Second day of the painting workshop. I finally got a set of my own brushes and paints, so I no longer have an excuse for not painting at home. Anyway, I continued my painting of Joan Crawford, which I started earlier this week. It's coming along rather well, but there's plenty of room for improvement.
Mr. Ganes recognized it as Joan Crawford, at least; which I must say was bizarre, because I really don't think it resembles her (he must have seen the photograph). Anyway, he recommended that I watch Grand Hotel, to better understand her, in addition to doing a bit of research. Doing so ought to give some personality to my painting. Unfortunately, I've yet to watch the movie, but at least I've taken the time to learn a bit about her.
...Unrelated, but Joan Crawford's original name was Lucille Fay LeSueur. It was changed when some publicity head decided that it sounded "too fake," which is just another way of saying "too naturally fantastic to believe."
I didn't wash this painting, which I suppose makes up for the absurd rinse fest from last workshop. I've been working on this one for way too long to get rid of it anyways... Which is kinda bad in of itself, since I should be making my paintings in a matter of hours, not a matter of days. Luke does his paintings in about 2 hours, so there's no reason to be taking so long to complete my own pieces.
First of all, I am NO example of how to paint. Some I knock out in an hour, some take me WEEKS and I drive myself nuts, which is what you are doing with Joan Crawford. But, being driven crazy by Joan Crawford is completely appropriate, as I am sure you figured out after reading about Joan Crawford.
ReplyDeleteSO, I would say finish the dang thing off. It is a good painting. You can start another one this week and knock it out in a class session. The reason I want you to go fast is to get good at going fast, good at being decisive, good at completing a work.
I spent most of my afternoon and early evening painting. It is totally addictive.