OK so work continues on my guitar for Orillia’s Guitars on Parade . I have layed down a number of washes and now getting the basic modelling for the “object” – Here’s a view of one side. I’ve also started on the other side of the piece as I prefer to work the entire image at the same time so that the same “feel” is maintained.
So I was thinking the other day that it’s probably not necessary to break down every step… becomes very “procedural”… I mean this is art… I don’t think I really have a procedure per se. It’s more of a “reaction” than a procedure… there is a give and take… and a reflection of the subject matter. Um… yeah… I think there is the desire to please… to create a piece that viewers will think is beautiful… I think i needed to realize that there is more a need to emote… to be part of the process and – not so much “create” a feeling as be a conduit and to let go so that the “feeling” isn’t created but resides in every brush stroke…. I think that’s the aim every time… and the biggest battle isn’t with the brush and the paint… not with the modelling and the perspective… not with the foreshortening… not the contrast… but with the desire to please… and the doubt that one can…
But still she calls…
