and for the 5th time i rejected my Tree of Life project. the reason: not being able to achieve the desired transparency. i am not feeling secure with acrylics. i am picky, perfectionist. i cannot lift the damn paint off the board. i have to cover it every time I make a mistake, because it dries so fast. after 3 or 4 layers, you have a thick thing that cannot be redone. it creates disharmony with the rest of the painting that came out fine. and there you go try to find a solution for it. and then you have a snowball of problems. and all your vision goes down the drain. is that the end of my love affair with the acrylics?
guess it is time to hold my ambition and experiment more before going for huge 20 x 30 paintings.
my plan: come back to my old technique with watercolors and using acrylics for glazing and highlights.
now a little thing I made yesterday:
Sunflower and Moon
Watercolor and graphite on paper,
5 x 9.5
Sunflower and Moon was created to be the symbol of the
Artessence project. The idea was to represent the inner world, emotions and the feminine polarity (Moon) interacting with the Spirit, expression and masculine polarity (Sun). The sunflower represents creativity blossoming.
