Starting a blog can be a daunting challenge. However, I foresee this blog as a way of keeping my curious friends, clients and collectors aware and up to date on the progress of various pieces of art I am working on..... some of my thoughts about the posted pieces and scriptural references about each piece.
My work usually is a result of scripture studied, a book read, or a result of prayer seeking discernment, sometimes all three.
This piece is a work in progress. The 24" x 48" gouache on wood panel is tentatively titled, "Corporate Prayer" .
I am now at a point in the creation of this piece that I need to stop and "stew" ( as I tell my students) about the content, the next step in the process, and assess if the work is going off in a new direction. Sometimes a piece will take on a life of its' own. I encourage my students to allow the work to "lead you" ...... sometimes in directions they may never have thougth about.
The next technical step on this particular piece is quite simple. I will need to seal the work with Krylon acrylic seal. This will protect the water soluble gouache color and allow me to follow up with a Polyacrylic seal of at least two layers followed by a light wet sanding. This preparation will then allow me to apply more pigment ( most likely a transparent watercolor ) over the current image.
More about the content of this work will follow in later blogs.
i think on this particular piece, you should "Stop and Stew" before you continue!
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yes, i agree. i think the next course of action to take is definitely to "stop and stew" on the piece, as i've heard others say. and once you're done "stewing", as they say, then maybe you should "stew it" a little bit longer...just to be sure. "just stew it" should be your motto.
ReplyDeleteI like stew. Yummm..... ;)
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I want to see more of your pictures! And I can't wait to see this one finished. But, doing more cooking than art, I'll accept that you have to let it stew awhile.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but I can't agree with the other comments about letting this particular piece "stew." If you talking about adding complementary pieces to this one, fine, but I love it just the way it is, without any changes. I'm no artist, but to my eye, long experienced in viewing art of all kinds, this piece is finished.
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