Blue, oh so blue
Portrait painting
art journaling with gouache & watercolors
Lena Rivo has been writing about her painting process in a series of posts on her blog since last August. In this post she explains why she uses sketchbooks instead of single sheets of paper.
She wrote “To me, painting in a sketchbook is a very effective way to distance yourself from the notion of creating art for others.”
I agree. When creating art is your job, and also your hobby in your free time, lines can get blurred easily. Having an art journal makes it easier to keep it separated, and allows artists to take a step back from working non-stop. As much as I like creating art for others, I LOVE having downtime to create just for me. Like Lena, I generally don’t create on sheets of paper unless I’m in work mode.
A couple weeks back, Sandi Hester talked about having thousands of paintings on paper in storage, and that’s also a reason I don’t want to make art for myself on single sheets. Storing art in boxes would quickly become a problem for me, since I have limited space, whereas finished art journals can go on my bookshelves.
That said, tho, seeing the fabulous paintings Sandi’s made on loose paper has made me second guess myself. I have large sheets of paper that I could use for my personal art, instead of cutting it up into smaller pieces to sell. Might be a fun change of pace, and give me new artwork to hang on the wall this year. It would use up my acrylics, too, which is a goal I’m working towards this year. Hm..we’ll see. I might give one or two a try to see how it goes?
Gonna leave you with a Becorns video. Becorns are little people made out of acorns and sticks. So amazing, I had to watch it twice, and it’s cat approved, obviously. Harold watched the entire video before he gave himself a bath, and fell asleep for the night. The next morning, I asked what he rated the video, and he said he gives the Becorns “4 out of 4 paws up for how satisfying it was to watch.” 😹😻
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