Computer-altered watercolour and crayon
©2020 Charlene Brown
In the podcast I mentioned last week ‘Why trying to be good is killing your art,’ Nicholas Wilton suggests you list great painting experiences and techniques you have really enjoyed learning.
Here is my short list:
1.
Helipainting in the
Bugaboos with Canadian artists Robert Genn and LizWiltzen, beginning a painting by placing ten
basic shapes, which summarize the whole thing, leading to an abstract but
recognizable
landscape, possibly with telescoped perspective and rearranged components
2.
Abstract
collage workshop with American artist Louise Cadillac in the Greek Islands
And he says you should also think about the painting projects you are now working on about which you are most enthusiastic.
3.
writing
and illustrating books
Because of what Nicholas Wilton calls the synchronicity between your art and your life, keeping these factors in mind will energize your work in the direction of whatever you truly want. It certainly works for him. So I'll give it a try - with an abstract graphic novel.
