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lunatica

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8. I let my art sit for awhile when I'm in doubt.

Mon Mar 23, 2020, 03:12 PM

Mar 2020

I put it in a spot where I’ll see it all the time as I move around doing daily things. It gives me a chance to just glance at it or, if I want to, study it for a longer time.

This gives the piece the chance to tell me what I need to do to finish it. Sometimes it takes a couple of hours, but sometimes it takes me months. I’m in the process of having one painting in view and it’s been months! Months! It “tells” me what to do and I do it which makes it closer to finished, but still not finished. This process always works for me.

I can’t move on to my next painting until the current one is done.

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Can't decide if Grandmother Owl is done, or if I want to decorate [View all] GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 OP

She's lovely, and her eyes are absolute perfection Glorfindel Mar 2020 #1

Thank you. Her eyes did their own thing, and I love them! I feel like GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #5

I've learned that your art is excellent when you choose lunatica Mar 2020 #2

Thank you! She was originally supposed to be whimsical, but I did her eyes and her whole GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #4

I let my art sit for awhile when I'm in doubt. lunatica Mar 2020 #8

If I couldn't move on, I'd still be staring at this unfinished piece. LOL GreenPartyVoter Mar 2020 #9

You said you had trouble with faces? lunatica Mar 2020 #10

Less is more at this point. Do another painting and add stuff to it. marble falls Mar 2020 #3

She's wonderful, but even grandmothers pnwest Mar 2020 #6

She's perfect! No bling Karadeniz Mar 2020 #7

I don't have any advice about whether to keep going or not, but the eyes are remarkable. femmedem Mar 2020 #11