“Happy Color”
2.5” x 3.5” Pastel $20
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I’ve spent the day dealing with administrative duties so
it’s a great relief to turn back to art and color. Today’s painting is in some
ways connected to last night’s art class with Karen Margulis which was so much
fun!
We did minis
or as she has named them, “petite pastels”, which I think is a great name for
these small paintings. She had us all bring 10 small (2.5 x 3.5) assorted
pieces of paper. After her quick demo, we all put our paper in one pile, mixed
them up, and then took 10 out of the collection. Ideally, you got paper that
you might not be familiar with so that you could try it out. Then we all got to
work and had a lot of fun.
Karen had discussed
that one of the advantages of these petite pastels is the opportunity to
experiment with different subject matter or use them as small studies for a
larger painting. After a little initial trepidation, we got to work. When I
looked at everyone’s paintings, they were stunning! I saw small masterpieces painted
last night! We all agreed that when you reduced the pressure to produce a
masterpiece, and told yourself that you were just experimenting, we all felt
more comfortable painting. The end result I think was an increase in our
creativity.
This is one
of the many things that amazes me about creativity, and that is, the tremendous
sensitivity to emotional state or mind set. It’s also one of the reasons that sometimes
we artists can be our own worst enemy. But last night was also testament to
what tremendous potential we all have when someone frees us from pressure and
self doubt.
I will post
some of these petite pastels in future as I still have to set them up to be
photographed. In the meantime, I share with you a petite version of fall in a
Georgia state park.
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