I've been taking a beginning acrylic painting class for the past few weeks. So far, it has been quite humbling, as I've discovered just how difficult it is to master the medium. I have so much to learn about handling the brush and paint, as well as mixing color. There are so many techniques and approaches that it is almost overwhelming. While most of what I've produced so far has been less than satisfying, I feel that the small (6" x 6") painting above displays an interesting use of color, composition, and energy. It's a start, at least.
Painting has an immediacy and seeming permanence that is not quite the same in collage. With painting, a single brushstroke seems so final (although it isn't really -- one can easily paint over it), whereas collage allows for a different kind of planning in that papers and other objects can be placed and moved around before being adhered. Perhaps it's because I have had so much more experience with collage, but it just doesn't scare me as much as paint does. One of my goals for this class is to confront and move past that fear. Practice and experimentation are the only means, so on I trudge.
Painting has an immediacy and seeming permanence that is not quite the same in collage. With painting, a single brushstroke seems so final (although it isn't really -- one can easily paint over it), whereas collage allows for a different kind of planning in that papers and other objects can be placed and moved around before being adhered. Perhaps it's because I have had so much more experience with collage, but it just doesn't scare me as much as paint does. One of my goals for this class is to confront and move past that fear. Practice and experimentation are the only means, so on I trudge.
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I confess, while this isn't my personal style of art (almost everything in my house is of a romanticized woman), it hits my radar as "good," even though I don't know why.
That was true when I first saw it, a month ago, and that impression continues still.
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