Here is a speed painting I did last night, inspired by a scene from Brian Aldiss' Non-Stop. I suppose this is a bit of a spoiler for anybody who hasn't read it, but I'll say no more, other than it's an absolutely amazing book.
Thank you :) I'm not sure if it's down to impatience or not, but I do enjoy working relatively fast. Although this piece, I did late one evening, and really thought I was wasting my time, so I shut down and went to bed. Opened the file the following morning, and it looked so much better than I thought it did, and suddenly became easy to finish.
It's funny the effect a good night's sleep can have.
I know what you mean and I use that time away as a good indicator of what I've done. I can come back to something with fresh eyes and do bits that now don't look right or (on that rarer occasion) be happy enough to sign it off!
If I don't like something on paper it tends to get srewed up into a ball and hurled bad temperedly into the bin. pressing delete on the computer doesn't quite have the same soothing release of annoyance! Still it means I end up keeping more of my stuff and work on it another day :)
Now for a speed painting this is good! I'm happy if I can pencil in the guidelines to a drawing in an evening let alone have a painted image!!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it's down to impatience or not, but I do enjoy working relatively fast. Although this piece, I did late one evening, and really thought I was wasting my time, so I shut down and went to bed. Opened the file the following morning, and it looked so much better than I thought it did, and suddenly became easy to finish.
It's funny the effect a good night's sleep can have.
I know what you mean and I use that time away as a good indicator of what I've done. I can come back to something with fresh eyes and do bits that now don't look right or (on that rarer occasion) be happy enough to sign it off!
ReplyDeleteIf I don't like something on paper it tends to get srewed up into a ball and hurled bad temperedly into the bin. pressing delete on the computer doesn't quite have the same soothing release of annoyance! Still it means I end up keeping more of my stuff and work on it another day :)