Nice peaceful day on the lake.
Janelle and I were relaxing, and I took the opportunity to work with gouache on paper.
It's the first time I painted with gouache this year here in Italy. So, I'm starting out slowly and gently, in a relaxed pace.
I've completed about fifteen oil paintings and now want to shift gears.
I love this old wooden paint box I found in a 'Mercato Usato'..basically a thrift store. I found this box last year, and now I'm putting it to work.
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| Starts out loose and beautiful. I should have stopped here. |
This first one, to me, is a little too tight. That's how it usually begins.
It takes work to loosen up and be more sensitive to the process of making art.
The mind wants to control things. I'm always of the mind to let the painting paint itself. Even these small gouaches.
I guess the first one was a warm up.
This second one, below, is much better. More of what I am shooting for.
I guess I'm searching for that right combination of color, design, and that unknowable force that comes through
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