01-13-2016, 11:28 AM
Thanks for the kind words ArtLoader :)
I finally feel like I had a break-through or leveled up. I was comparing my stuff to some work I admired and was just really trying to figure out what it was that setting me back. Along other things I really needed to work on my brush economy. I'm finally beginning to realize the amount of planning you need to do in a painting before you even start painting.
Anyways, so in these paintings I really tried to just capture to essence of the object (apples) in as few brushstrokes as possible. I limited myself to 50 brushstrokes and every single study has exactly 50 marks.
I want to say that it was an extremely helpful exercise, and made me more aware about how I make each mark and how calculated I needed to be. As you guys will see, the first 5 or so studies were kind of disasters as I completely failed to capture the form of an apple in 50 marks, but I think I started to get the hang of it after a while.
The last image I spent more time on just put the practice to work. Hopefully tomorrow or so, I'm going to move on to landscapes and do the same thing. Or maybe I'll do more apples in 25 brushstrokes idk.
I finally feel like I had a break-through or leveled up. I was comparing my stuff to some work I admired and was just really trying to figure out what it was that setting me back. Along other things I really needed to work on my brush economy. I'm finally beginning to realize the amount of planning you need to do in a painting before you even start painting.
Anyways, so in these paintings I really tried to just capture to essence of the object (apples) in as few brushstrokes as possible. I limited myself to 50 brushstrokes and every single study has exactly 50 marks.
I want to say that it was an extremely helpful exercise, and made me more aware about how I make each mark and how calculated I needed to be. As you guys will see, the first 5 or so studies were kind of disasters as I completely failed to capture the form of an apple in 50 marks, but I think I started to get the hang of it after a while.
The last image I spent more time on just put the practice to work. Hopefully tomorrow or so, I'm going to move on to landscapes and do the same thing. Or maybe I'll do more apples in 25 brushstrokes idk.