Are You Afraid to Make a Committment?

No? You should be.

When starting a painting,  being afraid to commit is a very good thing.  That is right where you want to be.  I tell my students to take their time. What is the rush to get locked in?  It’s  good  not to be able to tell a figure from a tree trunk sometimes. While laying in a new Paris painting recently I really enjoyed the slow process of the emerging figures. Two weeks into the painting now and I still have a lot of room to make changes in the placement of basically everything while I get the mood and key established.

Soft edges and mystery, that is where it’s at. Flexibility at the easel translates to a strength of options.

Don’t commit too soon.parispartial08

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1 Response to “Are You Afraid to Make a Committment?”


  1. 1 Nancy Dec 30th, 2008 at 8:02 PM

    I keep telling myself the only thing I’ve committed to is another class with Loretta Feeney.

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