tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post1862996561964287044..comments2023-11-02T07:41:52.227-07:00Comments on Painting From Life: Few Touches...finished, "Spring Comes"...8x10 plein airLarry Seilerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09553436656150515023noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-81531801420238009022011-06-12T20:15:18.058-07:002011-06-12T20:15:18.058-07:00to be honest, I can't say I have ever experien...to be honest, I can't say I have ever experienced a "block"...that is some hindrance affecting my desire to create. If not my painting, I have my music I write and perform.<br /><br />I think though...one can work their way out of a block by committing to a one hour per day postcard sized painting. One hour is not asking a lot...and you lose yourself in the activity.<br /><br />I created what I call an "environment box" and somewhere in my blog here I have pictures of its use with explanation. I have two lights that enter the box, hidden from the front. I place objects, mundane...could be a candy wrapper...anything, piece of pie...a cup of coffee, and I adjust the base the object sits on with construction colored paper. I do a simple study, and in fact that is how this blog was originally birthed. Back in 2006...I committed to a daily effort, and the blog helped me log them, talk about them...and you can see them archived here. <br /><br />Whether one wishes to paint portraits, landscapes, wildlife...the simple postcard sized daily allows you to experiment with color, brushwork, undertones...that you can then utilize in other painting. It may inspire you then to advance yourself in other genres...or, you may find yourself delighting in the simpler mundane every day object. Either way...you'll be painting.<br /><br />Such a commitment isn't based on feeling like it or not. Its a commitment. If you have a blog...you announce your plan, then begin. Knowing you have your blog to answer to...and folks that begin following, you paint regardless of feeling like it or not. In time though...you will come to feel a sense of emptiness to not be painting.<br /><br />Hope that offers some useful thoughts...Larry Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553436656150515023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-35873139886454010622011-06-11T12:32:27.616-07:002011-06-11T12:32:27.616-07:00I love the way this piece shimmers between abstrac...I love the way this piece shimmers between abstract and realism. I've been watching your work for a long time from the sidelines. An extended artistic block has made me rethink my own direction and have been studying your work closely for inspiration. Any words of advice on overcoming block would be gratefully received.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286949470920383652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-48197278758120758352011-06-05T02:40:53.962-07:002011-06-05T02:40:53.962-07:00thanks so much, Shelleythanks so much, Shelley...Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869250615451794385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-64880490220759113992011-06-04T14:46:01.943-07:002011-06-04T14:46:01.943-07:00I love all the many colors and the beautiful refle...I love all the many colors and the beautiful reflections of the water. A very beautiful picture and wonderful composition.Shelley Whiting's arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321948326236123786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-85046129912387451032011-05-30T04:14:56.417-07:002011-05-30T04:14:56.417-07:00thanks to you both, much appreciated.. 8^)thanks to you both, much appreciated.. 8^)Larry Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553436656150515023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-11262413931591059042011-05-30T04:14:52.768-07:002011-05-30T04:14:52.768-07:00thanks to you both, much appreciated.. 8^)thanks to you both, much appreciated.. 8^)Larry Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553436656150515023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-69124340111352022572011-05-27T10:31:28.832-07:002011-05-27T10:31:28.832-07:00Wow! I really like this one! Nice layout and great...Wow! I really like this one! Nice layout and great colors!duanetheartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10302214090427977363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638302.post-81789353369899642962011-05-27T07:38:08.775-07:002011-05-27T07:38:08.775-07:00Excellente
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