That's what I have been telling myself lately as I lose ground in the battle against my painting block. And it has seemingly worked. At least I have painted a couple of paintings this week.
The first painting was of Mitzi, a fictional subject based on a found photo. I loved painting this one. Once again, there was a point within its creation where it started to come to life and I was so focused, so involved, so engrossed that I actually missed a meal! I have already posted her to my portraits website, but I'll share her with you now as some may not have the exact address of that site. So here she is!
And so today I painted another dog painting. I had started this one day last week, but paying work delayed my finishing it. So today I continued with it. This one is not quite finished yet. In actuality, it is painted on a 20" x 24" canvas, but I have cropped it because the rest of it isn't finished yet. And now that I see it cropped, I rather like it and may not do the extra bits I had planned for top and bottom. We'll see. But again, this was a delight to paint and also again, I was so focused I missed another meal. Here it is:
I realize that this is not high art, but at least I am painting. Not only am I painting, but I am truly enjoying it, something I haven't felt in a while. Especially while working on paintings for the publishing house. But I'll have to get back to that this week.
