[Aquanet] getting back to "work"

[Phyllis McDonough]

Hi Pat.  I do as Claudia suggests, anything from sharpening pencils to
cleaning a palette or plowing thru’ old sketches seems to help.  Phyllis

 

From: aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com [mailto:aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com]
On Behalf Of Claudia Arztmann
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 1:06 PM
To: Patrick Davis; Aquanet The_digital_Brain
Subject: Re: [Aquanet] getting back to "work"

 

Hello Pat .

when I am in the stadium you descibe you are in ,  I start out with simple
washes and splashes on a back side of an old painting,  just to get a feel
for the brush and the process of painting .  Then I take a painting that I
have already 

painted and try to do the same a second time.  or I try to copy a  painting
that I like ( of course that stays in a folder afterwards and never sees
daylight again). That usually helpes me to get back to work . 

 

Swiss greetings 

Claudia

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Von: aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com
[mailto:aquanet-bounces at aquanetart.com]Im Auftrag von Patrick Davis
Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. September 2009 17:09
An: Aquanet The_digital_Brain
Betreff: [Aquanet] getting back to "work"

Hi, gang.

Well, it's time to get back at the easel now that summer has passed into
fall. That's the trouble. I have not done any art since last March, and the
Muse is off in La-la Land somewhere. Yesterday I spent a fruitless hour in
the "studio" desperately seeking inspiration, but any ideas were much too
grandiose for where I am right now, having to re-establish my basic skills.
Does anyone have any simple, easily-completed exercises they use to get a
kick-start in such situations?

:-(
Pat



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