I always find it stimulating to look at the work of other painters and artists, especially ones you've not heard of, or seen before. Doing a project on 'texture' at the moment has led me to look at Kurt Jackson, Brain Graham, Ian McKeever, Margo Maeckelberghe, (the latter, entirely due to listening to Woman's Hour!) and lots of others. It can be quite daunting to think of all these wonderful professional artists beavering away producing such interesting work; For me at the moment, it's not the end result that dominates my efforts, but the processes involved. I've been getting a bit sidetracked lately, and this next week, I've promised myself to get back to actually 'painting' and doing lots of sketch book work. On a recent skiing holiday, I sketched and took working photos based on snow an the marks skis make on the mountains. I remember doing the same thing about 20 years ago, so I obviously still find the same subject matter interesting!
Snow study-mixed media on board
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I can be stimulated by looking at someones work or it can pull me down like a lead balloon, as I think to myself, why? Overall those I get excited by new work (to me).
I like your work on the crows and the more abstract still life, there is a huge amount of energy in them that is conveyed to the viewer, especially the birds.
Good luck with the move back to the canvas, so much more interesting than computer generated images.
Thanks Jacqui-it's always good to get feedback.
I'm still doing 'crows' and trying to make the leap to bigger canvases and boards. (3x2ft is not that big I know, but I still find anything bigger intimidating)-Am trying to use the arm instead of just the wrist! Know what you mean about other people's work, but it is the process that is important as well as the end result and the 'doing it' can be very stimulating and great fun, even if you end up with rubbish!
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