Happy New Year to you all!!
I love drawing and still find it the most relaxing of art activities. I was set the task of drawing a stone and then painting a stone using fine brush work when I took an online course quite a few years ago with the artist/mentor Deborah Paris. I did find the task quite hard in that I had to slow right down and focus! Not always an easy thing to do! I put on an audio book and settled into the task and finally discovered I was really enjoying myself!
Remember to take time to slow right down and take life easy so you can appreciate it fully!
Best wishes to you all
Caroline
Good for you Lass! .... Speed kills! Not always a safe route in one's driving behaviors... or painting techniques as well. These stone achievements attest to what care and precision can bring to one's art.
ReplyDeleteMusic... certainly has a quieting... soothing effect on one's mood and thinking pace! Bravo!
Cheers!
Warmest regards,
Bruce
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Hello Bruce! thank you for commenting on my blog. I agree that taking life in the slow lane does indeed have it's rewards. Especially at times we do need to stop and think about how a simple thing like a stone can indeed be a thing of nature! Little things like the stone often get missed and to be honest when I got the assignment to draw and paint a stone I was thinking it would not be that interesting. Turned out I found it extremely interesting! I tend to listen to talking books when painting, I am listening to Thomas Hardy books which I have been very interested in for a long time. I have a nice collection. I am immediately transported to a time in the past.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Caroline