Painting/drawing etc., is just like another form of diary.
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The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat the feat at someone's bidding. John F Carlson
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I was somehow under the impression that Picasso envisaged an image/ subject and then just committed it to the canvas. That may be the case with some of his work but this video shows the evolution from a the beginnings of simple outline drawing to a powerful archetypal image which is very much "Picasso".
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“I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering.” Robert Motherwell
========================================================== It doesn't really matter so much what you paint - what matters is how you paint it." (quoted to me by a rather beautiful Romanian stage/set designer whose name I don't recall.
I think I was more interested in how she spoke than what she said. (No, not really - or I wouldn't have remembered her words.)
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"Be prepared. Have your painting materials organised and to hand, so when ideas and inspiration comes, you are ready to deal with it and use the precious window of time." Patrick Dolan (Cardiff)
This particularly applies to plein air work.
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The biggest bursts of speciation that we know about in the history of the earth are soon after great cataclysms, like the extinction of the dinosaurs, which create new opportunities, and all sorts of new forms spring up... So, quite often, the reasons for creativity depend on accidents or disasters that prevent the normal habits being carried out. (Rupert Sheldrake)
This unpredictability somehow rings very true with art and painting.
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