Process Showing Messy Parts

I tried to do a video but I seem to be stumped on how to make my camera do video and then post it…so I have to figure that out.  Above is a start on a primed 6"x6" board.  The "blue" is my focal point and then I put some other places which will be covered up anyway but will reintroduce it again but greyed down.  Adding my yellows and then my supporting colors, I start to play with my composition which is still meandering.  And Im still working on my God series so the theme is still constant.  All this is done with out too much thought or concern about a finished painting, just playing.  There are some really cool things happening here which I would like to keep.  I love the grey greens along the edges so I might add more of that type of color which will be great for those are more midtones and I need a few more in here.  I will go back in here today and play a little with the yellows greyed down and my pink greyed down, and bringing back a bit more of the focal color the blue.  Let's see what happens.

                                   

My Process

Another layer…so I am playing and forgetting everything but play and opening myself up to the "what if".  Everything I do in the studio is a direct reflection of me in life.  If I am willing to not be perfect here then I can allow myself the gift out in my real life.  Plus what is perfect anyway?  I think it's an illusion.  :)  Play and live life in COLOR

Sharing What I know

Sharing what I know is a way also to learn.  That's why I love to teach my process classes because it helps me see in a different way.  I study art all the time, day in and day out.  Inbetween conversations, when it's not busy at work, and in my own imagination.  I think about it 24 hours a day.  With out looking at our Masters and other artists I can't see where I can go and beyond.  Most importantly I actually have to make marks on my canvas to learn it, so I thought I would share more of how my process looks.
Right now I am in the middle of my God Series.  A poem called "God's Grandeur, by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89).   So this poem is my starting point, the theme of this body of work.  I have journal that I have jotted down notes on what I want to convey and how, also my color choices.  This way all the is in my head as far as words and intention are written down so I can focus on play and not on what it is that I am doing.  If I get lost, I have my notes to refer to.  This painting is what would be called my first layer.  I have my "main" color and my focal point.  Come along for the ride and see how this painting turns out!

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God Series #3

Staying committed to the 3 C's, concept, composition and color choices.

God's Dream 2

The more I paint the more I know it's not really ME that is painting…ox

God's Dream1

So I decided to stop thinking so much and just do and see what happens.  I was so sick of being stuck and thinking I didn't know what I was doing when actually "I" don't.  It's not up to me what or how to paint and create.  I surrendered to my higher power and just abandoned all the "rules" and painted from my heart and experience.  Deep down inside we got it down.  Our job, my job is to trust and let it come out!

Live Life In COLOR!!!!