If you were a subscriber in September three years ago, you will recognize this post, but I thought it was worth a rerun.
Enjoy
Sometimes it's a good idea to examine the working process of master artists. Their many quick sketches, flubbed studies and abandoned efforts often get ignored in our
admiration of their final products. Too many myths swirl in our brains. We assume master painters just know how to get it right. MYTH ALL IN CAPS! It just is not true.
Andrew Wyeth's name comes to mind. Most likely he left behind more scribbles, abandoned quick sketches and flubbed studies than complete works. Yet I know too many who
try to imitate the finished work without realizing (or even considering) how the painting came to be. Well, take a look at this...
THE PROCESS WON'T ALWAYS BE REVEALED IN THE FINISHED WORK
This was the beginning of Wyeth's working process towards the final painting, Brown Swiss. Here are four more studies out of dozens he did, headed
towards the same painting. Below the studies is Brown Swiss itself, the end product of the scratches and scribbles we just looked at.
What does this mean for us as emerging artists? It means if we're just trying to get it right, we're spinning our wheels, but
when we take the attitude of problem-solving, the most amazing things can happen.
Enjoy a delightful weekend of discovery!
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