The following are demonstration pieces I made in Santa Fe. These are the fall out from the same approach to the speed painting, though using different techniques.
Any approach that gets you going, gets you making marks without trying so hard to make Good Art, can be used to cultivate this practice, help you get out of your own way and find a freer path to creative expression. We explore lots of these exercises in Big Fat Art and Art Therapy for your Inner Critic, coming up in October. See Drawing Blind and Stacks of Shapes for two other ways to explore mark making on cheap paper. It's FUN!
*If they turn into "pieces", pieces I would keep/exhibit/sell/frame, I simply coat the back side of the paper with acrylic matte medium. This makes the piece archival and sturdy.
Yummo.....thanks for the tip about coating the back with medium.
ReplyDeleteThis helps me so much!! And I was going to ask about making them archival if they turn out! You've answered that question!
ReplyDeleteThis is a lot of fun! I have learned a lot about loosening up from you. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of Speed Painting. It is so true that getting out brain out of the way makes all the difference :) These are lovely.
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