39;t going to upload it but I started thinking that this might be interesting to someone. Here it is
It& #39;s not the worst one I& #39;ve ever done, but it is a failure.
I tend to paint similar things repeatedly and take the same photo again and again, which is tied into something that happens either when I& #39;m hiking somewhere beautiful or just looking out the window
I tend to paint similar things repeatedly and take the same photo again and again, which is tied into something that happens either when I& #39;m hiking somewhere beautiful or just looking out the window
There is this moment where all I can think is "this is it." I don& #39;t know what "it" is, but this is it. And I kinda space out for a bit and then come back.
I& #39;ve spoken before about aphantasia but it means that when I turn my back on the view, I can& #39;t revisit it. With people, I can& #39;t picture someones face, but I know them when I see them.
So when I paint landscapes, I paint until I feel that connection.
Until I feel "this is it"
So when I paint landscapes, I paint until I feel that connection.
Until I feel "this is it"
This is also why the art I love is, if not "realistic", at least naturalistic enough to feel recognisable. I do like stylised stuff, and I like that people take art in interesting new directions, and it looks cool, but I tend not to *feel* it so much.
This BG from Only Yesterday is so beautiful it actually hurts me a little bit. Not a pain of jealousy about the skill of the artist, but some inexplicable ache. Like nostalgia for an imaginary memory.
Whereas something like MindGame is great but I don& #39;t connect as much.
Whereas something like MindGame is great but I don& #39;t connect as much.
This is not all or nothing. It& #39;s not as if I only like one thing, but I& #39;m just talking here about the stuff that I connect with most strongly and my own work.
It& #39;s no accident that on The Breadwinner, I was the art director for the stuff on the left and not the right.
It& #39;s no accident that on The Breadwinner, I was the art director for the stuff on the left and not the right.
Back to the painting that started this thread; I just don& #39;t feel it.
Some paintings can be worked on until I get there, but some can& #39;t. I think with this one, there& #39;s a subtlety to what I was aiming for that I just overshot, and adding more paint won& #39;t help.
Just try again
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Some paintings can be worked on until I get there, but some can& #39;t. I think with this one, there& #39;s a subtlety to what I was aiming for that I just overshot, and adding more paint won& #39;t help.
Just try again
